Written answers

Wednesday, 22 February 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set a date for introducing regulations on the consumer experience of electric vehicle charging, including network roaming and a 99 per cent...

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact on the consumer experience of vehicle charging of mandating that public charge point...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric charging points there are in (a) Leeds, (b) Leeds North West constituency, (c) Adel and Wharfedale, (d) Headingley and Hyde Park,...

      Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £2 billion of funding allocated for active travel has been spent as of 17 February 2023.

      TransPennine Express: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of TransPennine Express trains were cancelled between Huddersfield and Leeds in the last six months.

      Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Taxi and private hire vehicle best practice guidance, published on 28 March 2022.

      Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has been made on ensuring all buses have audio announcements.

      Public Transport: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help (a) improve the accessibility of public transport for people with sight loss and (b) increase the...

      Bus Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2023 to Question 141621 on Bus Services: Finance, whether he plans to support the bus sector in (a) Plymouth and...

      Driving Tests: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a practical driving test in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Hounslow in the latest period for which...

      Cycling: Hampstead and Kilburn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) safety, (b) availability and (c) accessibility of cycling routes in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Guide Dogs UK on (a) illegal pavement parking and (b) the steps the Government will take to tackle this parking.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government will publish its response to the 2020 consultation on pavement parking

      East Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) its agencies on the upgrade of the East Coast Main Line.

      Trams: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25813 on Trams: Greater Manchester, what recent progress has been made on assessing the strategic...

      Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 140382 on Travel: Finance, what the (a) actual and (b) predicted (i) capital and (ii) revenue...

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Cycling and walking plan for England, published on 27 July 2020, whether he plans to spend the £2...

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department's cycling and walking investment strategy active travel investment model predicts will be needed to achieve his...

      Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on Active Travel in the financial year 2020-21.

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will continue with the £2 bus fare policy beyond March 2023.

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of bus services that will cease following the end of the £2 fare cap on 31 March.

      Travel: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has been made of the potential merits of standardising free travel arrangements for people over 60 across England.

      Aviation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that people entering or leaving the UK by air benefit from the protections of Regulation (EC) No...

  • Scotland Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Scotland Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of the level of defence spending in Scotland on the Scottish economy.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Scotland Office, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on potential joint working on Family Hubs.

      King's Theatre Edinburgh: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the provision of funding for the refurbishment of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans has he to review how funds from the Apprenticeship levy are distributed in the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community Covid-19 vaccination clinics have been (a) closed and (b) issued with a notice of closure in Liverpool West Derby...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community Covid-19 vaccination clinics have been issued with notice of closure in Liverpool constituency in 2023 .

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community Covid-19 vaccination clinics have been issued with notice of closure in 2023.

      Human Papillomavirus: Screening and Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve uptake of (a) the HPV vaccine and (b) smear tests among women of all ages.

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smear tests the NHS performed in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency in each year since 2013.

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commitment to prepare a white paper on health disparities in the white paper entitled Levelling Up the United...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will consider the wider determinants of health.

      Health Services

      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, whether the...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Endoscopy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Community Diagnostic Centres are (a) operational in England and (b) provide endoscopy treatments; and if he will list the...

      Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the UK's population has been diagnosed with a terminal illness in each of the last ten years

      Surgical Mesh Implants: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of treatment of complications from pelvic mesh implant, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the...

      Surgical Mesh Implants: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of cancellations for (a) appointments and (b) treatments in each mesh treatment centre in...

      Coronavirus: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide funding for the Office for National Statistics covid-19 infection survey after March 2023.

      Coronavirus: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of continuing the ONS Covid Survey; and what discussions he has had with the...

      NHS: Cygnet Healthcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average daily cost to the NHS was for a person receiving mental health support in a hospital ward owned by Cygnet Health Care in...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of Tier 2 visa rules on NHS staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention.

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when negotiations on a new Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access will begin and finish; what opportunities for input...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what happens to stocks of Covid-19 vaccines that have been purchased for use at a Covid-19 community vaccination clinic when that clinic...

      Bupropion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of Bupropion.

      St James' Hospital Portsmouth: Listed Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the full the Disposal Strategy for the historic buildings that were part of St James Hospital in Portsmouth.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to establish Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals with the highest rates of alcohol harm and socioeconomic deprivation.

      Earwax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with the Care Quality Commission to review the impact of the decision to require the registration of healthcare...

      Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to £1 billion dedicated fund to help to support urgent and emergency care services, whether any of that funding will...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 9 December 2022 from 33 health and care organisations on the rehabilitation workforce and the...

