Written answers

Thursday, 2 February 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Official Cars

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government Car Service's policy is on the (a) type of fuel used and (b) country of origin when procuring new cars for its fleet.

    • Official Cars: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the the adequacy of the (a) range, (b) security and (c) comfort of electric vehicles procured by the Government Car...

      Chiltern Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Chiltern mainline contract is due for renewal.

      Offshore Industry: Missing People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which agency is investigating the worker missing from the Valeris 121 rig.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to electric vehicle charging points.

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 30 January 2022 to Question 129881, on High Speed 2 Line, if he will publish the full economic assessment of different...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Refuges: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received from the domestic abuse sector on the level of Government support with energy...

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the statement by the Minister for Energy and Climate of 25 January 2023, Col 1026, what the eligibility...

      Medical Equipment: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to provide financial support to users of at-home medical treatment equipment, in the context...

      Innovation and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 122137 on Innovation and Research, if he will set out a timetable...

      Students: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to PhD students in the context of the increases in the...

      Cars: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to increase the level of car manufacturing in the UK.

      Cars: Energy and Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) energy prices and (b) taxes on cars in the UK on the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and...

      Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium enterprises.

      Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to tackle fire and rehire practices.

      Conditions of Employment: Public Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has (a) met or (b) corresponded with the Director of Labour Market Enforcement between 25 October 2022 and...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Holiday Leave

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

      Director of Labour Market Enforcement: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the minutes from meetings between Ministers from his Department and the Office of the Director of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to reply to the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare's letters of 18 November and 20 December 2022...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of a potential link between (a) the rebate in the Voluntary Scheme for...

      Ofgem: Sefton Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the outcome has been of discussions between Ofgem and the Sefton Local Authority on a data sharing agreement.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Glasgow Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have received support through the Energy Bill Support Scheme for (a) prepayment and (b) direct debit in...

      Floods: Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment of the impact of potential flooding caused by rising sea levels...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools

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

      Bakeries: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to offer financial grants to bakeries for the installation of energy efficiency measures, in the...

      Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Bakeries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether suppliers of ingredients to the bakery industry are eligible for support under the Energy and Trade Intensive...

      Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative assessment of the impact of legislation on the right to strike in (a) the UK and (b) the...

      Construction: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new scheme to support the training of...

      General Product Safety Regulations 2005

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke (b) retain, or (c) replace the General...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that partner agencies promote the energy support to customers on pre-payment meters.

      Government Office for Technology Transfer: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 132388 on Government Office for Technology Transfer: Innovation,...

      Leisure and Swimming Pools: Energy Bills Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has held recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: South Tyneside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127774, on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department (a) has or (b) has requested access to the Electricity Central Online Enquiry Service for the...

      Energy: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will increase the proportion of energy use that qualifies for relief.

      Refuges: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of domestic abuse refuges that have accessed Government support with energy bills.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether energy firms are required to carry out equality impact assessments before forcibly installing prepayment meters.

      Refuges: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the adequacy of Government support...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of households that are eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme in Wales.

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a closer partnership between the Government and the UK steel...

      Liberty Steel: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 122127 on Liberty Steel: Redundancy, whether his Department plans...

      Iron and Steel: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120907 on Iron and Steel: Employment, what assessment he has made...

      Charities: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons he has not launched a consultation on introducing a social energy tariff.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking to help energy companies share data about which customers are on pre-payment schemes.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with Ofgem regarding energy suppliers’ compliance with existing...

      Government Office for Technology Transfer: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 118994 on Innovation: Public Expenditure, what specific (a)...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Coventry

      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 in (a) Coventry North East...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requesting that energy companies (a) hand deliver or (b) post...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of not including (a) swimming pools and (b) other leisure...

      Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Electrical...

      Business: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with businesses in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry on the potential...

      Small Businesses: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry have received...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127884 on Energy: Meters, for what reason his Department does not...

      Hospices: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of energy support for hospices (a) now and (b) from April 2023; and whether...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to provide funding to cover the environmental and social costs, including green levies,...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to take steps consult on long-term options for energy levies and obligations.

      Small Businesses: Battersea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in Battersea in the context of the cost of living crisis.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Warm Home Discount helpline is accessible for users with disabilities.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support to people whose property was previously eligible for a Warm...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the value for money of personal protective equipment procured under covid-19 emergency regulations.

    • Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled Contact tracing applications, which took place at...

      Draft Mental Health Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Mental Health Bill will include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to (a) detect and (b) help tackle...

      Health Professions: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he make it his policy to waive fees for Disclosure and Barring Service checks for healthcare workers.

