Friday, 3 February 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of e-scooters on (a) driving licence and (b) insurance requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make regulations under the Bus Services Act 2017 in the next year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129879 on Railways: Midlands and North of England, what assessment the Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to increase the provision of audio-visual announcements on local bus services for blind and partially sighted people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the (a) scope, (b) workstreams and (c) objectives of (i) Project Silverlight and (ii) Operation Blue Diamond.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many FTE civil servants in his Department work on bus services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals for enforceable disabled parking bays in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of (a) potholes and (b) instances of other road damage; what estimate he has made of the additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January to Question 13189 on Disease Control, how many mobile UV irradiation units have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the Register of Overseas Entities; and what compliance...
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 Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the need for a ministerial portfolio for eradicating the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 132590, whether households that do not have a traditional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to implement a national framework to incentivise and manage exploration and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131224 on Refuges: Energy, what metrics his Department has used...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether alternative support is available for households which previously qualified for the Warm Home Discount but which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many jobs the Green Homes Grant has supported in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data his Department holds on the average timescales energy consumers wait for the repayment of debt owed to them...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who were eligible for the Warm Home Discount in 2022 and are not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what date he expects the Energy Bill Relief Scheme payment to be made, in relation to residents of Park Homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy., what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of fluctuations in the rate of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of domestic properties in (a) York local authority, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to increase the (a) grid and (b) local cable capacities in order to better facilitate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that households unable to get energy smart meters are not (a) disadvantaged or (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the number of rural households which are able to have an energy smart meter installed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his proposed energy package from April 2023 on (a) hospitality,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 114600 on UK Infrastructure Bank, what recent discussions his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to (a) prevent and (b) regulate energy companies from forcibly installing prepayment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people on pre-payment meters who have not yet redeemed their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 114599 on Energy: Conservation, what his planned timetable is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to provide a budget framework for Contracts for Difference auctions over the next 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of park home households who are eligible for grant support under the ECO4 scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households have been awarded funding for energy efficiency installations under the ECO4 scheme in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many ECO4 installations have been (a) approved for funding and (b) completed since June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to improve the energy efficiency of UK homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy Efficiency Taskforce is operational; and if he will publish the membership of that taskforce.
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 letter sent by the Minister of State for Energy and Climate to all Members on 25 November 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing ongoing support for energy costs to the charity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects to issue guidance on the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding to local authorities to enable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps the Government has taken to ensure that businesses, including hospices, are supported with their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of increases in the cost of energy on hospices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to support hospices with their energy bills after March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of a potential fall in wholesale energy prices on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent energy companies from breaching licence agreements by forcing customers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much households in Northern Ireland will receive under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will respond to the correspondence of 8 December 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will conduct a review of the adequacy of the regulatory system for the promotion and development of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support and develop the hydrogen supply chain in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Contracts for Difference scheme to Northern Ireland; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for ambulance services in Stockport constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing the number of registered nurses in the NHS by 50,000 in England by the end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of changes to the median nurse’s salary in real terms since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussion he has had with the NHS Business Services Authority on prescription prepayment certificate's being cancelled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many requests for revenue cash support have been made by NHS trusts to NHS England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) ambulance staff and (b) other medical staff who visit homes are provided personal alarm...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse the Government spent on HIV research and development in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2022 to Question 84943 on NHS Digital: Cybersecurity, what steps he is taking to resolve the cyber...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of eligible people under the age of 30 who have received a third covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of GPs (a) retiring and (b) leaving the profession in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will make a decision on future funding plans for NHS Wellbeing Hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 17 November 2022 and 16 December 2022 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the results of the public consultation on interim service specification for specialist gender dysphoria services for children and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to end out of area placements for mental health patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the quality of training on restrictive interventions delivered to providers of inpatient care for people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 96635 on Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds and with reference to the Answer of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November to Question 88800 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, if he will place in the Library a copy of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision for people with Tourette Syndrome in South Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available to unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the UK Commission on Bereavement’s findings that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number clinical trials of new medicines taking place in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Accident and Emergency departments in hospitals can meet waiting time targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are a sufficient number of (a) pediatric intensive care unit beds and (b) qualified...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was between referral and first assessment for autism at Stockport Child and Adolescent Mental Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that England has enough mental health beds for (a) adults and (b) children and adolescents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy papers entitled (a) The national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) people aged 50 to 64, (b) people aged 65 to 74, (c) people aged 75 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) children aged two and three years on 31 August 2022, (b) primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which countries (a) requested covid-19 vaccines from the UK and (b) had this request granted and dispatched to them in 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to continue providing a covid-19 vaccination programme for (a) all people and (b) people classified as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of covid-19 on access to ovarian cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the annual spend of social care providers on agency care workers in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a limit on the distance it would require someone to travel to receive (a) radiotherapy and (b) other types of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cancer care backlog in (a) Penrith and The Border and (b) Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive reply to Question 125459 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence, tabled by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a timetable for bringing forward commencement orders on powers for the Care Quality Commission to assess integrated care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the causes of the increase in the number of excess deaths; and what steps he is taking to...
