Written answers

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Bicycles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of electric bicycles.

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points across the country.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 152223 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 152222 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, whether his Department has made an assessment of the...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve access for (a) disabled and (b) all users of electric vehicle charging points.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of (a) levels of consumer confidence in the reliability of the electric vehicle charging network and (b) the potential...

      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on Policy design features for the car and van zero emission vehicle mandate.

      Marine Environment Protection Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 107115, if he will list the organisations represented by the five external maritime consultants...

      Shipping: Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the memorandum of understanding that his Department agreed with the Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry on 21...

      Bus Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether (a) Diamond Bus, (b) Sandwell Council and (c) Transport for West Midlands received a (i) bus service...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits setting national standards for local authorities conducting road improvement projects.

      Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for applicants to the Blue Badge scheme who have irreversible medical...

      Bus Services: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number and proportion of buses in Kent and Medway that are able to provide audio-visual...

  • Attorney General

    • Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment with her Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of allowing UK courts to be used for hearings about damage to Ukrainian...

    • Courts: Standards

      To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on court delays due to covid-19; and if she will take steps to support those...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Fibromyalgia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether the needs of patients with fibromyalgia are being met by the NHS.

    • Hospices: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle cases of neglect in hospices.

      Hereditary Diseases: Health and Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the level of life-long provision of services for adults with mitochondiral diseases.

      Arthritis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the wellbeing of people with arthritis whose treatment for that condition has been delayed.

      Speech and Language Therapy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of speech and language therapists in (a) South Yorkshire (b) England.

      Arthritis: Diagnosis

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

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will incorporate the commitments made in the 10-year Cancer Plan.

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he if he will increase the length of the statutory notice period for care home operators informing local authorities of their...

      Medical Equipment: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of supply chain disruption on the supply of medical devices to the UK.

      Health Services: Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the use of single-use plastics in clinical and healthcare...

      General Practitioners: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in England have closed in the last 12 months.

      Social Prescribing: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent Social Prescribing Link Workers are employed in England.

      Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that an adequate number of medical devices are available on the UK market.

      Cancer: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average length of time for urgent cancer referrals in (a) Watford constituency and (b) England.

      Hospices: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of the level of support that has been provided...

      Patients: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, whether his Department plans to implement the...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £375 million of funding for researching neurodegenerative diseases over the following five years announced in...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 126740 and according to information held by NHS England, which NHS (a) trusts and...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department made on enacting the 10-Year Plan for Dementia that was announced by the Government in May 2022.

      Health Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was for a (a) new hospital, (b) hospital upgrade, (c) MRI machine, (d) CT scanner and (e) GP appointment in the...

      Social Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of wages of social care staff on staff morale.

      Health and Social Services: Pay and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) skills and (b) pay of (i) social care staff and (ii) NHS staff undertaking...

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February to Question 132369 on Medicine: Higher Education, whether those higher educational institutions...

      Ovarian Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.

      Emergency Calls: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the average wait time between making a 999 call for medical emergencies and an ambulance arriving at...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 16924 on Breast Cancer: Screening, what steps he is taking to incentivise...

      Babies: Blood Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including metachromatic leukodystrophy in the newborn blood spot test;...

      Autism: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that adequate mental health care is available for children with autism and those awaiting autism...

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to women with ovarian cysts.

      Maternity Services: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that women in labour have access to (a) adequate pain relief and (b) entonox.

      Bereavement Counselling: Ealing Central and Acton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of bereavement support in Ealing Central and Acton constituency for parents...

      Maternity Services: Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) funded and (b) commissioned on the risk of antimicrobial-resistant healthcare-acquired infections in...

      Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy that patients who have received a diagnosis from a private healthcare provider can receive NHS...

      NHS England: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ministerial direction was issued to move NHS England civil servants into his Department's offices.

  • Department for Education

    • Initial Teacher Training Market Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an equality impact assessment in advance of its most recent round of Initial Teacher Training accreditation.

    • Special Educational Needs: Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Education Health and Care assessments are carried out in Early Years Education.

      Pupil Premium: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase the level of the national funding rate for early years pupil premium in the financial year 2023-24; and if she will make...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s consultation entitled Guide for children and young people: Stable Homes, Built on Love, published on 2...

      Childcare: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2021 to Question 155406 on Children: Day Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of...

      Electrical Engineering: Vocational Guidance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to encourage students to pursue a career in electric technology.

      Initial Teacher Training Market Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department conducted an Equality Impact Assessment for the most recent round of Initial Teacher Training accreditation.

