Written answers

Monday, 30 January 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper Government vision for the rapid chargepoint network in England, published on 14 May 2020, what progress his...

    • Motorcycles: Redbridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of motorcycle or moped drivers driving on public roads unaccompanied and without a full UK driving...

      High Speed 2 Line: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to link up HS2 to the Midland Mainline through the East Midlands Hub.

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Government has not published the HS2 Local Growth Action Plan.

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Transport to the Chair of the Transport Select Committee, dated 30 December 2022, whether...

      National Highways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways will be provided with additional funding to help (a) enable and (b) prioritise infrastructure to help facilitate freeports.

      Driving under Influence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 111539 on Driving under Influence, if he will clarify (a) what is meant by the phrase no-cost...

      National Highways: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether National Highways is planning any outages of its Dynac system.

      Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun of 19 January, Official Report column 521, to which (a) railway unions...

      Levenshulme Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit Levenshulme railway station to meet with users who struggle to access that station.

      Driving Licences: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the driving license application process to replace the word gender and the options male and female with the word sex and the options...

      Driving Licences: Trinidad and Tobago

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to swap their home country driving licences for full...

      Bus Services: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Levelling Up in the East of England report from the East of England APPG and East of England Local Government Association, if he...

      Bus Services: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of disparities in bus funding between neighbouring authorities on the East of England region's ability to...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Department plans to give detailed feedback to local authorities which were not successful in securing Bus Service Improvement Plan Funding...

      Cross Country Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason it is not his policy to replace Crosscountry train rollingstock with bi-mode multiple units for use with overhead electric wires.

      Cross Country Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to upgrade train rolling stock on Crosscountry services to (a) address overcrowding and poor accessibility and (b) meet 2050 net...

      Cross Country Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to (a) address overcrowding on and (b) improve connectivity of rail services between Manchester and Birmingham via Stoke-on-Trent.

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing ownership records, alongside registered keeper details on V5C...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to launch an independent review of (a) Transport for London's zoning of Watford Junction railway station, Watford High...

      Avanti West Coast: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 122286 on Train Operating Companies: Standards, what estimate he has made of how long it will...

      Avanti West Coast: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 122286 on Train Operating Companies: Standards, which of the listed companies will conduct the...

      Driving Instruction: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the 436 additional driving instructors announced have been recruited in Greater Manchester as of 24 January 2023.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) pedestrians and (b) other people were (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured in collisions where the driver of the vehicle left the scene...

      Motor Vehicles: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether it is his policy to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the judgement in...

      Domestic Visits: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he last travelled on official business by train to the north of England.

      Cycling: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure cycling infrastructure is accessible to (a) cargo bikes and (b) bikes for disabled people.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS Trusts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests from NHS trusts for revenue cash support were approved by his Department in each of the last five years.

    • General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of appointments published by NHS Digital as part of its Appointments in General Practice data, how many recorded GP...

      Infant Foods: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) help ensure that mothers have adequate supplies of formula milk where they are...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support the General Dental Council reduce the backlog in applicants waiting to sit the Overseas...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Appointments in General Practice report published in December 2022, how many of the GP appointments recorded were...

      Elective Recovery Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to (a) identify and (b) manage potential conflicts of interest during the appointment process to the...

      Mental Health Services

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

      Human Papillomavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department has made a recent estimate of the cost of checking for human papillomavirus using (a) smear testing and (b) the human...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of pay of NHS workers in England.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS staff are paid fairly.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of NHS dental practices accepting new (a) child and (b) adult patients.

      Contraceptives: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of disparities in access to contraception experienced by women from (a) ethnic...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of concerns raised by the British Society for Rheumatology with the...

      Abortion and Contraceptives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Plan will seek to improve women’s access to (a) contraception and (b) abortion; and...

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to work with (a) patient groups, (b) industry stakeholders and (c) other relevant parties on finding solutions...

      Tourette's Syndrome: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children under the age of 18 in St Helens who have been diagnosed with Tourette’s...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on trends in the number of (a) nurse and (b) pharmaceutical staff...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress made in carrying out the October 2021 Plan for Improving Access to GP appointments.

