Monday, 6 February 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2023 to Question 127806 on Seaborne Freight, how much his Department paid in fees to commercial advisors for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local transport authorities were allocated funding for demand responsive transport schemes as part of the Bus Service Improvement Plan process;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to evidence given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Roads, Buses and Places to the Transport Committee at Question 423...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus services were reduced in Warwick and Leamington constituency in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that bus services which connect communities are not affected after the current phase of Bus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing a mandatory lifetime driving ban on people found guilty of having caused death by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 122413 on Motor Vehicles: Registration, what the dedicated resource is that his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Enhanced Partnerships are operating in England outside London; and what the current status is of any proposed Enhanced Partnerships not yet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local transport authorities have received confirmation of their Bus Service Improvement Plan funding; how much of that funding has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to release safeguarded land in (a) Elmet and Rothwell constituency and (b) the City of Leeds in the context of the cancellation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees in total are employed on HS2 development and construction; how many businesses are in the supply chain; and what recent estimate he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) capacity and (b) connectivity improvements planned for stations which will not be directly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department has not published a recent update to the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with TransPennine Express on the (a) punctuality and (b) frequency of services between Dewsbury and Huddersfield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of passengers requiring assistance pre-notified to airports by airlines and travel agents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings by Cambridge Econometrics in the report The impact of a 2030 ICE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on how much the DVLA pays GP practices for processing short-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that all public electric vehicle chargers must (a) allow for direct card payment and (b) not require the use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to support and encourage the installation of more audio-visual real time information on busses and trains for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Road Safety Statement 2019, published in July 2019, what his Department planed timescale is for publishing research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities fund the management and upkeep of historic scheduled monuments as part of their highways budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of pothole injury compensation from April 2021 to April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the document entitled Map of lands owned by the MOD UK establishments North Region, published on 12 December 2014, if he will publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to monitor the adherence of local authorities with the Armed Forces Covenant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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 Secretary of State for Defence, what financial support his Department provides for the maintenance and care of war graves in Shropshire; and how his Department coordinates that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the clauses in the Fleet Solid Support manufacturing contract that relate to UK content, jobs and investment before that contract is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Maritime Skills Commission will have any input into the new welding academy to be set up by Harland and Wolff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence properties in North Shropshire were used as service family accommodation as of 31 January 2023; and how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residential homes for service personnel and their families are owned by the Ministry of Defence in North Shropshire; and how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has been made of the number of people living in terraced houses who are no longer eligible for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether households connected to communal and district heat networks will be eligible for the Non-Domestic Alternative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help increase the use of solar panels on roofs; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) park home residents who pay for their energy usage through the park home owner and (b) other domestic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether domestic energy users who pay for their energy usage through an intermediary such as a park home manager are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 130102 on Energy: Meters, if he will make it his policy to set...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many enforcement actions taken by the Office for Product Safety and Standards concerned products available to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses the Office for Product Safety and Standards have taken prosecution action against as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward publication of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill to ensure the regime can be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 132361 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2022 to Question 105438 on Consumer Goods: Safety, when his Department plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timetable is for publishing the Government's Enterprise Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of acquisition of Royal Mail by Vesa Equity on the future of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the profitability of the services carried out by Royal Mail Group under the Universal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of (a) small business awareness of and (b) small business satisfaction with the network of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of people on Universal Credit who are no longer eligible for the Warm Homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in houses with an Energy Performance Certificate score of D or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date people who live in (a) park homes and (b) marinas will be able to apply online for the Energy Bills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals eligible to make an application for payment under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129769 on Iron and Steel: Energy, if he will publish the outcomes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 127746, if he will make an estimate of the average saving the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131201 on Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries, If he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the application portal will open for the extension to the Energy Bills Support Scheme for people living in park homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking with Ofgem to ensure energy suppliers adhere to existing rules on prepayment meters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of regulations on the circumstances in which energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords share the support provided through the Energy Bills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how long it will take to assess applications to the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund application launch has been delayed to 27 February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy Bills Discount Scheme will include businesses delivering animal health and welfare standards in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses in Bradford East have received support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households are eligible for the Warm Home Discount in Newport East constituency; and how many payments were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with his Cabinet colleagues to support businesses with energy prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with Northern Ireland Tourism Alliance on the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentist practices have gone private in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) alleviate shortages of Hormone replacement therapy products and associated medicines and (b) support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the prevalence of mental health trusts excluding patients in need of community mental health care because...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests his Department has procured in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for the programme of work to assess fertility provision across Integrated Care Boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on Individual Placement and Support in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government is not proceeding with a dedicated cross-government plan for mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to assist key workers affected by long covid who are threatened with losing their homes due to their condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the UK’s competitiveness as destination for clinical trials and R&D for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help improve eye health in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients were waiting to be discharged from hospital in the (a) first week of January 2023 and (b) the same time period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of (a) transient elastography and (b) liver function blood tests in supporting the...