      Ambulance Services: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to monitor national strike derogation arrangements for all ambulance trusts when...

      Cervical Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish a (a) plan and (b) timetable for the elimination of cervical cancer.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will help to reduce workforce gaps in cardiology services, in the context of the...

      Health Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral statement of 9 January 2023 on NHS winter pressures, Official Report, column 287, what interventions using...

      Hospitals: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on delivering the recommendations in the Independent Review of NHS hospital food published in October 2020.

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the remit is of the National Institute for Health and Care Research for the commercialisation of early-stage clinical research.

      Clinical Trials: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost incurred by companies of running (a) phase one, (b) phase two and (c) phase...

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of health technology appraisals conducted by NICE for follow-on indications have resulted in (a)...

      Ambulance Services: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that new ambulances are manufactured in the UK.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of health technology appraisals conducted by NICE for therapies in combination have resulted in (a) termination, (b) a...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Minimum Wage

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

      Neurology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of qualified neurologists.

      Medical Equipment: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce regulatory barriers for companies and healthcare providers importing medical devices and equipment...

      Automated External Defibrillators Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the process to appoint a selected partner for the Automated External Defibrillators Fund.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the impact of Brexit on (a) the UK’s medical workforce and (b) trends in the level of...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 120107 on Dementia: Research, whether money invested by (a) the Japanese government...

      Emergency Calls: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS 999 Call Handler posts that are unfilled.

      Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support NHS Control Room employees and (b) maximise retention of those staff.

      Intensive Care: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that more Intensive Therapy Unit nursing staff receive a post-registration qualification in critical...

      Drugs: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all medicines approved for use In Great Britain are also available in Northern Ireland.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce a lifetime cap on individual care costs; and if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia diagnosis (a) in Watford and (b) nationally.

      Liver Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of surveillance measures for liver cancer in the UK.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people can access NHS dental care to (a) register with dentists, (b) book emergency appointments...

      Tobacco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he has not published an updated Tobacco Control Plan; and whether it is his policy to introduce an updated Tobacco...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to reduce the potential impact of publishing calorific content on menus on people with eating disorders.

      Quality and Safety of Organs Intended for Transplantation Regulations 2012

      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 Quality and Safety of Organs...

      Dental Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Ukrainian refugees can (a) register at NHS dentists and (b) access necessary dental healthcare.

      Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 123900 on Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability, who from his Department...

      Osteoporosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of the NHS in England to diagnose and treat osteoporosis.

      Independent Investigation Into East Kent Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the independent report entitled Reading the...

      Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Final report of the Ockenden review, published on 30 March 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on...

      Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of bed capacity in mental health care; and what steps his Department is taking to...

      Cervical Cancer: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the diagnosis of cervical cancer in Birmingham.

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering guaranteed interviews to black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants with relevant...

    • Cricket: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase participation in cricket in primary schools.

      Students: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support students from low income families with the cost of living.

      Universities: Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report of the Independent investigation into allegations of antisemitism...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to curtail the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Protection by Ministers .

    • Drugs: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average time taken for drug possession cases to be completed in court in each year since 2010.

      Burglary: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average time taken between domestic burglary cases being initially reported to being completed in court in each year...

      Housing: Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of local authority accommodation for children post-charge who are unable to be bailed.

      Probation Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all probation officers in each year since 2010.

      Probation: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of when the Probation Service will meet its required staffing level.

      Probation: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the average working days lost to sickness absence of probation officers in the year ending...

      Probation: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the (a) leaving rate and (b) resignation rate of probation officers in the year ending September 2022.

      Crimes of Violence: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of individuals on probation went on to commit a serious further offence in each year since 2010; and in how many and what...

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners released under the early release scheme as a result of Operation Safeguard.

      Crime and Anti-social Behaviour: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help keep vulnerable young people away from (a) crime and (b) antisocial behaviour.

      Domestic Abuse: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average time taken for domestic violence cases to be completed in court in each year since 2010.

      Domestic Abuse: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average time taken between domestic violence cases being initially reported to being completed in court in each year...

      Rape: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of rape trials were not (a) started and (b) completed as a result of complainants ceasing to pursue the case in each year...

      Rape: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of rape trials have been adjourned in each year since 2010.

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims were disposed of between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

      Administration of Justice: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people diagnosed with autism requested but were not granted reasonable adjustments as defined within the Equal Treatment Bench Book in the last...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current average time between a claimant receiving their employment tribunal claim and their first hearing.

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims were accepted in 2022.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has (a) provided recent guidance to and (b) had recent discussions with the judiciary on the issuing of warrants for the forcible...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims were made in 2022.