      Earwax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating guidance ear wax removal services, to allow the service...

      Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the causes of the rise of excess deaths from non covid-19 illnesses in 2023; and if he will make a statement.

      Dental Services: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average waiting time for dental appointments in the London Borough of Havering.

      Dental Services: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are registered with NHS dentists in Romford constituency.

      Community Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides funding to local NHS organisations to redevelop old cottage hospitals.

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse of legal advice for the New Hospitals Programme was in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2020-21.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to certificates which exempt the holder from prescription charges, how many (a) Medical Exemption Certificates (b) NHS tax...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to remove barriers to attending breast cancer screening.

      Lung Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee, if he will set a timeline for implementing a targeted lung...

      Fossil Fuels: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of fossil fuel on human health.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 99933 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, whether he plans to...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to reduce waiting times for children who have been referred to the attention deficit...

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether staff at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust Gender and Identity Development Service will be transferred to new...

      General Practitioners: Barking and Dagenham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on GP appointments in Barking and Dagenham; and what format data is held in.

      Hearing Impairment: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support deaf children.

      Speech and Language Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of auditory verbal therapy for deaf children.

      Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide mental health support, including counselling, to people living in rural communities as...

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the impact of Long Covid on NHS and social care workers.

  • Wales Office

    • Freeports: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of each Welsh freeport bid on retaining Welsh language speakers within each prospective freeport's...

  • Department for Education

    • Office for Students: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Public Bodies Review Programme 2023-24 will report on its review of the Office for Students.

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government consultation on the Lifelong Loan Entitlement launched on 24 February 2022, when she will (a) publish her response to...

      Office for Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial performance of the Office for Students.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the highest compensation was to (a) teachers, (b) other staff and (c) children for injuries sustained in school buildings in severe disrepair in...

      Headteachers: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unqualified (a) headteachers and (b) assistant headteachers worked in each local authority in England in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2021-22.

      Special Educational Needs: Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children who are eligible for free school meals have been diagnosed with special educational needs and disabilities.

      Foster Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to (a) increase the national minimum allowances for children in foster care and (b) provide funding for the full costs of...

      Primary Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of assessing children with special educational needs and disabilities when they enter primary...

      Pupils: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to provide additional funding for the education of children with autism.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria are used to determine a child’s eligibility for semi-independent living through the social care system.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of children’s social services departments’ budgets and (b) impact of the Stable...

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has changed the criteria on the latest date to commence training for the senior mental health lead training grant.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to her Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 126752, on Schools: Mental Health Service, whether (a) her Department is or (b) school are...

      Children: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure unaccompanied children moved from hotels are accommodated in safe, appropriate placements.

      Supply Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of employing supply teachers in maintained schools in England in each year since 2017.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department intends to reply to the correspondence from the Rt Hon. Member for East Ham dated 21 November, reference ST62469.

    • Community Orders: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made in the effectiveness of community service at removing litter in communities.

      Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total number of hours of unpaid work completed at home as part of community sentences in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to Question 140162 tabled on 6 February 2023 by the hon. Member for Croydon North.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were falsely imprisoned in the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those people have been held in Serco-run prisons.

  • Church Commissioners

    • Church of England: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, in the context of the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith process and the forthcoming General...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Myanmar: Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his officials have held discussions with Acteon Group on providing services to the gas industry in Myanmar.

    • Myanmar: Joint Peace Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much from the public purse his Department (a) has contributed as of 17 February 2023 and (b) plans to...

      Myanmar: Civil Society

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of British aid to Myanmar goes directly to Myanmar civil society organisations.

      Republic of Ireland: Official Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 141646, how many visits to the UK have been recorded by a (a) Head of State...

      Northern Ireland Protocol and Trader Support Service: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 90759 on Trader Support Service, what the cost to the...

      Haiti: Jamaica

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to raise discussions on the Jamaican offer of military and policing assistance for Haiti at...

      Iran: Uranium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of reports that Iran has increased production of high enriched uranium at the...

      Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Turkish counterpart on ensuring that emergency aid for victims of...

      Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether the Kurdish Red Crescent is able to operate freely following the...

      Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart on ensuring that (a) Kurdish, (b) Alevi and (c) other...

      Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will provide special dispensation to extend the 30 day overseas window for Syrian and Turkish Chevening...

      Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether aid intended for earthquake victims is able to pass into (a) Turkey...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 118820 on Armed Forces: Housing, when he plans to write to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and...