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 the total spend was on NHS dentistry in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions domiciliary care workers should take in the event of a fire at the home of someone they are providing care for; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has provided to social care employers on pay; and if he will make an assessment of the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department and its agencies spent on anti-smoking campaigns in the 12 months prior to November (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that domiciliary care workers who work shifts longer than six hours receive a break during their shift.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110591 on St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Accident and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, and to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 January 2023 on Government Action on Major Conditions and Diseases, HCWS514, and to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of health visitors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of differences in revalidation procedures in (a) Australia, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce levels of funding for staff wellbeing hubs for health and social care staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure there is adequate mental health support available to (a) emergency medical dispatchers and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for ambulance services in Slough constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many excess deaths there were at Hull Royal Infirmary in each of the last six months; and what the causes of those deaths were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle obesity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on the (a) Infant Formula and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support community pharmacies with (a) growing patient demand and (b) rising operational costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to discourage vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue a report explaining the underlying reasons for the level of excess deaths for 25 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to halve child obesity by 2030; and what assessment he has made of the impact the postponing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which non-compliant vape products were seized most frequently in the most recent period for which data is available; and what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps raise awareness of the potential health benefits of vitamin D in local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support the training of more pharmacists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the reforms to the NHS dental contract announced in July 2022; and whether they have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing access to primary services at community pharmacies on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Our plan for patients, published on 22 September 2022, what steps his Department is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long on average members of the public have to wait to register for an NHS dentist in (a) England and Wales, (b) Yorkshire and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) patients and (b) the parents of patients are not charged in instances where a GP must write...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to increase the availability of NHS dental appointments in Warrington in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is given to GPs on the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve retention of dentists in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days, published on 25...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions his Department’s Anti-Fraud Unit has made use of its powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to recover...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to Question 125459 of 17 January 2023 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Unispace Global Ltd fulfilled its contractual obligations on all PPE contracts it was awarded prior to its novation to Sante...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 Secretary of State for Wales, 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, on how many occasions secure accommodation for children has been requested and no place has been found in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 8 December 2022 from 16 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on the potential merits of investment in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been placed in secure children’s homes in each month in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter of 2 November 2022 from the SEND in The Specialists Coalition on the specialist workforce for children and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that the Office for Students improves its engagement with providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, HL Deb 24 January 2022, vol 827, col 216 that her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with bodies representing the universities sector on the (a) effectiveness and (b) direction of the Office for Students...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that state schools in Solihull constituency have access to defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled Lifelong loan entitlement, published on 24 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has written to university vice-chancellors to request that they cap the number of medical school places on offer; and if her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of educational provision for children diagnosed with cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether she plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace the Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with East Sussex County Council on the Hope Sussex Community Hub.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will publish the Government's response to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who received free school meals in secondary school are at each registered higher education provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter of 26 January 2023 sent by the Office for Students to accountable officers at registered higher education providers,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to provide advice to (a) free schools and (b) the parents and guardians of children attending free schools on whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's annual report and accounts for 2021-22, for what reason his Department has increased the contingent liability for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the section on headquarters legal claims on page 206 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for the 2021-22 financial year,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the section on employment tribunals on page 206 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for the 2021-22 financial year, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on how many property sales were held up in England and Wales due to delays to probate decisions in 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to raise the Burmese Military's actions towards the Rohingya at the international war crimes meeting at Lancaster House in March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the transparency data entitled Ministry of Justice: spend control data for April 2022 to June 2022, published on 30 September 2022, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the reoffending rate among children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the changes made to detention and training orders in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential number of people who could become bankrupt due to the Loan Charge and the use of section 684 discretion.