      Ministry of Justice: Holiday Leave

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

      Museums and Galleries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission will commence its review of legislation relating to museum collections.

      Child Contact Centres: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether funding arrangements for the payment of grants to Child Contact Centres have been finalised.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the results of the Export Client Survey for each of the last five years.

    • Department for International Trade: Equality

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

      Department for International Trade: Equality

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

      Research: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) the global profile of and (b) investment in research and development in cities outside...

      Internationalisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the Internationalisation Fund has been allocated to exporters in 2022-23.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Malawi: Cholera

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help tackle cholera in Malawi.

    • 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;...

      Canada: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Canadian counterpart on facilitating the requirements for live...

      Caribbean: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his G7 counterparts on the engagement of Caribbean countries with the...

      Cuba: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government (a) agencies and (b) other bodies were (i) operating in Cuba and (b) otherwise working with the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Department's publication of spending above £500 on government procurement cards, what goods...

      Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

      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 debate entitled Conflict-related sexual...

      Roderick Drummond

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which honourable Members met Ambassador Roderick Drummond during his visit to the UK in January 2023.

      Ethiopia: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make reductions in his Department's budget to fund the recently announced £16.6 million...

      Afghanistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help girls and women access education in Afghanistan.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Minister or official authorised the Government Information Cell to collect data related to public...

      Ukraine: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement on 17 February 2022 of a £100 million three-year energy independence...

      Afghanistan: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the number of UK-trained former members of the Afghan National...

      Afghanistan: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to maintain current levels of funding for Overseas Development Assistance to Afghanistan.

      UN Population Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to the UNFPA Supplies Partnership in each year since 2013.

      China: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Chinese counterpart on reports of the repression of the country's...

      North Korea: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Open Doors entitled World Watch List 2023, if he will make an assessment of the...

      COE Parliamentary Assembly

      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 address by Ms Annalena Baerbock, Germany's...

      COE Parliamentary Assembly

      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 debate entitled The Reykjavik Summit,...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether their Department has purchased mobile UV virus irradiation units.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Lessons Learned Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Ajax Lessons Learned Review; and whether he plans to publish the Review unredacted.

    • Military Bases: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 126539 on Military Bases: Heating, how many of the 129 incidents related to heating were resolved...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Annex A of the Defence Estates Development Plan 2009, published on 3 July 2009, if he will publish an Estate baseline as of 1 December...

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's gross expenditure, excluding refunds, using electronic purchasing cards for purchases with a value of (a) more and (b) less than...

      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...

      Military Police: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Service Police Codes of Practice.

      Submarine Delivery Agency: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the bonuses paid to the former chief executive of the Submarine Delivery Agency were pensionable.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Army's operational capability during the upgrade and replacement periods for (a) Warrior and (b) Challenger.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of the Challenger 2 tanks in service that will not be upgraded to Challenger 3.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Child Maintenance Service: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the sharing of information across Government departments to aid the Child Maintenance Service.

    • Jobcentres: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 132435 on Jobcentres: Closures, whether any Jobcentre staff have been advised of the...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they...

      Offshore Industry: Missing People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which agency is responsible for the investigation of missing persons aboard offshore rigs in (a) UK territorial waters, (b) the UK exclusive...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve Child Maintenance Service's enforcement action towards self-employed parents.

      Child Maintenance Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed in the Child Maintenance Service; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing...

      Social Security Benefits: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost has been of child allowances within Universal Credit paid to parents with 16-19 year-olds in full-time further education in (a)...

      Social Security Benefits: Children and Young people

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of parents in (a) England and (b) the UK were claiming both (i) Universal Credit and (ii) child allowances...

      Jobcentres: Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January to Question 127768 on Department for Work and Pensions: Older Workers, how many 50Plus Champions are...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling the Carer’s Allowance to be treated as earnings for the work...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 on...

      Health and Safety Executive: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body is the legal employer of staff at the Health and Safety Executive.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Child Maintenance payments for people in contract work are calculated fairly.

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of households that received a food bank parcel in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support to women who have been affected by changes in the state pension age.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy on taking steps to assess whether people...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of food banks that did not have enough food to meet demand on 26 January 2023.

    • Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will allow Natural England to extend the Holt and West Moors SSSI to incorporate the adjoining 4.8 acres of...

      Livestock: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the finding of the National Police Chiefs' Council Livestock Worrying Working Group that the dog was...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to increase her Department's resources to deal with legislation effected by Retained EU Law.

