Written answers

Monday, 6 March 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional miles of rail track his Department expects to be electrified in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on creating a Road Collision Investigation Branch; and when he expects that Branch to be fully operational.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definitions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency uses for (a) gender and (b) sex.

      Railways: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of whether railways require modernisation.

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that changes to the registered details of vehicles are processed swiftly.

      Public Transport: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes have been committed on (a) buses and (b) trains in each region of England in each of the last five years.

      Bus Services: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Cheshire East and (b) Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority received in funding from his Department through the (i) Bus Service...

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of the rural mobility fund pilot projects on provision of bus services.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how much of the £1.3bn...

      Transport: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of apprenticeships across the transport sector.

      Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by Children in Front Seats) Regulations 1993

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke (b) retain or (c) replace the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts by...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Gazelle Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on replacing the Army Air Corp's fleet of Gazelle helicopters.

    • F-35 aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the discovery of harmonic resonance in some F135 powerplant units on the UK's F-35B fleet.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the clearance time for War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims in each month since May 2022.

      Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 78753 on Veterans: Identity Cards, what progress his Department has made on the (a) new digital service...

      Armed Forces: Medals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to create a Wider Service Medal.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 December 2022, Official Report, column 143, how many properties housing armed forces accommodation have...

      Ministry of Defence: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a ministerial disability champion.

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who was on the Defence Infrastructure Organisation board as of 1 February 2023.

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff worked for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in each year since 2010.

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected 2023-2024 budget is for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

      Military Bases: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been raised from sale proceeds of Defence Estate disposals between 7 November 2016 to 1 February 2023.

      Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Housing Unit Potential has been created by the release of Defence Estate land as of 1 February 2023.

      Alanbrooke Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Alanbrooke Barracks.

      Albemarle Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Albermarle Barracks.

      Victoria Barracks Ballater

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Victoria Barracks, Ballater.

      Glencorse Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Glencorse Barracks.

      Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the number of main battle tanks available to the army.

      Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the number of frigates available to the Royal Navy.

      Redford Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks.

      Kinloss Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Kinloss Barracks.

      Brecon Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Brecon Barracks.

      Weeton Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of Weeton Barracks.

      Marne Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of Marne Barracks.

      Carver Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Carver Barracks.

      MOD Credenhill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Credenhill.

      Garats Hay Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Garats Hay Barracks.

      Gazelle Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned out of service date is for his Department's fleet of Gazelle helicopters.

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department took delivery of the five H135 aircraft originally procured for project MATCHA.

      Military Alliances: Germany

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) bilateral UK-German defence procurement projects and (b) multi nation procurement projects that both the UK and Germany are...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of expanding reciprocal healthcare arrangements...

    • Agency Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October 2022 to Question 48429 on Nurses: Temporary Employment, how much NHS England spent on agency nurses...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to pages 245 and 246 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22, HC1043, what the nature was of the...

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS's draft guidance for Evusheld, published on 16 February 2023, whether he has made an assessment of the time...

      NHS: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 80803 on NHS: Agency Workers, if he will publish in the House of Commons Library...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recent letters sent from the NHS to individuals deemed to be at higher risk from coronavirus, what steps his Department...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to publish his Department's workforce management information data for the months of March, April and May 2021.

      NHS: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) closure and (b) reduction of mental health hubs for NHS staff on levels...

      Fibromyalgia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to promote greater awareness of fibromyalgia among (a) the medical profession, (b) government departments...

      Arthritis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve early diagnosis rates for arthritis.

      Arthritis: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with arthritis who are waiting for elective surgery.

      NHS: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to allow funding provided to ease winter pressures in the NHS in the 2022-23 financial year to be used for winter...

      Radioisotopes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of medical grade radioisotopes in the UK including (a) Molybdenum-99 generators and...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the socio-economic classification of patients on GP workloads.

      Air Pollution: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the paper Associations between air pollution and multimorbidity...

      Arthritis: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with arthritis are currently waiting for elective surgery.

      Surgery: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 147198 on Surgery: Private Sector, what the total cost to the public purse was of the...

      Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve mental health services.