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the calculations by which an estimate of £2.11bn of revenue in 2024-25 from implementation of the global minimum corporate tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received a penalty from HMRC in Stratford-on-Avon constituency in 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the loan charge on the mental health of affected workers and contractors; and whether the Government plans to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of companies subject to a creditor voluntary liquidation had HMRC as their main creditor in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to regularly update mileage and fuel rates and allowances in line with the cost of using a vehicle for work.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 119000 on Plastics: Taxation, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of recycled content in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his department has spent on headhunters in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on the NHS pension scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many social media posts on the subject of tax avoidance were posted by HMRC in the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister, if he will bring forward proposals to update the Memorandum of Understanding between Government and the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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 Scotland, whether the Government has received written amendments from the Scottish Government on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that data collected by his (a) Department and (b) Department’s associated arms-length bodies records...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of automatic tests for (a) carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the women born in the 1950s affected by the increase in state pension age have died before reaching their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the disability group of the work and health programme in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Government funding was allocated to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to support the Working Win scheme in the financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding the Government allocated to the West Midlands Combined Authority to support the Thrive Into Work scheme in (a) 2020-21, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the work and health programme for use with people who have a (a) mental health condition and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has guidance on additional measures to take when a recipient of (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's guidance is on steps to take when a recipient of (a) Personal Independence Payment and (b) Disability Living Allowance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to review (a) the overall financial support offered to, (b) eligibility for Personal Independence Payment of, and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing the need for an Access to Work renewal when support needs remain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Personal Independent Payment and (b) Disability Living Allowance claims were ended due to non-return of the re-assessment form in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for Access to Work funding applications to be considered in (a) Warwick and Leamington constituency and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold further discussions with representatives of the food and drink industry to help ensure the creation of an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the £5.2 billion funding for flood defence measures announced in 2020 has been spent as of 31 January 2023;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an extension of the transitional registration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Our Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published on 12 May 2021, whether it is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory assurances the Government has put in place to ensure that food standards will be maintained or enhanced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the code of practices for the welfare of animals to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow Environmental Health Officers to conduct import...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps their Department takes to comply with section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Environment Improvement Plan 2023, published on 31 January 2023, what assessment she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sewage discharges were made into the (a) River Leam and (b) River Avon within Warwick and Leamington constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on the Resources on Waste Strategy ambition to reduce the amount of plastics ending up in landfills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing higher air quality targets on the concentration of PM2.5.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides advice against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her cabinet colleagues in relation to concerns expressed by representatives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to maintain existing restrictions on (a) neonicotinoids and (b) other harmful pesticides.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the Government's decision permit the use of the banned pesticide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) what conclusions she has drawn from recent engagement with representatives of affected industries on the implementation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect (a) dog owners and (b) dogs from unregulated breeding clinics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what alternatives were considered prior to the Government's decision permit the use of the banned pesticide thiamethoxam on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken recent steps to reduce litter caused by the recreational use of nitrous oxide canisters;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to farmers to ensure potential harms to pollinators from the use of thiamethoxam...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's announcement on 23 January of a cross-government ministerial task force on immigration enforcement, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of restricting the sale of nitrous oxide canisters by suppliers to nominated...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131103 on Cannabidiol and with reference to clause six of paragraph four of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is contained within the (a) Small Boats Enhanced Raw Data report and (b) Vantage Single Competent Authority Hybrid; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department provides to police forces to help tackle pony and trap racing on public highways.