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 Blood Safety and Quality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timetable for the publication of the refreshed NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when his Department last met the Welsh Assembly Government to discuss the Wrexham to Bidston train line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on (a) upgrades to the South Wales relief line and (b) the rail-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that nurseries are supported with rising costs of energy; and what plans her Department have to support nurseries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the consequences for her policies of findings by the National Deaf Children's Society that (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the 2018-2020 LRS Data Breach by Trustopia, whether pupils past and present will be informed that their personal data was used by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle racism towards Gypsy, Roma, and Travellers in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the proposed SEND and Alternative Provision Green Papers on support for children with speech and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foster carers there are in Stockport (a) constituency and (b) borough.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there is a standardised procedure for ensuring that young offenders are assessed for an EHCP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the level of funding provided for children with Education, Health and Care Plans in mainstream education settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a list of all the data her Department collects and holds on assessing the needs of young carers; if she will publish links to that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to local authorities on identifying young people with special educational needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the threat of Confucius Institutes to democracy and national security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to Family Hubs on identifying and supporting children with speech and language difficulties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her 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 Education, what steps she is taking to support schools and pupils in (a) Year 7, (b) Year 8, (c) Year 9, (d) Year 10 and (e) Year 11 with (i) examinations, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that schools have more notice of future rounds of PE and sport premium funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of rising energy costs, if she will take steps to (a) ensure schools have financial support to retrofit their buildings with energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to 30.5 percent of people with no qualifications in Benwell from 2021 ONS census data, what steps her Department is taking to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that school curriculums include teaching on freedom of religion or belief.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people given a life sentence subsequently committed a serious further offence in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employment tribunal claims were accepted between 1 January and 31 December December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131105 on Energy: Meters, how many court orders were granted allowing energy companies to forcibly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Serious Further Offence's committed by region in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Ministry of Justice: spend control data for April 2022 to June 2022 published on 30 September 2022, if he will provide a breakdown...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department measures the potential impact of the UK's withdrawal from the EU on the economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a limit on the number of times creditors can contact people in debt.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on addressing the accountability of financial regulators after the collapse of Blackmore Bond plc.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Antisemitism Policy Trust entitled Antisemitism and Cryptocurrency: A perfect Union, published in 2022, if he will make...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of below inflation pay rises on household disposable income.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations or feedback he has received from (a) small business community, (b) the science community and (c) the investment community on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has a strategy for countering the captagon trade in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the captagon trade in the Levant region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of the captagon trade on the ability of States to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Palestinian Authority on tackling corruption in that region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the Israeli government's decision to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the legality of Israeli settlements under international law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made for the implication of its policies of the Chinese-British Business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of Cyclone Cheneso on (a) humanitarian need, (b) development and c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Chinese-British Business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Government of India on (a) attacks against Christians in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential relationship between Confucius Institutes in the UK and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the clearance of (a) landmines and (b) other explosive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the involvement of Hezbollah in the captagon trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Afghan nationals in Pakistan at risk of being deported from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the safety of Afghan nationals in Pakistan after the conclusion of illegal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Harland and Wolff are contractually obliged to create a welding academy under the terms of the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation units there are at Hightown Barracks; and how many personnel are based at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compliant final submission bids were received by his Department for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his letter to the right hon. Member for North Durham on legal costs incurred during the Armoured Cavalry programme, whether he expects the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Statement of 20 December 2022 on Ukraine, Official Report column 160, when he plans to have a debate on the action plan for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of Friday 27...