      Air Pollution: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the paper Mental health consequences of urban air pollution:...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 48769 on Breast Cancer: Screening, whether his Department requires GP's to...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February to Question 143814 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, what the additional...

      Social Prescribing: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of social prescribing for supporting mental health and wellbeing in...

      NHS Covid Pass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 25762 on NHS Covid Pass, whether the NHS COVID Pass Programme has now been closed.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department allocated for the treatment of people who have been injured due to adverse effects of covid-19 vaccines...

      Gynaecology: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with his Cabinet colleagues to press for greater resources to allow full and timely access to medical...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of funding for mental health services in the context of the proportion of...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children on NHS waiting lists for mental health treatment have been waiting for more than one year.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation that future flu vaccinations be...

      Gynaecology: Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update the NHS website to include up-to-date information on menstrual health conditions using plain English.

      Gynaecology: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the information and resources on menstrual health conditions provided to primary...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146946 on Mortality Rates, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact...

      Surrogacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update its guidance on surrogacy for (a) professionals, (b) surrogates and (c) people seeking to become...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146946 on Mortality Rates, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.

  • Department for Education

    • Education: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to adopt the 18-plus-one ethnic data recording system used in the census across all education (a) services and (b) providers.

    • Schools: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet the hon. Member for York Central to discuss safety and safeguarding at a school in York.

      School Leaving: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help school leavers who did not achieve a grade 4 or above in GCSE (a) Maths and (b) English in the 2021-22 academic year...

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided guidance to Ofsted on assessing the potential impact of discipline on the wellbeing of children.

      Higher Education: Nottingham South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places in higher education are guaranteed for disadvantaged students in Nottingham South constituency.

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of strict disciplinary regimes in schools on children with anxiety.

      Initial Teacher Training Market Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department's initial teacher training market review on the Government's levelling up...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the School Sport and Activity Action Plan will be published.

      Schools: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) resources and (b) training her Department makes available to schools on addressing misogyny.

      Educational Institutions: Sanitary Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which education institutions in Battersea have made at least one order from the free period products scheme.

      Teachers: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded secondary schools in England did not have a male teacher in each of the last five years for which school workforce data are...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Anti-social Behaviour: Cleveland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for antisocial behaviour in Cleveland in each of the last five years for which data is available.

    • Crime: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support women who are victims of crime while they wait for their case to come to court.

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to work with people who are waiting for their case to come to court to help ensure they do not commit crimes.

      Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges and (b) prosecutions have been made under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last three years.

      Family Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the waiting time was for family court hearings to be listed in the latest period for which data is available.

      Ministry of Justice: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last five years.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Minister for Energy and Climate's response to the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex during the Urgent Question on Prepayment...

      Secure Accommodation: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) quality and (b) safety standards of secure accommodation for children from Bristol.

      Probation: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Probation Service has spent on programmes for sex offenders in each of the last five years.

      Secure Accommodation: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of demand for secure detention facilities within a reasonable distance of permanent...

      Parole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been made to the Parole Board to request public parole hearings as of 27 February 2023.

      Prisoners' Release: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve continuity of care for prisoners released while they are undergoing drug treatment services.

      Secure Accommodation: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of drug-related deaths across the secure estate.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the effectiveness of the abstinence-only approaches to drug treatment services in prisons.

      Prisons: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the rise of prisoners using mobile phones to record and upload videos to social media platforms.

      Open Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure the safety of the general public when prisoners serving their sentence in open prisons are outside of...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle antisocial behaviour through the use of community orders.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those...

      Iran: Uranium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Iran’s reported work on enriching...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Surveillance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Commonwealth, Foreign and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of how many (a) surveillance devices, (b) CCTV cameras and (c) other security devices...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Commonwealth, Foreign and Development Affairs, which providers of technology to his Department are of Chinese origin.

      Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in (a) 2018 and (b) the previous...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 August 2020, 9 February 2021, 12 January 2022 and...

      Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his counterparts in Canada on the potential merits of sanctioning Myanmar Oil...

      Bangladesh: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support girls' education in Bangladesh.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety...