      Fireworks: Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential benefits for vulnerable animals of introducing firework control zones.

      National Parks: Camping Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to legislate to establish locations within national parks where wild camping is permitted.

      Fuels: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she had has with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of including natural gas, petrol or oil used in...

      Sewage: Bournemouth East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges in Bournemouth East constituency.

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to regulate catching-up activities for gamebirds in winter 2023-24, in the context of...

      Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce a limit on the number of dogs that a person can walk at one time that would...

      Veterinary Medicine: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect supply chains between Great Britain and Northern Ireland for veterinary medicines.

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect people from dangerous dogs.

      Ash Dieback Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support her Department plans to provide to (a) local authorities and (b) other agencies to help tackle ash...

      Ash Dieback Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) current and (b) future (i) prevalence and (ii) impact of ash dieback.

      Countryside Stewardship Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether new Countryside Stewardship agreements issued in 2023 will be made under the legal powers conferred by Section 1 of...

      Countryside Stewardship Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Countryside Stewardship agreements have been made under powers conferred in regulations under Section 98 of the...

      Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Order 2009

      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 Sea Fishing...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to fulfil the Government's manifesto pledge to ban the import of hunting trophies from...

      Flood Control: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of constructing additional flood defences in the city of Bristol...

      Countryside Stewardship Scheme: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are remaining provisions in retained EU law that govern the payment rates permissible under new or existing...

  • Home Office

    • HM Passport Office: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation HM Passport Office paid in each calendar year since 2015.

    • Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the most recent year for which data is available, how many visas have been refused for applicants who have subsequently been approved for...

      Jimmy Lai

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Mr Jimmy Lai Chee-ying who has been held in Stanley Prison in Hong Kong on charges under the National Security Law is a citizen of...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 126514 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how many people have been resettled under the Afghan...

      Home Office: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister or official authorised the Research, Information and Communication Unit to collect data related to public statements, social...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of placing asylum-seeking children and families in local authority areas which are...

      Asylum: Southport

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with Sefton Council in Multi-Agency Forums on the potential accommodation of asylum-seeking children...

      Asylum: Sefton

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) planning requirements of the Pontins site in Southport and (b) powers of Sefton...

      Asylum: Sefton

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times her Department has discussed with Sefton Council the potential location of asylum-seeking children and families within that...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of placing asylum-seeking children and families in local authority areas...

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all police officers in each year since 2010.

      Bicycles: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bicycle thefts there were in (a) England and Wales and (b) York in the last 12 months for which data is available.

      Home Office: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they...

      Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether she is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the report of the Right Reverend James Jones The Patronising Disposition of...

      Metropolitan Police: Misconduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many misconduct cases for Metropolitan Police safer schools officers were active as of 26 January 2023.

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 125286 on Visas: Married People, if she will make an assessment of the potential...

      Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for family reunion with a refugee or person with humanitarian protection which were submitted...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the response to the Urgent Question on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children on 24 January 2023, Official Report, column...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend eligibility of the Resettlement Scheme for vulnerable people in Afghanistan beyond the Pathway 3 criteria.

      Asylum: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged under the age of 18 have been reported as missing from asylum hotels in (a) the London Borough of Hounslow and (b) London.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Departments correspondence with the Hon. Member for Liverpool Walton, reference MPAM/0465470/22, for what reasons her...

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 120952 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when this concession was last reviewed; how...

      Metropolitan Police: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve due diligence checks on serving Metropolitan Police officers.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of service let homes in England which are let on contracts for periods of no...

    • Vagrancy Act 1824

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke (b) retain or (c) replace the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.

    • Cabinet Office: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to the letter of 13 October 2022 from the hon. Member for North Durham on the If U Care Share Foundation.

      Question

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which three departments had the lowest proportion of staff attending the office in January 2023.

      Nadhim Zahawi

      To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will publish in full the advice he received from the Independent Ethics Adviser on the appointment of the Rt hon. Member for...

      Government Departments: Advertising

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to increase Government advertising spending with domestic based local news media compared to multinational tech companies.

  • Treasury

    • Taxation: Fines

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties issued by HMRC for unpaid tax amounted to (a) less than £1,000, (b) £1,000 to £9,999, (c) £10,000 to £99,999,...

    • Treasury: Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will make a...

      VAT: Business

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of instances where online (a) Government and (b) HMRC forms do not recognise valid business VAT numbers.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at school and college were in receipt of child benefit in (a)...

      Capital Gains Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an estimate of the total sum of capital gains by UK resident tax payers in each of the last five years.