      Students: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a debt forgiveness programme for students who were financially affected by covid.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussion she has had with school leaders on the the oversubscription of children with special educational needs and disabilities in...

      Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February to Question 135464 on Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment, for what reason the School Workforce Census...

      Mathematics: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the potential reductions to university mathematics departments including...

      Academies: Supply Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply teachers were employed by academies in England in each year since 2017.

      Free School Meals: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of barriers to disabled children accessing free school meals.

      Qualifications: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing funding for applied general qualifications on school and college finances.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2023 to Question 135240 on Schools: Houghton and Sunderland South, how many (a) civil servants and (b) hours of...

      Universities: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides support to universities located in the British Overseas Territories.

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which qualifications were identified as not overlapping with wave 1 and 2 T levels by the independent assessors commissioned by her Department to work...

      Schools: Lavatories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on bathroom policies.

      Initial Teacher Training Market Review: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential contribution of its Initial Teacher Training Market Review on the Government's Levelling Up...

      Publications: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) World Book Day and (b) initiatives that help ensure access to books for children regardless of (i) family...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Governors: Length of Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for prison governors to be in post on 1 March 2023.

    • Family Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that experts who are called to instruct family court cases involving child residency are suitably (a)...

      Office of the Public Guardian: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the working from home guidelines are for staff of the Office of the Public Guardian.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners given Release On Temporary Licence in each year since 2010.

      Newbold Revel: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was to train each prison officer at HMPS College Newbold Revel as of 1 March 2023.

      Prison Governors: Length of Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long each Governor has been in post in each prison in England and Wales.

      Newbold Revel: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost of maintaining HMPS College Newbold Revel was as of 1 March 2023.

      Crown Court: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a case to reach a trial in the crown court in (a) York and (b) the UK in the latest period for which data is available.

      Powers of Attorney: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have applied for but not yet received a Lasting Power of Attorney..

      Mining: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to those in the Miners’ Strike (Pardons)...

      Courts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total value of court fines that have not been paid in each year since 2010.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 88792 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...

    • Mexico: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of implications for his Department's policies of the demonstrations in Mexico relating...

      Iran: Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that two Iranian navy vessels, The...

      Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of the UK diplomatic missions that have (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last...

      Ecuador: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Ecuadorian counterpart on tackling illegal drug trafficking.

      Iran: Capital Punishment and Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterparts in Iran to (a) press for an end to the death penalty for...

      Alireza Akbari

      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 the execution of Alireza Akbari.

      Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the potential risk of increased tensions...

      Iran: Hezbollah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Iranian counterpart on that country's financing of Hezbollah.

      West Bank: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase UK aid to healthcare providers in the West Bank in response to increases...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Figure 8 of the UK international climate finance results 2022, updated on 23 February 2023, what...

      Northern Ireland Protocol: UK Internal Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on trade within the UK.

      Transcaucasus: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the Lachin Corridor Blockade.

      Imports and Exports: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill contributes to removing obstacles...

      Azerbaijan: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of trade between the UK and Azerbaijan.

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill contributes to peace in Northern...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Military Decorations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran's badges have been issued in each year since 2004.

    • Veterans UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans and their family members have contacted Veterans UK in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 117547 on Armed Forces, if his Department will send the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall a copy of...

      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 emergency calls to armed forces accommodation...

      St George's Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of St George's Barracks, North Luffenham.

      Fulwood Barracks

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

      Gamecock Barracks

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

      Claro Barracks

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

      DMS Whittington

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

      Veterans: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to pay previously agreed uplifts to the service pensions of former service personnel who are no longer domiciled...

      Armed Forces and Veterans: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department keeps a list of (a) approved and (b) unapproved (i) courses and (ii) subjects for Standard Learning Credits for (A) serving...

      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 armed forces personnel are housed in accommodation...

      Colchester Garrison

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

      AWACS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects to (a) take delivery of its first E-7A Wedgetail aircraft and (b) achieve Initial Operating Capability.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's military readiness.

      Maindy Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Service Family and (b) Single Living Accommodation units there are at Maindy Barracks; and how many personnel are based at that site.

      Surveillance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the findings in the recent report published by Big Brother Watch entitled Ministry of Truth: The Secretive...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department have made of the potential merits of establishing a process to review unsuccessful Additional Family Member decisions...

      Armed Forces: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many French personnel are training in the UK with the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF.

      Armed Forces: Germany

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many German personnel are training in the UK with the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF.

      Military Alliances: Germany

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) signed bilateral agreements and (b) established frameworks does the UK Armed Forces have with the German Armed Forces on defence cooperation.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • 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...