What recent progress her Department has made on allocating Safer Streets funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government’s immigration policies on Scotland’s (a) population and (b) labour...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on tackling people-smuggling gangs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the Skilled Worker visa system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the War Crimes Act 1991 at increasing the number of police investigations of suspected...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent migrants from illegally crossing the English Channel.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reducing serious violent crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adult and (b) children asylum seekers that were accommodated via the Home Office are missing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal’s judgement that there were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any legitimate uses of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) were identified during her Department's consultation on adding DNP to the poisons list.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to increase controls of (a) poisons and (b) chemicals that can be used to create explosive devices.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) the potential impact on the training of appropriate adults of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of looked after children who were detained in police custody in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department next plans to publish the statistics entitled Police Powers and Procedures: Other PACE powers, last published on 17...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a contract with the owner of Hanover Point in Stockton on Tees to house asylum seekers and refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to consolidate housing standards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to 53.4 percent of people renting from Newcastle City Council in Elswick South from 2021 ONS census data,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January to Question 126656 on Parks, for what reason the Park Action Group has not met since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will (a) publish a list of local and combined authorities that have received full written feedback on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 127898 on Buildings: Battersea, if he will list the names of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the number of private properties available to rent; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of the risk of homelessness in Ukrainian refugees who are hosted as part of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring installers of appliances powered by (a) coal, (b) wood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of UK overseas aid funding is distributed to each Commonwealth country in Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub has made of the potential risk of atrocities occurring in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to point 49 on page 29 of his Department's policy paper entitled UK government's strategy for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government first allocated funding to support Somaliland's police Rapid Reaction Unit; and how much that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page six of his Department's policy paper entitled UK government's strategy for international...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Pacific Island nations on climate mitigation support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) short term aid, (b) flood defences and (c) other preventative...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the chair of the covid-19 public inquiry on the progress of that inquiry.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the Ministerial code.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department has not agreed to the Second Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Sue Gray, from serving as a witness in the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister or official authorised the Rapid Response Unit to collect of data related to public statements, social media and internet activity as...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's timeframe is for the introduction of the Target Operating Model for import controls.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has he made of the implications for his policies of the UK's most recent ranking in Transparency International’s global...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, 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 International Trade, when her Department last met the (a) Strategic Trade Advisory Group, (b) Civil Society Roundtable, (c) Trade Advisory Groups and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to provide support to the British Evacuees Association.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support charitable organisations with funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to commemorate Second World War evacuees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) bodies directed by her Department have responsibility for ensuring that (i) walls, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations from (a) industry representatives and (b) consumers on BT Openreach’s proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will extend social investment tax relief to grassroots music venues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to (a) support new and emerging talent performing at grassroots music venues and (b) improve funding...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether a (1) Highways England, or (2) National Highways, Environment Designated Funds grant was made to the National Trust as partnership funding towards the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that local authorities are (1) resourced, and (2) supported, to tackle climate change.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports in The Times on 23 January that more than 40 British universities “have links to Uyghur Genocide, weapons...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that postal delivery providers, such as Amazon, comply with Ofcom’s (1) new guidance on improving their complaints...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of jobs in (1) offshore wind, and (2) the wider green economy.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide further support to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) experiencing a shortage of financial resources to help them...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made to determine whether the app TikTok is being used on any government-issued mobile devices; and whether they consider the presence of...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours nominations were received for candidates of East and Southeast Asian origin in each of the last three years; and how many of those nominees...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely effectiveness of the UK Single Trade Window in 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish (1) the 2025 UK Border Strategy, (2) the Target Operating Model for the UK border, and (3) further details of the Ecosystems of Trust...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will update the National Risk Register 2020; and whether it will include the risk of school buildings collapsing.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Care on 27 January (127906), what the scope of the Covid antibody...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of waiting times for mental health support on the incidence of self-harm.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for mental health support from (1) Step 1 initial assessment, (2) Step 2 low intensity, and (3) Step 3 high intensity; and in...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership Fulfilling the potential identified in the Government's Life Sciences Vision, published...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the real terms decline in medicines spend since 2019 on (1) patient outcomes, and (2) foreign direct investment...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Cross-Whitehall International Recruitment Steering Group last met; and what steps they are taking to prevent abusive employment practices towards...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 21 June 2022 (HL728), what is the "recent evidence" that "antivirals and neutralising monoclonal antibodies...