      China: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the speech by US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on disruptive technologies and data...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish forward-looking budgets by sector for his Department.

      Azerbaijan: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a policy of trade embargo with Azerbaijan.

      Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department is providing for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in financial years (a) 2022-23 and...

      Syria: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of refugees who have entered Lebanon as a result of conflict...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps they have taken to operate a disability confident scheme for those seeking promotion in their...

      Myanmar: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department takes to help ensure that monasteries receiving British aid though the Myanmar Education...

      Conflict Resolution: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government decided not to include Colombia as a priority focus country in its fifth UK Women,...

      Development Aid: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK aid budget is dedicated to the development of water, sanitation, and hygiene...

      Development Aid: Drug Resistance and Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in UK aid spending on the (a) development...

      Somaliland: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Somaliland on the recent violence in Las Anod; and...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the capture of territory around the town of Rubaya...

      Africa: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the experiences of...

      Syria and Turkey: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional resources his Department plans to use to support humanitarian efforts in Syria and Turkey.

      Syria and Turkey: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect British humanitarian workers in Syria and Turkey.

      Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing additional aid to Turkey and northern...

      East Africa: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help support countries in East Africa with drought; and whether his...

      East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much humanitarian funding his Department plans to allocate to help tackle hunger in (a) Ethiopia, (b) Kenya,...

      Syria and Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support humanitarian efforts in Turkey and Syria following the recent earthquakes.

      Famine: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help prevent famine, including in East Africa.

      Syria: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available for refugees following earthquakes in...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, CP 806, whether the green lanes will apply...

      Northern Ireland Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 66 of the Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, CP 806, what is included...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to he Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, what assessment he has made of the effect...

      Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Turkish counterpart and (b) the United Nations to help ensure...

      Burkina Faso: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Burkina Faso.

      EU Law: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, CP 806, which items of EU law will be...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Windsor Framework, published on 28 February 2033, whether manufacturers and growers in...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tourist Attractions: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that cultural attractions around the UK provide sufficient access for disabled people.

    • Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: Choirs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether participants in the Coronation Choir at Windsor Castle on 7th May 2023 will be required to hold (a) British Citizenship, (b)...

      Gambling Act 2005 Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Gambling Review White Paper will be published.

      National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the Fourth Report of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on What next for the National...

      Gambling Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any Gambling Commissioners have left the Board (a) on expiry of their term of office and (b) through resignation in the last...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Low Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2022 to Question 78760 on Low Pay, when the Government will respond to the Supporting progression out of...

    • Jobcentres: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 30 new job centres added to the Additional Jobcentre Support pilot are in Wales.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Written Statement HCWS582 made on 27 February 2023, if he will provide further details of the evidence to support the...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that training programmes offered by his Department to people seeking work reflect the skills required by...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unacceptable customer behaviour forms have been completed in each of the last 5 years.

      Employment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help young people find employment.

      Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      What assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's approach to recovering benefit overpayments where there has been no misrepresentation or failure to disclose a material fact.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help disabled people find employment.

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date the Menopause Workplace Champion will be appointed.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of the disability employment gap.

      Child Maintenance Service and Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints against (a) the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency and (b) her Department were accepted for investigation...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many subscribers there are to Touchbase; how many and what proportion of subscribers work for his Department; and what proportion of his...

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide support to people for (a) food and (b) energy costs.

      Key Workers: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for the Industrial Injuries...

      Key Workers: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a hardship fund for keyworkers with long covid.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to advertise the Recoverable Hardship Payment repayment waiver scheme to people entitled to it.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been received as of 24 February 2023 to waive Recoverable Hardship Payment repayments issued between 1 January 2014...

      Long Covid: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that children with long covid are (a) assessed for and (b) awarded Disability Living Allowance.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Written Statement of 27 February 2023 on Additional Jobcentre Support – Pilot rollout, HCWS582, if he will publish...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Written Statement entitled Additional Jobcentre Support: Pilot rollout of 27 February 2023, HCWS582, whether additional...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Written Statement entitled Additional Jobcentre Support: Pilot rollout of 27 February 2023, HCWS582, whether his...

