Thursday, 2 February 2023
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Chiltern mainline contract is due for renewal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which agency is investigating the worker missing from the Valeris 121 rig.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to electric vehicle charging points.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium enterprises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to tackle fire and rehire practices.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure the implementation of the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to support the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure to spend 10 per cent of the transport budget on active travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992; and if they will...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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)...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS 999 Call Handler posts that are unfilled.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase participation in cricket in primary schools.
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.
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...
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 .
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of rape trials have been adjourned in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims were disposed of between 1 January and 31 December 2022.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims were accepted in 2022.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims were made in 2022.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission will commence its review of legislation relating to museum collections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether funding arrangements for the payment of grants to Child Contact Centres have been finalised.
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the Internationalisation Fund has been allocated to exporters in 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help tackle cholera in Malawi.
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;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether their Department has purchased mobile UV virus irradiation units.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the bonuses paid to the former chief executive of the Submarine Delivery Agency were pensionable.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body is the legal employer of staff at the Health and Safety Executive.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect people from dangerous dogs.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation HM Passport Office paid in each calendar year since 2015.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which three departments had the lowest proportion of staff attending the office in January 2023.
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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.
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)...
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.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which type of bakeries fall within the higher (a) discount and (b) relief rate for business rates.
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...
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...
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.
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,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many physical bank branches there were in the West Midlands in each year since 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulation of crypto-currencies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help improve financial inclusion for people under 18.
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.
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...
To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to publish his tax return.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the forced use of gas and electricity prepayment meters.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess the efficacy of the Sentencing Council.
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.
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.
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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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