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 Defence and Security Public Contracts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether both tracked and wheeled solutions will be considered for the Mobile Fires Platform; and if he will take steps to ensure that all companies that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio published in November 2016, what the (a) original and (b) updated projected estimate was of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Hightown Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he (a) received and (b) plans to publish the Reserves Forces' and Cadets' Association External Scrutiny Team 2022 Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money South Tyneside Council has returned to his Department from grants allocated in December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people with learning difficulties in Nottingham East constituency who are seeking paid employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131311 on Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information, on what day the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 Work and Pensions, how many children live in households in receipt of Universal Credit in each parliamentary constituency in the most recent month for which data...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of the triggers used by officials in his Department which would encourage claimants to migrate to Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of effectiveness of Universal Credit provisions on supporting young people under 25 on low incomes or out...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to assist Personal Independence Payment assessors making decisions on a person with Huntington's disease; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) in the last five years, how many people with Huntington's disease (i) made a claim for Personal Independence Payment, (ii) were refused...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were undertaking training or education that counted towards their work-related requirements in the 12 most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were employed as nurses for the 12 most recent assessment periods for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support women experiencing the menopause in the workplace in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to protect dogs from unregulated breeding clinics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were imported into the UK through the Pet Travel Scheme in each month in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were commercially imported into Great Britain in each month of 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of released gamebirds in captive bird operations are registered with the Animal and Plant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many release sites for non-native gamebirds there are in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing additional regulation on the (a) data collection, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a single social tariff for water.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) mitigate the costs to (i) local councils and (ii) landowners of internal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed new extended producer responsibility scheme on...
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 Water Supply...
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 Urban Waste Water...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to monitor storm overflows.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce the outcome of the review into asylum support rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Nawaz Sharif, applied for leave to remain in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the response to the Urgent Question on 24 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, Official Report column...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been open for longer than one year in (a) Ilford North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Redbridge.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the short-term visa scheme for poultry workers; and what steps her Department is taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Departments, how many Afghan citizens have been resettled in the UK since August 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 on Asylum, how many decision makers were in post as of 13 December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the response to the Urgent Question on 24 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, Official Report column...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has instructed Migrant Help not to respond to enquiries from Rt hon. and hon. Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to appoint an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the fraudulent and criminal behaviour of car-hire companies which operate in tandem with...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) local authorities, (b) police forces and (c) Cabinet colleagues on the detention of looked...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seizures of captagon tablets there have been in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent protests from disrupting traffic on the M25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on introducing additional legislative proposals to prevent the misuse of Nitrous Oxide.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 124017 on Grenfell Tower: Fires, if she will have discussions with the London Fire...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 124016 on Fire and Rescue Services: Injuries, whether individual fire and rescue...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Section 59 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in preventing...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to respond to the report by the Right Reverend James Jones The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power, HC 511,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2023 to Question 129799 on Police: DNA, whether biometric vetting with consent always includes DNA...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) Police Community Support Officers there were in the West Midlands Police Force in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship certificate requests were on hold due to IT issues preventing mandatory checks being completed as of 30 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the role of Selective Licensing Schemes in improving housing standards in privately rented...