      Personal Independence Payment: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payment descriptors for people with long covid.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Written Statement entitled Additional Jobcentre Support: Pilot rollout of 27 February 2023, HCWS582, on what basis the...

      Universal Credit: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants living in Wales were moved into the Intensive Work Search regime following the most recent increase in the Administrative...

      Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus

      To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming Personal Independence Payments have covid-19 classified as their primary reason for claiming that benefit.

      Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus

      To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Personal Independence Payments with covid-19 classified as their primary reason for claiming that...

      Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2023 to Question 142827 on Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment, for what...

      Pensioners: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a benefit for people over the age of retirement who are caring for...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the updated uptake figures for Pension Credit for the period March 2022 to March 2023.

      Employment: Disability

      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 Intensive Personalised Employment Support...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Plants: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pre-notification submissions were made by UK importers to the IPAFFS system relating to the import of regulated...

    • Birds: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on reducing bird casualties from wind turbines.

      Agriculture: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to change the Renewable and Low Carbon Energy guidance to allow development of solar installations on...

      Wildlife: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department monitors the impact of artificial light levels on wildlife in (a) Merseyside and (b) the UK.

      Farmers: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support farmers to (a) improve productivity and (b) support animal health and...

      Poultry: Farms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support poultry farmers with increased energy costs.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the...

      Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with local authorities on monitoring levels of artificial light in (a) Merseyside and (b) the UK.

      Eggs: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to egg producers under Section 1 of...

      Food Supply

      To the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish a report on UK food security on an annual basis.

      Dangerous Dogs: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of bully...

  • Home Office

    • Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are (a) held in immigration detention and (b) detained under immigration powers in prison.

    • Asylum: Questionnaires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with stakeholder groups on proposals to use asylum questionnaires in place of face-to-face interviews.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions were made per decision maker per week in the first two months of 2023.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers under the age of 18 who were staying in hotels procured by her Department have gone missing since 1 July 2022.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129806 on Asylum: Children, if she will provide an indicative timescale for making an...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a family reunion scheme for Afghans on similar terms to the Ukraine...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in reference to case MPAM/0487817/22, when people affected will have their case considered under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in preventing violent crime associated with anti-social behaviour.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were made in the final quarter of (a) 2019, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications under the EU settlement scheme that were received before 1 January 2021 are still being...

      Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans update the shortage occupation list.

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 108255 on Fraud, what progress her Department has made on producing a strategy on tackling...

      Research, Information and Communications Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Research, Information and Communication Unit has been instructed to collect information on (a) sitting MPs, (b) former MPs, (c)...

      Police: Wandsworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have served in the London Borough of Wandsworth in each year since 2000.

      Home Office: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150516 on Home Office: Minimum Wage, for what reason providing the information...

      Public Spaces Protection Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public spaces protection orders.

      Abortion: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public spaces protection orders around abortion clinics.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Afghan citizens who have arrived in the UK since August 2021 have been allocated (a) permanent housing, (b)...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential of legal challenges to the Government’s proposals to blacklist...

    • Council Tax: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of altering eligibility requirements so that all recipients of...

      Rents: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on rental reform.

      Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support people with rising rent costs.

      Rents: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Scottish Government on its rent cap; and if he will make an...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 12 December 2022 and 13...

      Owner Occupation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59850 on Mortgages, what the outcome was of his Department's...

      Camping Sites: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to allow landowners to operate campsites for 56 days a year under permitted development...

      Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much of the £3.6 billion allocated to the Towns Fund has been spent.

      Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 2.6 of his Department's guidance entitled Towns Fund: Prospectus published on 1 November 2019,...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to announce the timetable for submission of bids for the next stage of levelling up funding.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 138005 on Buildings: Insulation, when he plans to introduce the Code...

      Housing: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure residents evacuated from residential buildings deemed to be unsafe are given...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to ensure that disabled people are included in the development of (a) policy on and (b) the...

    • Cars: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with international car manufacturers about the potential inclusion of TikTok products in cars...

      Manufacturing Industries: Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the level of dependency of the...

      Broadband: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with (a) BT and (b) other telecoms providers about promoting social tariffs to providers.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure full and equal access to superfast broadband, particularly in rural areas.

      Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her Department's negotiating priorities will be on changes to the allocation of spectrum for broadcast services at the...

      Counter Disinformation Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what purpose the Counter Disinformation Unit was formed.

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department plans to provide for (a) research and development, (b) Horizon Europe and (c) EURATOM in each...

      Science: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to fund science and innovation to help achieve the Government's global science superpower...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the consequences for her policies of (a) application rates and (b) funding awarded under the...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in her Department in each...

      Intellectual Property Office and Met Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 148569, on Department for Business and Trade: Consultants, what the...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps they have taken to operate a disability confident scheme for those seeking promotion in their Department; and how...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has a Ministerial disability champion.

      Broadband: Tooting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the number of households in Tooting constituency with superfast broadband.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, who her Department has met with regarding the ongoing industrial dispute in Royal Mail in the last six months.

    • Electric Vehicles: Minerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will hold discussions with representatives of businesses in the supply chains for the manufacture of electric vehicles on the...

      Royal Mail: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on taking steps to keep customers informed following disruption caused by the cyber...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department taking to decarbonise supply chains to the automotive and electric vehicle sector.

      Employment: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has had recent discussions with employers on taking steps to offer (a) part-time work and (b) other flexibility to...

      Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers have notified the Redundancy Payments Service of planned redundancies in the last 12 months.

      Trade Promotion: South Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy for South Africa was appointed; and how many times they have visited that country since their appointment.

      Electric Vehicles: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the difference in the number of gigafactories in (a) the UK and (b) Germany.

      Electric Vehicles: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs supported (a) directly by and (b) in the supply chain for the production of electric vehicles.

      Electric Vehicles: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of UK produced electric vehicles which were exported in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2018, (d)...

      British Shipbuilders: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many former employees of British Shipbuilders who worked at the Cammell Laird shipyard receive a pension from British Shipbuilders; and...

      Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish a consultation on the introduction of legislation requiring the production of zero emission vehicles.

      Energy: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help mitigate the impact of the US Inflation Reduction Act on UK businesses.

      UK Tradeshow Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) awareness of and (b) satisfaction with the UK Tradeshow Programme among small and medium-sized...

      Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the transparency data entitled DIT's ePCS spending over £500 for October 2022, published on 24 February 2023, for what...

      Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the transparency data entitled DIT's ePCS spending over £500 for October 2022, published on 24 February 2023, for what...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on potential regulatory enforcement action for companies that do not enable...

    • Manufacturing Industries: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support companies that produce electric vehicles with increases in energy bills.

      Fuel Poverty: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) reducing or (b) removing the standing charge on energy bills on levels...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of (a) the completeness of postcode data supplied to energy companies for administrating the Domestic...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Alternative Fuel Payment portal will be open for applications.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how unclaimed Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers will be used.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has had recent discussions with energy suppliers on (a) the proportion of Energy Bill Support Scheme...

      Energy: Hospices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the impact of the cost of energy on the financial viability of hospices.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Fraud

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total cost of fraud and error to government departments in the latest year for which figures are available.

    • Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason complaints about Government departments and other public organisations must be referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service...

      Cabinet Office: Communication

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he publish the following documents referencing the hon. Member for Christchurch: (a) Covid Comms: Afternoon Note - 25th September, (b) Fwd: Checking...

  • Treasury

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the viability of pubs of the increased rates of alcohol duty after August 2023.

    • EURATOM and Horizon Europe: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Supplementary Estimates 2022-23 published by his Department on 21 February 2023, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet...

      Products: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the soft drinks industry levy, if he will take steps to place levies on other potentially harmful consumer products.

      Licensed Premises: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include additional support for (a) pubs, (b) social clubs, (c) breweries and (d) cider producers in the Spring Budget.

      Roads: Freight

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include additional support to the road haulage industry for fuel costs in the Spring Budget.

      Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of indexing excise duties, including alcohol, tobacco and fuel duties, by average earnings rather than...

      Government Securities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of UK gilts are held by (a) foreign central banks and (b) banks located in the People's Republic of China as of 27 February 2023.