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 67846 on Amey, how many service family accommodation properties have open work orders for repairs...

      Pinnacle Service Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 113205 on Armed Forces: Housing, whether his department has withheld any payments from Pinnacle...

      Ukraine: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of the military equipment provided to Ukraine since the Russian invasion of Ukraine is.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Tranche 1 Typhoons remain in service.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2023 to Question 113168 on Armed Forces: Housing, when he plans to publish key performance indicator data for...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2023 to Question 114530 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many compensation payments have been made for issues relating...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments for (a) missed appointments, (b) failed move in, (c) hotel stay sustenance, (d) incorrect tradesperson, (e) total loss of...

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with industries within the Eurofighter Typhoon supply chain in the last month.

      HMS Dreadnought

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Dreadnought will be commissioned.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the budgeted milestone payments for the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle contract were achieved in the last two years.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the methodology used by his Department to determine whether information requested through parliamentary written questions...

    • Universal Credit: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Upper Tribunal’s judgment in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v AT (Aire Centre and IMA intervening) UC:...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 136717 on Universal Credit, what information his Department holds on Universal Credit...

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants impacted by the rise in the Administrative Earnings Threshold from 26 September...

      Personal Independence Payment: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people cited vaccine harm as a factor in their claim for a Personal Independence Payment in each year since 2018.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advisers are employed by his Department to process and support Access to Work applications.

      Pensioners: Christmas Bonus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the annual £10 Christmas bonus to pensioners and allocating the money...

      Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time was that callers were on hold before they are connected to the Future Pension Centre in (a) 2023 (b) 2022 and (c) 2021;...

      Carers: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to support carers, in the context of the rising cost of living.

      Personal Independence Payment: Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of personal independence payment reassessments on the (a) physical and (b) mental...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available for people suffering from cystic fibrosis.

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals (a) were referred to, (b) participated in and (c) had a job outcome from the Job Entry Targeted Support programme in each...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants affected by the rise in the Administrative Earnings Threshold have increased their...

      Viral Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Health and Safety Executive guidance on the transmission of blood borne viruses on...

      Offshore Industry: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 139284 on Offshore Industry: Missing People, whether he plans to (a) extend the...

      TotalEnergies: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with TotalEnergies E&P UK Limited on what further steps that company has taken with the (a) Alwyn North, (b)...

      Health and Safety Executive: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive are responsible for offshore windfarm operations in international waters.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • River Severn: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans her Department will complete the review of funding to prevent flooding by the River Severn.

    • Air Quality Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase the air quality grant for local authorities in the next Budget.

      Air Quality Grant Scheme: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's Air Quality Grant on the West Midlands.

      Air Quality Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the air quality grant for local authorities...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish a revised Air Quality Strategy.

      Air Quality Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase the air quality grant for local authorities in the forthcoming...

      Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to amend legislation on the welfare of farmed fish.

      Shellfish: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning the sale and distribution of live crabs and...

      Foie Gras and Furs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the impact of existing legislation on the import of (a) foie gras and (b) real fur on...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the next UK Food Security Report.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of unregulated canine fertility clinics on animal welfare.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 for preventing dog breeding which results in...

      Fly-tipping: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential merits of introducing a national rural crime unit...

      Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of seasonality in the plant and tree growing industry on (a)...

      Flood Control: Tadcaster

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects construction work to commence on the Flood Alleviation Scheme for Tadcaster.

      Fly-tipping and Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities to tackle (a) fly tipping and (b) littering on high...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that the water needs of data centres do not adversely impact the water...

      Air Pollution: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce levels of PM2.5 particulate pollution in London; and whether she plans to...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136754 on Packaging: Recycling, what (a) aims and (b) objectives she...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136754 on Packaging: Recycling, what steps her Department plans to...

      Plastics: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136755 on Plastics: Landfill, what assessment she has made of the...

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the reporting of storm overflows in real time will be (a) consistent, (b)...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 135355 on Packaging Recycling, which specific international schemes her...

      Flood Control: Shrewsbury and Atcham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 127717 on Flood Control: Shrewsbury, how much of the Government's...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2022 to Question 135354 on Packaging Recycling, what changes were made by the Cabinet...

      Business Premises: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has issued recent guidance on resolving noise nuisance complaints about commercial properties when...

      Seating: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has taken steps to encourage local authorities to help businesses managing domestic seating waste containing...

      Water: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the implementation and enforcement of Water Environment (Water Framework Directive)...