      Drugs: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many commercial agreements NHS England has agreed with manufacturers of medicines that allow, support or result in non-uniform...

      Health Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to help retain Health Visitors in the NHS workforce; and what estimate he has made of the number of Health...

      Drugs: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the NHS continuing to adopt uniform pricing by medicine on patient access...

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether policies to improve patient access to combination therapies will be considered by his Department in upcoming negotiations for the...

      Medical Treatments: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report on Transforming lives, improving health outcomes:...

      Family Hubs: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that mental health professionals are integrated into the Government's work on...

      Medical Treatments: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake and availability of innovative medicines across the UK.

      NHS 111: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff worked for NHS 111 in each year since 2015.

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage uptake of the NHS Breast Screening Programme in (a) Penrith and The Border constituency...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce ambulance response times for emergencies in East Yorkshire.

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy on the impact of the Voluntary...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access rebate...

      PHE Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV Innovation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the independent review of Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV Innovation Fund will be published; and whether his Department...

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) publish and (b) implement a PrEP Action Plan.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of (a) access to and (b) availability of NHS dental care.

      General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the recruitment and retention of GPs in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b)...

      Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure (a) babies and (b) children are (i) well nourished and (ii) warm in all...

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department has had from the radiotherapy industry during the last 12 months; and how many meetings his...

      Cervical Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve diagnosis times for cervical cancer, (b) reduce backlogs for specialist referral for patients with...

      Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last held discussions with representatives of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the level of delayed discharges...

      Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 22 November 2022 to Question 94807 on Mechanical Thrombectomy, when financial plans will be announced to...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on delivering the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions on Cancer.

      Social Services: Merseyside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care beds the Government funds in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside.

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the NHS Long Term Plan milestone of diagnosing 75% of cancers at an early stage by 2028.

      Cervical Cancer: Merseyside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside have been diagnosed with cervical cancer in the last 12 months.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using SNOMED-CT diagnostic codes to determine the number of (a) adults...

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the plan for adult social care system reform.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Cancer Research UK on the 10-Year Cancer Plan.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the ME Association on the ME/CFS Delivery Plan.

      Epilepsy: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the treatment of epilepsy.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to use submissions to the 10 year cancer plan call for evidence to inform the Major Conditions Strategy.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 19 November and 19 December 2022 on behalf...

      Community Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inpatient beds there were in NHS community hospitals in England in (a) 1997, (b) 2010 and (c) 2022; and if he will make an...

      Medical Equipment: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on targeted energy support for families running lifesaving...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people with eating disorders.

      Hospital Beds: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of beds in hospital trusts in (a) Wirral West constituency and (b) England were allocated to private patients in 2022.

      Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who waited more than 12 hours to be admitted to hospital from A&E in 2022 in...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made in delivering the 250,000 doses of the Mpox vaccine for the 125,000 people deemed to be in priority...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to roll out the Mpox vaccine; and if his Department will take steps to maintain supplies of that vaccine for...

      Cheadle Royal Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of patient safety at the Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal.

      Ambulance Services: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 January on Mental Health Update, HCWS512, what estimate he has made of the cost of each...

      Hypothermia: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle cases of hypothermia in babies.

      Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a joint external evaluation on the UK's capacity to (a) prevent, (b) detect and (c) rapidly respond to...

      Food Irradiation (England) Regulations 2009

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Food Irradiation (England)...

      Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Major Conditions and Diseases Strategy, whether public health charities and organisations were...

      Dental Services: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentistry practices are providing NHS services in the city of Bristol.

  • Department for Education

    • Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency entitled Higher Education Student Statistics: UK 2021/22, published on 19...

    • School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of food price inflation on the (a) nutritional value and (b) portion size of school meals.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the non-attendance statistics were for all primary school children resident in Warwick and Leamington in each year for which data as available...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the non-attendance statistics were for all secondary school children resident in Warwick and Leamington in each year for which data is available...

      Teachers: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing teachers who are unwell on days of industrial action in the NHS to self-certify as...

      Schools: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of schools rated good or outstanding by Ofsted were inspected again within four years as recommended by Department for Education...