To ask His Majesty's Government who is responsible for implementing the Code of Practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England; and what steps they are...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the COVID-19 Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel held its last meeting; and whether the strategy to support at-risk patient cohorts has been recently reviewed,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis in chapter 10 of the Technical report on the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, published on 1 December 2022, that...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 27.5 per cent proposed increase to the statutory scheme payment included in the Proposed update to the 2023...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to reform childcare, particularly staff-child ratios; and if so, what is their timetable for doing so.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the Community Security Trust’s (CST) report Campus Antisemitism in Britain 2020–2022, published...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will revise school meal food standards to ensure that guidelines on children's recommended maximum daily sugar intake are displayed.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for more long-term investment to raise the quality of school buildings.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, or plan to take, to combat educational underachievement; in particular, amongst groups of pupils within society with low academic...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Security Minister on 1 November 2022 that Confucius Institutes “pose a threat to civil liberties in many universities in the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of English universities facing financial difficulties; and what assessment they have made of the impact closure...
To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) financial, and (2) technical, support they have provided to (a) the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into war crimes in Ukraine, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they have given to embedding (1) conflict-related sexual violence expertise, and (2) child-specific expertise, in all (a) national, and (b)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan regarding (1) the destruction of an Ahmadi Mosque in Gujranwala in Pakistan on 8 December 2022,...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK citizens are working as judges in Hong Kong.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the stockpile levels of ammunition and missiles held by the UK armed forces have been reassessed in light of the levels of Ukrainian and Russian...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to banning super trawlers such as the FV Margiris from fishing in UK waters.
To ask His Majesty's Government why permission to check deep sediment samples for (1) pyridine, and (2) other dangerous substances, at dredging and digging locations on the River Tees has...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the farming community in achieving net zero emissions by 2040.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Benyon on 18 January (HL Deb col 1816), when they will publish their response to the Landscapes review (National Parks and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent incitement to violence and hatred by Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan; and whether they will consider refusing him...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the Shawcross Review on the Prevent counter terrorism strategy.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many reported instances of stop-and-search occurred in Hertfordshire in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 9 June 2022 (HL Deb col 1240) that re-categorising crime types and publishing a “violence...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have consulted voluntary sector organisations working with victims of modern slavery on the text of the draft guidance for Modern Slavery Reasonable...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many people evacuated from Afghanistan under Operation Pitting in August 2021 were separated from (1) their partner, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the guidance on providing 12 months’ support to modern slavery victims who hold a positive conclusive grounds decision.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the recruitment of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that unaccompanied migrants under the age of 18 have gone missing from hotel accommodation; what safeguards they have in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether any missing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are in some form of modern slavery.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of the practice of deporting foreign national offenders at the conclusion of their custodial sentences, where...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 3 January (HL4341), whether data will be (1) collected, and (2) published, on the number of...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 12 October 2022...
To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) financial, and (2) training, support they are providing to British national (overseas) (BNOs) citizens born after 1997 to help them enter the UK job market.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 28 of Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Deal, published in January 2020, what steps they have taken to establish the connected...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 25 of Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Deal, published in January 2020, how much funding they provided to establish the Castlereagh...
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