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the urban playground concept; and if he will make an assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the advice he has received from his officials on the coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new-build properties in Gravesham were allocated to each of the Council Tax Bands for the last 12 months for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on what use local authorities have made of the £10,500 per-person funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the white paper entitled A fairer private rented sector, published on 16 June 2022, when he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to end homelessness among veterans in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) nationally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support tenants with rising rents in the context of the cost-of-living crisis;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings in Battersea with interim safety measures in place were invited to take part in the Government’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the costs of administering the voter ID requirements for elections will be paid from council budgets or Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings in Battersea were eligible for the Building Safety Fund as of 25 January 2023; and how much of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities when he will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare dated 10th November and 14th December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Financial Conduct Authority's report entitled Report on insurance for multi‑occupancy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish the findings of the call for evidence for leaseholder-owned buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing adequate funding to local authorities to ensure the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of an audit of cities to determine how child and family friendly those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage levelling up across Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cost of living on high street spending in (a) York and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiations with Hull City and East Riding of Yorkshire Councils on a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities that were successful in the first round of the Levelling Up Fund will be eligible to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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, if they will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment and (b) consult with trade unions when proposing new HR policies for their...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen national security through public procurement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of recorded knife crime incidents in the West Midlands Police force area in each year since 2015.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the last time was the Prime Minister travelled for official business by train.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many British nationals have died due to Dengue fever in the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reach a negotiated solution to the ongoing industrial dispute with members of the Public and Commercial Services Union.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance with Security of Government Business Policy that Ministers must not use personal (a)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the Prime Minister has travelled by non-scheduled flights since taking office.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to help support the UK food industry to export into the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 120898 on Internet: Males, if she will fund research online violence against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries there were in England in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the closing of the Libraries Taskforce in March 2020 on strategic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is he taking to investigate the potential merits of social prescribing in combatting loneliness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential correlation between ill mental health and loneliness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of loneliness in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress she has made on the Government's loneliness strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) conservation and (b) other charities on (i) creating more volunteering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's policy paper up next - the government’s vision for the broadcasting sector published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is her planned timetable for the BBC Mid-Term Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local newspapers.
To ask the Attorney General, what steps they are taking to ensure that their Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether the monitoring data gathered...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the effects of (1) vehicle speeds, and (2) journey times, on emissions in urban areas; and if so, whether higher (a)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effects of low emission zones in urban areas on (1) vehicle usage, (2) average vehicle speeds, (3) average vehicle...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of future of biodiesel made from used cooking oil; and what support are they giving to the sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of access to innovative medicines by (1) region, and (2) socioeconomic status; and what steps they are taking to (a) ensure equity,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) resources, and (2) capacity, of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Association (MHRA); and whether they have made an assessment of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the decline in the number of clinical trials, and (2) its impact on patient outcomes.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the finding by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) that there has been a 41 per cent decline in clinical trial numbers since...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether their new Major Conditions Strategy will include the content of their unpublished Health Disparities White Paper.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Peru about reports of (1) the deaths of civilians in that country following recent protests against the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what were the recycling rates for each local authority in the last year for which figures are available; and what is the ranking of local authorities with regard...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce any adverse effects of food waste on climate change.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish all the evidence (1) received by, and (2) considered by, the expert panel appointed to investigate the cause of mass marine deaths between...
To ask His Majesty's Government why the expert panel appointed to investigate the cause of mass marine deaths between the River Tees and the River Esk did not undertake its own research...
To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have to suggest that the cause of mass marine deaths between the River Tees and the River Esk was the result of a new pathogen, given the...
To ask His Majesty's Government why the expert panel appointed to investigate the cause of mass marine deaths between the River Tees and the River Esk did not take evidence...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the requirements placed on the movement of horses between the UK and France; and what progress they have made on negotiating...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a limit on how many times the Life in the UK test may be re-taken.
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of bids submitted for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund were successful, broken down by region.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made to identify a free port site in Northern Ireland.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources available to local authorities to process short-term lets licensing and applications.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are having discussions with the Scottish Government, Creative Scotland, and other partners regarding (1) cultural cinema programme activity in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of digital poverty on young people and their households.
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