      Schools: Waste Management

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Waste Management Policy of schools in England; and if she will make an estimate of the...

      Relationships and Sex Education: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's timeframe is for reviewing relationship and sex education guidance; and what the process will be for that review.

      Higher Education: Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for higher education institutions to students aged 18...

      Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) community and (b) private training providers holding traineeship contracts are able to access 16-19 study programmes.

      Food Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of schools teach Domestic Science; and if she will make a statement.

      Academies: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of academy trusts admissions policies and oversubscription criteria on the ability of local...

      Department for Education: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data...

      School Rebuilding Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria are being used to determine when project delivery will begin for schools as part of the school rebuilding programme; and if she will...

      Schools: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to schools on (a) the health and safety implications for and (b) school opening when school...

      Teachers: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers took sickness absence in each local authority in England in this academic year as of 24 January 2023.

      Schools: Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools with costs associated with the removal of asbestos from school buildings where it is deemed...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Criminal Justice Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost to the public purse of each Criminal Justice Board in 2022.

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders have been granted allowing energy companies to forcibly install prepayment meters in homes since (a) the start of January 2023 and...

      Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 125370 on Community Orders, how many hours of community service were given as part of community...

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has provided for education in prisons in England and Wales in the 2022-23 financial year; and what this funding has been...

      Probation: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the annual training budget for the Probation Service, excluding costs related to the Professional Qualification in Probation.

      Crimes of Violence: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Serious Further Offences committed in each year since 2010.

      Community Orders: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) make assessment of the effectiveness of existing funding and (b) take steps to establish a cross-Departmental fund for women’s...

      Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 January 2023 to Question 125370 on Community Orders, how many hours of community service were not carried out in each (a)...

      Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials for (i) rape and (ii) sexual offences excluding rape there were in each quarter between 1 October 2021 and...

      Rape: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average length of time a (a) witness and (b) defendant is in a court witness box during a rape court case.

      Bail: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of number of defendants accused of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault who have been given conditional release on bail in each...

      Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) rape and (b) other sexual assault cases disposed of through voluntary dismissal in each of the last...

      Fraud: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials for fraud offences there were in each quarter from 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022.

      Judges and Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what happens to the disciplinary records of (a) judges and (b) prison officers when they change (i) gender and (ii) name.

      Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.

      Ministry of Justice: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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...

      Ministry of Justice: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what human resources information their Department shares with trade unions on a regular basis.

      Bereavement Counselling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to introduce an independent public advocate to support bereaved families.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how often her Department plans to conduct ex-post evaluations of the implementation of new free trade agreements.

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 123935, on Trade Agreements: USA, whether any projects involving (a) new cooperation...

      Iron and Steel: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 119982 on Iron and Steel: Russia, if she will take steps to prevent steel exported...

      Trade Promotion: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has taken steps to consult with the UK based Indian diaspora during the process of choosing (a) trade envoys and (b)...

      Africa: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to help support participation by (a) African states, (b) the African Union and (c) the Secretariat of the African...

      Trade Agreements: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department will take to monitor the impact of newly implemented free trade agreements on (a) the climate, (b) labour rights...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ involvement in the (a)...

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with the Home Secretary to accelerate the processing of Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme...

      Hebron: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on recent deaths of activists and civilians in Hebron.

      Venezuela: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the approach adopted by Nicolas Maduro to the...

      Israel: Defence Equipment and Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the (a) sale of arms to and (b) import of military technology from Israel.

      South Asia: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of impact of the resurgence of militant groups, including the Haqqani Network and the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the...

      Mexico: Missing Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Mexican Government on the disappearance of people in that...

      Afghanistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to with NGOs to support programmes in Afghanistan affected by the Taliban...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Afghanistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK Government is taking to support Afghan civil society in delivering (a) humanitarian and (b)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Palestinians: West Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on (a) the ruling of the Israeli high court on...

      Afghanistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with women-led organisations in Afghanistan on those groups' involvement...

      Pakistan: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £36 million committed to the humanitarian response to flooding in...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will bring forward sanctions on individuals within the Russian orthodox church who are shown to be complicit...