      Water: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the reduction of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution from agriculture into...

      Water: Phosphorus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has been made on reducing phosphorus loadings from treated wastewater in the last two years.

      Rivers: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the reduction of levels of pollution caused by harmful metals from abandoned mines...

      Roads: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of littering by main roads.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136754 on Packaging: Recycling, what the policy objective is of her...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136754 on Packaging: Recycling, what (a) representations and (b)...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 136753 on Packaging: Recycling, how the funding model would work for...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 136753 on Packaging: Recycling, whether the Impact Assessment needs to...

      Watersure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for the WaterSure scheme.

      Humber Estuary: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget is for Humber 2100+ as of 14 February 2023; and what funds his Department has allocated for that...

      Thames Estuary: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget is for Thames Estuary 2100, including the Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 (TEAM 2100) Programme,...

  • Home Office

    • Extradition: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the (a) UK to the US and (b) US to the UK in each year since 2003.

    • Extradition: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were extradited from the US to the UK for (a) violent and (b) non-violent crimes in each year since 2003.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February to Question 129763 on Asylum: Children, if he will provide a breakdown of the (a) age and (b) gender of...

      Fraud: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support victims of fraud.

      Psilocybin: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2023 to Question 126511 and the Answer of 9th February 2023 to Question 140011, whether her Department...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to correspondence from the Rt Hon. Member for East Ham dated 29 November 2022, reference ST101757.

      Police: Forensic Science

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure an adequate levels of qualified forensic scientists are available to police forces.

      Bicycles: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bicycle thefts there were in (a) London and (b) England in the last 12 months.

      Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Home Office Hillsborough Team has initiated contact with bereaved families.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that accommodation sites for asylum seekers will be distributed equally across the UK.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to priority five in the Prime Minister's speech of 4 January setting out his priorities for 2023, whether she has sought...

      Asylum: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve background checks on asylum seekers.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impacts of delayed EU Settlement Scheme Administrative Reviews upon applicants who are...

      Visas: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to prioritise visa applications for the relatives of UK citizens and residents affected by the recent earthquake...

      High Court: Judgements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the High Court ruling on R v Secretary of State for the Home Department.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which public bodies have (a) statutory responsibility for safeguarding residents and (b) power to inspect safeguarding provisions in asylum...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the letter of 2 February 2023 from the hon. Member for Glasgow North East.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average duration of the asylum procedure at first instance is in the UK.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 January 2023 sent to the urgent queries inbox from the hon. Member for...

      Visas: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people from Hong Kong on a British National (Overseas) visa are permitted to referee sport at an amateur level.

      Visas: Syria and Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to take steps to implement a Family Scheme Visa for people in (a) Türkiye and (b) Syria who have...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department’s plans for ending the use of hotels to accommodate unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has held discussions with (a) Scotfield and (b) Shephard Construction on signing the developers pledge on...

    • Council Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support councils to provide and maintain adequate council housing.

      Offices: Change of Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide a regional breakdown of the number of planning applications to convert office space into housing...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that (a) cycling and walking network plans and (b) rights of way...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when Ministers in her Department held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on international...

    • Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when (a) she and (b) her predecessors held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when Ministers in her Department held discussions with Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on food security...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has been informed of when Australia will implement the immigration visa changes under the UK-Australia Free Trade...

      Draft Audit Reform Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department will publish the draft Audit Reform Bill.

      Delivery Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to require delivery companies to provide proof of...

      Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with HMRC on a recent change of a policy on the way in which HMRC deals with those individuals who are both...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a summary of energy suppliers' responses on redress for vulnerable customers affected by forced prepayment meter...

    • Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Alternative Fuel Payments had been issued by the end of Friday 17 February 2023.

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to reduce energy standing charges.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 137949 on Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes, if he will clarify the Energy Bill...

      Energy: Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to regulate the energy rates landlords charge tenants.

      Tidal Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he expects the budget for ringfenced support for tidal stream energy in Allocation Round 5 for Contracts for Difference...

      Energy Bills Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by what mechanism he expects local authorities to make the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding payments to...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2023 to Question 140142 on Energy: Meters, when Ofgem will make that assessment of energy...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of households with smart meters that do not have a functioning in-home visual display unit...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the letter of 10 February 2023 from the hon. Member for Glasgow North East on a meeting with the APPG...

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if the Government will set a target for tidal stream.

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government will maintain the tidal stream ringfence in Allocation Round 5; and what plans his Department has to secure...

      Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the system benefit of marine energy renewables will be accurately valued in future...

      Energy Charter Treaty: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is responsible for negotiations on the Energy Charter Treaty.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Emergencies: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to launch the new Emergency Alerts capability announced in August 2022 and outlined in the National Resilience Framework in...

    • Government Departments: Advertising

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 135209 Government Departments: Advertising, what percentage of the Government’s advertising...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers the Government excluded from procurement on the grounds of fraud under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in (a) 2015 (b) 2018 and...

      Emergencies: Planning

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff his Department currently employs in its Planning and Analysis Secretariat; and at which grades those members of staff are...

      Emergencies: Planning

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff his Department currently employs in the National Resilience Framework Team in the Cabinet Office; and at which grades those...

  • Treasury

    • Energy Bills Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review of the Standard Industrial Classification codes that will be eligible for the Energy Bills Discount Scheme; and if he will...

    • Energy Intensive Industries: Spirits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the manufacture of spirits ranked under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme criteria.

      Economic Crime Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects the Economic Crime Levy to yield in the current financial year.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton of 10 January 2023 on the international aid budget.

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the property cost cap for the Help to Buy ISA scheme.

      High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to raise the High Income Child Benefit Charge threshold.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Investment Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Government has set up a second list of areas eligible for the Youth Investment Fund, comprising wards in upper tier...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Congenital Hyperinsulinism: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken (1) to offer children with Congenital Hyperinsulinism continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in order to avoid Hypoglycaemic incident and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Africa: Trade Agreements

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the UK's programme of support for the African Continental Free Trade Area; how much of the up to £35 million set aside for...

    • Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the treatment of (1) Hindus, (2) Christians, and (3) other non-Muslim minorities, by the government of Pakistan; and whether they...

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the alleged attacks on 5 February in villages in the Bokkos area of Plateau State in Nigeria; and what representations they have...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Office for Environmental Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the Framework Document to be agreed between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Office for Environmental Protection.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Hotels

      To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they use to identify hotels that are suitable to accommodate migrants.

    • Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to trial an Emergency Resettlement Mechanism that is wider than existing schemes as originally proposed in the New Plan for Immigration,...

      Police: Misconduct

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 6 February (HL Deb col 961), in what circumstances legally qualified chairs in police misconduct cases...

      Mike Veale

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 6 February (HL Deb col 961), what representations they have made to the Cleveland Police and Crime...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any circumstances in which it is currently possible for refugees to claim asylum from within the UK other than for claimants from Ukraine,...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Liverpool Strategic Futures Advisory Panel

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 8 December 2022 (HL3776), when the Liverpool Strategic Futures Panel will meet.

    • Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they have not yet implemented the code contained under the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.

      Infrastructure: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish an assessment of the implications of the proposed infrastructure levy.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of Trading Standards' powers to regulate the sale of vaping products and tackle illicit vaping tobacco products.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many provisions of retained EU law were incorporated into UK law by primary legislation.

    • Offshore Industry: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have held any discussions with BP following reports that the company will fail to meet its climate targets; and what steps they are taking to promote...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty; and what recent discussions they have held with the EU on this.

      Hospices: Energy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to support hospices with energy costs after the Energy Bill Relief Scheme comes to an end in March; and what conversations, if any, they...

      Electricity Generation: Wind Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the percentage of the contribution of wind energy to the electric power produced in Great Britain in each of the past 10 years.

      Boilers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, what plans they have to implement the recommendation in the report Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero, published on 26 September 2022, to bring forward...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the role and responsibilities of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; and whether the department has jurisdiction in (1) Northern Ireland, (2)...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the (1) departure, and (2) anticipated departure, of several EU countries from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), what discussions they have had with (a)...

      Energy Charter Treaty: Fossil Fuels

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that a failure to reform the Energy Charter Treaty would have on new fossil fuel developments in the UK.

      EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many provisions of retained EU law were originally passed by the Council of the European Union by a qualified majority vote in which the UK voted against.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Crime: Hertfordshire

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many instances of knife crime occurred in Hertfordshire in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.

  • Treasury

    • Electricity Generation: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have received the letter from Mishcon De Reya on behalf of Community Windpower Ltd about impending legal action in respect of the Electricity...

    • Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow savers to use Lifetime ISA (LISA) monies without penalty to buy a home of a value that would otherwise incur a penalty when the money...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to equalise the VAT rate for public charging (20 per cent) and home charging (5 per cent) for electric vehicles.

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