      Bakeries: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which type of bakeries fall within the higher (a) discount and (b) relief rate for business rates.

      Revenue and Customs: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of HMRC’s compliance with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether monitoring...

      Arts: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the estimated Exchequer impact of the two-year tapered rate increase of Theatre, Orchestra and Museums and Galleries Exhibitions Tax...

      Taxation: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the average time HM Revenue and Customs takes to issue tax refunds.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the email correspondence of 25 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Falkirk, if he will take steps to help respond to his constituent,...

      Banks: West Midlands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many physical bank branches there were in the West Midlands in each year since 2010.

      Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulation of crypto-currencies.

      Financial Services: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help improve financial inclusion for people under 18.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Infant Foods: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations on follow-on formula milk advertising in the UK.

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which Minister or official authorised the Counter Disinformation Unit to collect data related to public statements, social...

  • Prime Minister

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set out a timetable for the pre-legislative scrutiny of the proposed Conversion Therapy Bill.

    • Gender Recognition: Scotland

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the cost was to the public purse of (a) polling and (b) focus groups on public attitudes towards the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.

      Foreign Investment in UK: India

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of racial and accent prejudices towards Indian nationals and people of Indian...

  • Department for Transport

    • Cars

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their target for reducing car use in the UK; and what date they have set for any percentage reduction in vehicle use to be achieved.

    • Aviation: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the scientific evidence and data upon which the COVID-19 rules in place for passengers on direct flights from China to England are...

      Driving: Qualifications

      To ask His Majesty's Government what training they have made available, if any, to enable those with overseas driving qualifications to retrain for work in the UK.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will set out in a table (1) the carbon intensity of the national grid, and (2) the relative mix of (a) natural gas, (b) coal, (c) solar power,...

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the forced use of gas and electricity prepayment meters.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of efforts by Ofgem to reduce consumer energy prices following the recent fall in inflation.

      Britishvolt: Insolvency

      To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the collapse of Britishvolt; and what assessment they have made of the consequences for battery manufacturing in the UK.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Social Services: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by the Local Government Association that £13 billion needs to be delivered into social care so that councils...

    • Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the Mental Health Act 1983, what plans they have to increase the capacity of (1) places of safety, (2) section 136 suites, and (3) crisis care...

      Health: Males

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to take a more holistic approach to men’s health, given that there are common underlying factors such as alcohol and drug abuse, and...

      Hospital Beds

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the policy rationale for the reduction to the NHS England hospital bed stock between January 2010 and January 2020.

      Viral Diseases: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JVCI) will make a recommendation for the National Immunisation Programme for winter 2023/2024 for...

      Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask His Majesty's Government what data the COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel are currently reviewing to inform its advice to Government in relation to support for at-risk patient cohorts.

  • Department for Education

    • National Union of Students: Antisemitism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Rebecca Tuck KC Independent Investigation into Allegations of Antisemitism within NUS, published on 12 January; and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Motor Vehicles: Documents

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the fees set down in (1) the Commissioner for Oaths (Authorised Persons) Fees Order 1993, and (2) the Removal, Storage and Disposal...

    • Contact Orders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support mediation in disputes that would otherwise require grandparents to apply for Contact Orders in order to have access to their...

      Sentencing Council for England and Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess the efficacy of the Sentencing Council.

      Reparation by Offenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many restorative justice services they plan to have set up by the end of 2023, broken down by the location of those services.

      EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government which retained EU laws the Ministry of Justice is planning to reform or revoke in the event of a passage into law of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Peru: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of protests in Peru following the dismissal of President Castillo; and whether they (1) have made, and (2) will make,...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group Child of the North Child Poverty and the Cost of Living Crisis, published on 23 January, what...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Genetic Engineering

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the governments of EU member states regarding the use of gene editing in agriculture.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Hunt Saboteurs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many working hours have been spent on policing issues raised by hunt saboteurs in each of the last five years; and how...

    • Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers are currently housed in public accommodation; and what was the cost of providing that accommodation for each month in (1) 2021, and...

      Undocumented Migrants: Electronic Tagging

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many illegal migrants have (1) breached their tagging conditions, and (2) are awaiting court proceedings as a result.

      Honour Based Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in so called 'honour-based' abuse crimes identified in the Home Office's Statistics on so called...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Levelling Up Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the amount allocated per head of population in round two of the Levelling Up Fund to (1) England, (2) Northern Ireland, (3) Scotland, and (4) Wales.

  • Treasury

    • Northern Ireland Protocol: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Penn on 5 January (HL4428 and HL4429), what assessment they have made of the cost to business in addition to the...

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