      Ukraine: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help provide (a) medications and (b) medical equipment to hospitals in Ukraine.

      Egypt: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether training has been provided by the College of Policing to Egypt’s police force in the last five years.

      Indo-Pacific Region: EU External Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the European Union and (b) European Union member states on regional...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code;...

      Iran: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 117891, whether his Department is taking steps to offer...

      Moldova: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Moldovan Government in countering Russian (a) political...

      Ethiopia: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release by his Department entitled UK announces support to Ethiopian drought and...

      Developing Countries: Malaria and Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 23 January 2022 to Question 126580 on Developing Countries: Malaria and Tuberculosis, what...

      Africa: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Cameroon, (b) Central African Republic, (c)...

      Asia-Pacific Region: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's operating and frontline diplomacy expenditure has been attributed...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the quality of service personnel and family accommodation for personnel based at Robertson Barracks in Norfolk.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help secure orders for the UK's shipbuilding supply chain.

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if it remains his Department's policy to refresh the UK's Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy.

      Ministry of Defence: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.

      Ministry of Defence: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and which (a) boards and (b) committees he sits on.

      Question

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

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre.

      Ministry of Defence: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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...

      Ministry of Defence: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of employees in their Department are paid at the rate of the National Minimum Wage.

      USA: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the US government has made a commitment to pay the costs arising from a nuclear accident related to the (a) siting and (b) transportation of US...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the overall standard of accommodation offered to UK Armed Forces personnel.

      HMS Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for HMS Bristol following its decommissioning in 2020.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of how many jobs will be created in Spain as a result of the UK's Fleet Solid Support ship contract.

      RAF Halton: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days RAF Halton has been without heating in each of the last 12 months.

      Satellite Communications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's satellite communications capacity.

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to replenish the UK's stock of (a) armoured vehicles (b) stormer vehicles (c) underwater mine-hunting vehicles and...

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to restock support equipment for Challenger 2.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether it is his policy to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the...

    • Pension Wise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the uptake of Pension Wise appointments.

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) defined benefit and (b) defined contribution pension schemes to invest in illiquid assets.

      Women against State Pension Inequality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he or a Minister in his Department next plans to meet with a representative from the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's Automatic enrolment review 2017, what his Department's timeline is for publishing proposals to extend...

      Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the payment date for Spring 2023 cost-of-living payments.

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group Child of the North,...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has not updated its web page on Collection: DWP statistical FOI releases since 2017.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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...

      Cost of Living Payments:: Angus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Angus constituency did not receive the first Cost of Living Payment due to receiving a nil award during the relevant...

      Females: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of potential trends in levels of poverty among women born in the 1950s in the context of the...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process new Housing Benefit claims since Q3 2020-21.

      Personal Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which date his Department will publish the Households Below Average Income statistical release for financial years ending 1995 to 2022.

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to support workers experiencing menopause to stay in employment.

      Jobcentres: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127881 on Jobcentres: Closures, if he will list the locations and proposed closure dates...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that households entitled to social security benefits are claiming all they are entitled to.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of permitting Universal Credit claimants to receive their payments every two weeks...

      Universal Credit: Angus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants in Angus constituency are paid by their employers on a non-monthly cycle.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including within the monthly published Universal Credit statistics the number of people...

      Disability: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on the Disability Action Plan.

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with disabilities into employment.

      Personal Independence Payment and Work Capability Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on awarding new contracts to carry out work capability assessments and Personal Independence...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's policy to suspend Personal Independence Payments when claimants are...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Cats: Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure microchips in cats are scanned when found following a road traffic collision;...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to provide a substantive response to the correspondence of 5 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Merthyr...

      Compost: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish an assessment of the potential (a) economic, (b) business, (c) environmental and (d) export impacts of...

      Compost: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to provide (a) research and development and (b) other support to help the UK horticulture industry to...

      Curlews: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust's findings in...

      Camping Sites: Dartmoor National Park

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow wild camping to take place in Dartmoor National Park.

      Government Departments: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Greening Government Commitments 2020 to 2021 report has not been published; and when the Government...

      Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

      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 the Environmental...

      Pesticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will include a commitment to introduce pesticide use...

      Pets (Microchips) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the Pets (Microchips) Bill.

      Bees: Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ban temporary approvals for the use of bee-toxic neonicotinoids.

      Thames Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of sewage leaks reported by Thames Water in (a) Streatham constituency,...

      Pets: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact on pet owners and assistance dog users transporting their pets to the...

      Environment Agency: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to work with the (a) Environment Agency and (b) trade unions to provide a settlement to...

      Cocoa and Chocolate Products (England) Regulations 2003

      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 the Cocoa and...

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of rises in the price of food on the provision of public sector food.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: South Tyneside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much South Tyneside Council has returned to her Department from grants allocated in the last two years.

      Food: Wholesale Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with UK food and drink wholesalers on the challenges faced by that sector.

      Food: Wholesale Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to UK food and drink wholesalers to assist the cost...

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the transaction for £1,567.63 on 14 December 2021 included in her Department’s publication of...

      Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2022 to Question 40832 on Fish Farming: Animal Welfare, when she expects to receive...

      Air Pollution: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to respond to Clean Air Greater Manchester's proposal for an investment-led, non-charging clean air zone in...

      Paraquat: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ban the export of paraquat to India.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

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

      Farmers: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has taken recent steps with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the rate of suicide of men in the farming community.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Scottish Government and Welsh Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 18 January 2023 to Question 117854 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:...

      Government Departments: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Greening Government Commitments annual reports for (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.

      Environment Protection: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to meet its statutory targets on environment protection; and if she will make a...

  • Home Office

    • Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of passport applications were not processed within 10 weeks in each calendar month of 2022.

    • Asylum: Hove

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recent reports of the abduction of unaccompanied children from a Home Office residence in Hove, what urgent steps her...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that children asylum seekers are not abducted from the hotels they are temporarily housed in.

      National Crime Agency: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Crime Agency officers were working on the issue of missing child asylum seekers as of 25 January 2023.

      Home Office: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.

      Airports: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many military personnel were deployed at airports to cover those Border Force staff participating in the PCS trade union strike action...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will permit the creation of new asylum accommodation sites in areas which a local authority has deemed unsuitable.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees on missing asylum-seeking minors.

      Visas: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she (a) predetermined an application before a person attended and (b) excused the requirement to attend a Visa Application...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many LGBT+ Afghans have been admitted to the UK since the end of Operation Pitting.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of the internal risk register on unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors in the Library of the House.

      Asylum: Myanmar

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Myanmar nationals claimed asylum in the UK in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      Asylum: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 117811, whether his Department is aware of any other technical IT faults with the...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Home Office spent on employing caseworkers to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism in financial...

      Home Office: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that...

      Asylum: Southport

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the delay in announcing the decision on the housing of asylum seekers in Pontins in Southport...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on subsistence payments for people awaiting a conclusive grounds decision in the National Referral Mechanism...

      Key Workers: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting key workers from fees for DBS checks.

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle violence against women and girls.

      Immigration: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the correspondence with the hon. Member for Glasgow Central of 5 January 2023, reference ZA24239, what the oldest allowed...

      Refugees: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average processing times are for Refugee Family Reunion applications inside the rules.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications that were submitted before January 2018 are awaiting a decision as of 25 January 2023.

      Cannabidiol

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs' consumer cannabidiol products cover letter and report published on...

      Safety Belts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were fined for not wearing seatbelts in the last 12 months.

      Diplomatic Service: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Border Control procedures are in place for British (a) Ambassadors and (b) High Commissioners when they re-enter the UK.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors.

      Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) swift blocks and (b) other biodiversity measures...

    • Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of management companies increasing ground rent by the retail price...

      Woodhouse Colliery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice he received from his officials before making the decision on the recently approved coal mine in Whitehaven,...

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of extending the Help to Buy...