      Bank Services: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure access to banking services for Ukrainian refugees.

      International Monetary System

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of on-lending 50 per cent of the UK’s most recent allocation of Special Drawing Rights, through IMF...

      Exports: Australia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which five UK companies exported the largest value of goods to Australia in the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of goods...

  • Leader of the House

    • Opposition Days: Government Responses

      To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 October 2017, HCWS199 on Opposition Day Debates, if she will adopt the approach taken by her predecessor that when a...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government will begin pre-legislative scrutiny for the proposed ban on conversion therapy.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on starting an antibody testing pilot study for those who remain vulnerable to poor outcomes from COVID-19 despite vaccination;...

    • Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time from receiving a referral to child mental health services to receiving an appointment.

      Vaccination: Take-up

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reverse the decline in uptake of immunisations to prevent infectious diseases from reoccurring in future winter seasons.

      Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to maintain, and (2) to utilise, the expanded vaccinator workforce recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of next...

      Social Services: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difference in the pay scales for adult and children’s social care staff.

      Health Services: Translation Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they monitor compliance with the 'Guidance for Commissioners: Interpreting and Translation Services in Primary Care', published by NHS England in September 2018.

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 5 December 2022 (HL3057), how the UK Health Security Agency’s The effectiveness of face coverings to reduce...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 February (HL4911), whether the work on the Cohorting as a Service platform has been completed; and if not,...

      NHS Digital: Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people’s GP records have been made accessible to contractors and sub-contractors working on NHS England’s Cohorting as a Service system in...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to deliver their clinical research vision, and (2) to provide funding to support the growth of the UK’s phase 1 trial capacity.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the UK maintains a leadership role in the number of phase 1 trials being delivered in the UK, by comparison to...

      Evusheld

      To ask His Majesty's Government why Evusheld was not referred to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) until 10 August 2022 despite the review process starting on 8 June...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Hearing Impairment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve educational outcomes for deaf children.

    • Confucius Institutes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made to close Chinese Confucius Institutes in the UK, if any; and what estimate they have made of how much of the spending on...

      Design and Technology: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Education Policy Institute A spotlight on Design and Technology Study in England, published on 23 March...

      Schools: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for Priority Education Investment Areas is intended to provide an element of continuity funding to some of the previous Opportunity Areas; and...

      Pupils: Hearing Impairment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Auditory Verbal Therapy on educational outcomes for deaf children.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Aid: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of legal aid in England and Wales in the last five years.

    • Russia: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure in their meeting of international justice ministers in March that (1) practical, and (2) financial, support is provided to ensure...

      Prisoners: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many restricted status prisoners were held in the female estate in each of the last 10 years.

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women released from prison (1) that have served a short sentence, and (2) that were not sentenced following remand,...

      Human Rights: Reviews

      To ask His Majesty's Government what their timetable is for achieving the fourth Universal Periodic Review of human rights in the UK; and what consultations they have so far completed.

      Prisons: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the potential (1) costs, and (2) savings, that could be achieved for the public by bringing the delivery of prison education into...

      Prisons: Suicide

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to prisons to support the prevention of suicide in prisons in England and Wales.

      Neurodiversity: Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of prisoners who have neurodivergent conditions; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce a common screening...

      Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review all cases of persons held for more than five years beyond their judicial tariffs.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan about the murder of an Ahmadi doctor, Mr Rashid Ahmed, on 19 February in Gutriala, Gujarat; when...

    • Ghana: Ethnic Groups

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with (1) the government of Ghana, and (2) Commonwealth countries, to find ways of preventing further clashes between the Kusasi...

      UEFA Champions League Final 2022 Independent Review

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of France regarding the conclusions of the independent review of the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, chaired...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they will seek to ensure effective collaboration between the International Criminal Court and all other (1) international, and (2) national,...

      Sudan: Internally Displaced People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the factors causing the displacement of people in Sudan, (2) the role of the conflicts in Darfur, Kordofan, and the Blue Nile...

      China: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of UK’s aid budget has been spent in China in the last three fiscal years; and how aid allocated to China in the last three fiscal years has been spent.