      High Rise Flats: Battersea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether a contract has been signed for unsafe cladding remediation work on Sesame apartments in Battersea.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications for Voter Authority Certificates have been submitted since 17 January 2023.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department informed local authorities of the information detailed in Section 4.4 of his Department's guidance...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127714 on Levelling Up Fund, if he will take steps to estimate the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 23 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, reference JD29336.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific levelling up fund for former coalfield...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on publishing their investment plans since local spending...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four...

      Social Rented Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to tackle damp and mould in social housing.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and...

      Buildings: Battersea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what active remediation work is taking place on buildings with unsafe cladding in Battersea.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainian households in Wales received homelessness assistance from their local authority in each month of 2022.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether their Department has purchased mobile UV virus irradiation units.

    • Scotland Office: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.

      European Union: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 126735 on European Union: Scotland, what evidence he used to determine that there is no desire in...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Nadhim Zahawi: Taxation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was aware that HMRC were investigating the tax affairs of the Right Hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon when he appointed him...

    • Civil Servants: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the impact of public sector pay policy on civil service staff.

      Death: Statistics

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Office for National Statistics stopped issuing mortality by vaccination status date statistics on 31 May 2022.

      Yevgeny Prigozhin

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on Yevgeny Prigozhin and sanctions; and if he...

      Nadhim Zahawi

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publish the remit of the investigation by the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards into the Right Hon. Member for...

      Cabinet Office: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has notified staff to (a) tell or (b) remind them that they can sell annual leave in the last four months.

      Prime Minister: Aviation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the (a) scope one, (b) scope two and (c) scope three carbon dioxide equivalent emissions for the flights taken by the...

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 125341 on Government Departments: ICT, where cloud providers publish information on their...

      Immigration: Older People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on how many (a) UK health workers have returned to UK from EU countries and (b) EU health workers have returned...

  • Treasury

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Death

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the extension of the freeze on alcohol duty until August 2023 on levels of alcohol-specific deaths.

    • Business: Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to increasing the (a) mileage rate and (b) 10,000 mile threshold of the Mileage Allowance Payments available to businesses;...

      Treasury: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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...

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on (a) estimated PAYE and National Insurance contributions tax receipts, (b) estimated receipt of incomes taxes other than...

      Theatre: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of valid claims for Theatre Tax Relief were paid within 28 days of receipt in the period since 1 April 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to my email correspondence of 9 November 2022 from a constituent on FairCharge.

      High-risk Wealth Programme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases the High-Risk Wealth Programme has considered in each tax year since its introduction; and if he will publish information on how these cases...

      Public Expenditure: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Welsh Government will receive a Barnett consequential from the £500 million Local Authority Housing Fund announced by the Department for...

      Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has provided funding for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

      Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of pension allowances on factors that may incentivise doctors to retire early.

      Financial Services: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK’s financial services sector regulatory framework.

      Business Banking Resolution Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had discussions with banks on the provision of a service to deal with unresolved business banking complaints for SMEs following...

      Business Banking Resolution Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to put in place a provision to deal with unresolved business banking complaints relating to SMEs following the planned...

      Health Services: Devolution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on devolved assemblies' budgets for health services.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Swimming Pools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set up an emergency support fund to help provide support to public swimming pools in the context of the increases...

    • Voluntary Organisations: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide targeted financial support for voluntary and faith groups in the...

      Community Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the Community Life Survey 2021-2022.

      Theatres: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has provided funding for energy reduction measures in theatres for reducing energy costs in winter 2023.

      Return of Cultural Objects Regulations 1994

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether it is her policy to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c)...

      Public Libraries: Opening Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the extent to which average public library opening hours have changed in the last (a) three,...

      Public Libraries: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed in England since (a) 2000 and (b) 2010.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and...

      Public Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support public libraries.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Parliament: Security

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many days Members of Parliament who have not taken their seats in Parliament used their parliamentary...

    • Parliamentary Estate: Air Conditioning

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent on air filtration systems on the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of using prepayment meters on users of such meters in (1) managing their finances, (2) meeting the increased cost...

    • Royal Mail: Stamps

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Royal Mail Stamp Swap Out scheme; and what assessment they have made of the cost of that scheme so far.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the impact of the severe cold weather on vulnerable households, and (2) the ability of those residents on pre-payment meters...

  • Attorney General

    • Terrorism: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have paid compensation to (1) individuals who were perpetrators of terrorist activities, and (2) family members of those who were perpetrators of...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Refugee Convention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to withdraw from the 1951 Refugee Convention.

    • Bangladesh: Foreign Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of UK-Bangladesh relations.

      Bangladesh: Press Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) press freedoms in Bangladesh, and (2) the extent to which British journalists may freely enter and leave that country.

      Refugees: Syria

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) British Nationals, and (2) families containing a British National, in refugee camps in north-East Syria have asked to return to the UK; and how many...

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the execution of anti-government protestors in Iran, and what discussions they have had with the government of Iran about...

      Qatar: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of human rights in Qatar following the sentencing to life imprisonment of Qatari lawyers Hazza and Rashed bin Ali Abu Shurayda...

      Iran: Capital Punishment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iran concerning their use of capital punishment; and in particular, the recent cases of Mohammad Mahdi...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Defence for Children International (Palestine) Year-in-review: A deadly year for Palestinian children,...

      Ukraine: Food

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how well the agreed arrangements for the export of food from Ukraine are working; and what (1) steps, if any, they are taking,...

      Gaza: Medical Equipment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli authorities refused permission for medical equipment to enter the Gaza Strip; and what representations, if...

      Jerusalem: Religious Buildings

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Jordan to ensure safe visits by Jews to the Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif).

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the formation of the new government of Israel on 29 December 2022, what assessment have they made of the compliance of the government of Israel with...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel regarding the killing of (1) Shireen Abu Akleh, (2) Jana Majdi Issam, (3) Adam Nasser Ayyad, (4) Dia...

      Pakistan: Jews

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan, if any, about the (1) safety, and (2) well-being, of around two hundred Jews living in that country.

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Oxfam International Fueling Conflict: Analyzing the human impact of the war in Yemen, published on 11 January.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • River Tees: Pyridine

      To ask His Majesty's Government who has been appointed to the expert panel established to investigate pyridine in the River Tees.

    • Honey: Misrepresentation

      To ask His Majesty's Government which honey producers have been prosecuted in each of the past five years for misrepresenting the honey they have sold.

      Agricultural Products: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the level of UK agriculture exports.

      Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in trialling alternatives to thiamethoxam on sugar beet.

      Dogs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving (1) to licensing professional dog walkers, and (2) to limiting them to a number of dogs that can be walked at any one time.

      Village Halls: Community Development

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the contribution of village halls as community spaces, and (2) the risk of closures of such facilities; and what...

      Nature Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 13 December (HL4004), whether they have data for those regions that have suffered a decline of (1) plants,...

      Biodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on their ability to halt biodiversity loss arising from the relevant officials being diverted to work on the Retained...

      Nature Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the United Nations Development Programme that $1.8 trillion in global subsidies are contributing towards the...

      Recycling: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the measures requiring mandatory recycling labelling on packaging enable consumers to recycle easily and...

      Marine Environment: International Cooperation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of (1) land, and (2) sea, they currently classify as protected in regard to the 30by30 target.

      Recycling: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken (1) to progress plans to introduce mandatory recycling labelling on packaging, and (2) to ensure businesses are able to implement these...

  • Home Office

    • Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 8 November (HL3116), whether they have since asked the Migration Advisory Committee to...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Council Tax: Mental Illness

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that severely mentally impaired persons who are entitled to attendance allowance qualify for an exception or a discount on...

  • Treasury

    • Exports: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to provide (1) payment insurance to British exporters, and (2) war-risk insurance for those British entities making investments into...

    • Capital Investment and Intellectual Property: Tax Allowances

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to offer tax credits on (1) a broader range of intellectual property, and (2) capital spending.

      Banks and Insurance: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of weaknesses in the (1) banking, and (2) insurance, sectors.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether His Majesty’s Treasury has done any economic modelling on the impact of the new alcohol duty bands on the consumption of alcohol; and if so,...

      Taxation: Non-payment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of unpaid tax for the last three fiscal years; and what plans they have to recover that money.

What is this?

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