      Syria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of humanitarian aid that has been able to reach the four million Syrians in north-west Syria in areas not...

      Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding the former’s proposals of 16 February for resolving the...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that survivors of all ages of war crimes in Ukraine, particularly sexual violence, are represented in discussions about...

      Sudan: Internally Displaced People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the International Organization for Migration's Displacement Tracking Matrix report concerning the 418,000 people newly displaced...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Warships: Military Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide aviation facilities to the Littoral Response Groups.

    • Warships: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to purchase Multi-Role Support Ships for the Royal Navy; and whether such vessels are necessary for the future formation of Littoral Response...

      Trident

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the annual report The UK's future nuclear deterrent: the 2022 update to Parliament will be published; and what is the reason for the delay in its...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claimants were subject to deductions as a result of overpayments where the fault lay entirely with the relevant government department or...

    • Employment: Social Security Benefits

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the press statement by the Department for Work and Pensions on 27 January 2022, what assumptions were made (including regarding family type) to inform...

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claimants requested a deductions waiver in the most recent six months for which data is available; of those requests, what proportion...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many benefit claims were subject to sanctions in the most recent three months for which data are available, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and how...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Farmers: Surveys

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of declining levels of confidence among farmers in England, as reported by the October 2022 release of the Farmer Opinion Tracker...

    • Food Supply and Weather

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) increased instances of extreme weather events across Europe and North Africa, (2) the impact of such events on the importing...

      Fruit and Vegetables: Supermarkets

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure there is a sufficient supply of fruit and vegetables in UK supermarkets.

      Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to enhance protections for farmed fish at slaughter; and if so, when.

      Food: Imports

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 13 February (HL5359), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, how they intend to enforce their...

      Agriculture: Government Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support (1) new farmers, and (2) new farming businesses, into agriculture.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult with local authorities on an annual quota for refugee resettlement; and when they anticipate the first of these annual quotas will...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what legal asylum or immigration routes there are for Afghan academics who worked with visiting British academics under the Development Partnerships in Higher...

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government under what criteria migrants or refugees would be moved from an area once they have been satisfactorily settled in that area.

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what barriers they have identified to increasing the number of people who could be resettled through the Mandate Resettlement Scheme.

      Visas: Syria and Turkey

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to start a visa scheme, similar to that introduced for Ukrainians in 2022, for the people from Turkey and Syria who are homeless...

      Prostitution

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage and develop safe and stable ways for people to leave prostitution and sex work and to find alternative work.

      Metropolitan Police

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of whether the size and structure of the Metropolitan Police has a positive or negative impact on its performance.

      Police: Leadership

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 7 February (HL5017), whether they have made a specific assessment of the impact of the leadership training...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for the issuing of firearm licences.

      Intelligence Services: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of a network of “secret Chinese police stations” in the UK used by the government of China to identify...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of planning permission applications by a third party which (1) interfere with an adjacent neighbouring property, and (2)...

    • Grasslands: Property Development

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of development on grassland habitats that could be considered irreplaceable habitats under the National Planning...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Semiconductors: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to semiconductor supply in determining their national security policy.

    • Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Centre for Policy Studies Cashing in our Chips: How to strengthen the UK’s semiconductor...

      Semiconductors

      To ask His Majesty's Government when their Semiconductor Strategy will be published.

      Internet: Eating Disorders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect (1) children, and (2) vulnerable adults, from online encouragement to pursue behaviours that may lead to eating disorders.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Carbon Emissions: Local Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what financial assistance they are providing to local authorities to help them meet net zero targets.

    • Carbon Emissions: Small Businesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them transition to low carbon ways of working.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: TikTok

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to follow the United States, Canada, and the European Union in restricting the use of TikTok on government-issued devices.

    • Civil Servants

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants were employed in each government department in each year from 2015 to the present day.

  • Treasury

    • Electricity Generation: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to amend the terms of the Electricity Generator Levy to make it comparable with the equivalent regime relating to fossil fuels,...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Video Games: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will provide an update on the progress of the technical group on loot boxes, which was expected to be published in the first quarter of 2023.

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