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) staffing and (b) other costs were incurred by the Health and Safety Executive for work relating to UK REACH in the (i) 2021-22...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his Department's policy to publish online editions of its Touchbase newsletter.

      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, how many two week...

      Pension Service: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times there were technical problems with the Pension Service phone line in the last two weeks.

      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, whether he...

      Pension Service: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times calls to the Pension Service phone line were disconnected in each of the last two weeks.

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claims were subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data is available,...

      Pension Service: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of prospective pensioners who would benefit from contacting the Pension Service to establish the...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 February 2023, HCWS582, on Additional Jobcentre Support: Pilot Roll-out, how many and what...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Ninth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts published on 22 June 2022, HC 255, and the Treasury Minute published on...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 February 2023, HCWS582, on Additional Jobcentre Support: Pilot Roll-out, whether he plans to...

      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, what steps his...

      Universal Credit

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

      Universal Credit

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

      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, what assessment he...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he next plans to meet with the Ministerial Disability Champions.

      Access to Work Programme: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the Access to Work scheme for carers.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made to the Access to Work Scheme had not been processed within the service delivery period in each month from January...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments were made due to errors by his Department in each year since 2019.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming personal independence payments had their award assessed through (a) a telephone consultation...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that, when setting the qualifying dates for 2023/24 cost of living payments, Universal Credit claimants who...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle irresponsible dog ownership and (b) prevent dog attacks.

    • Squirrels: Pest Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to control the grey squirrel population.

      Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle rural crime.

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure food security.

      Deposit Return Schemes: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Scottish Government has submitted a request for a United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 exemption to implement...

      Elfbar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with representatives of Elfbar UK regarding the disposal of its products after use.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of single-use vaping devices thrown away each week; and what assessment he has made...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the efficacy of steps taken by manufacturers of disposable vaping products...

      Food: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess and (b) improve the accessibility of food packaging for blind and...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will delay the opening of the woodcock shooting season to 1 December.

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce food inflation.

      Peat Bogs: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of her Department’s long-term financial support for the Great...

      Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the UK plays a significant role in the implementation of Target 7 of the...

      Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for York Central on 23 February 2023, Official Report,...

      Livestock: 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 live animals...

      Animal Products: 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 products of...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131189 on Asylum: Children, whether she plans to hold discussions with the United...

    • HM Passport Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport officers were employed by her Department in (a) January 2022, (b) June 2022 and (c) January 2023.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 24 January 2023, Official Report, column 859, what recent...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide additional funding to (a) local authorities, (b) support services and (c) NHS and healthcare providers for the operation...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications exceeded the standard processing time in 2022.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has included provisions in the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contract for when demand exceeds the supply...

      Refugees: Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is for a refugee to receive a Biometric Residence Permit after receiving refugee status.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU Settlement Scheme advice services funded by her Department will be continued in London beyond 31 March 2023.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 129805 on Asylum: Children, whether her Department has a risk register on...

      Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) discrimination on the basis of (i) race and (ii) religion and (b) the impact of that...

      International Aid Transparency Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to resume reporting to the International Aid Transparency Initiative.

      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, whether she plans to launch an inquiry into missing...

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to biometric residence permits which were printed in the weeks commencing (a) 30 January 2023 and (b) 6 February 2023, what...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the average financial loss per fraud victim in 2022.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 24 January 2023, Official Report, column 861, whether the...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications took longer than ten weeks to process in the final quarter of 2022.

      Criminal Investigation: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal investigations into financial sanctions evasion have been initiated on the basis of Suspicious Activity Reports received...

      Visas: British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether financial exemptions are in place for low-income families when applying for a visa for a parent of a British national.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who are eligible for the five-year route to settlement introduced in 2022 under...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential changes in the level of employment in the hotel industry as a result of service changes...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 24 January 2023, Official Report, column 859, what recent...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish a Government response to the consultation entitled Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems...

    • Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on drafting legislation to fulfil the Government's commitment of abolishing no fault...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average processing time is for Voter Authority Certificate applications.

      Electoral Register: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage people with (a) a learning disability and (b) autism to (i) register to vote and (ii)...

      Social Rented Housing: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the written evidence submitted by the Information Commissioner’s Office to the Levelling Up,...

      Church Urban Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent engagement with the Church Urban Fund.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150592 on the Levelling Up Fund, where in the referenced transcript...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) recalculate funding formulas for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund before...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential impact of the UK Shared...

      Mayors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to establish a formal mechanism for Mayors with devolved powers to interact with his Department.

      Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help improve delivery times for major infrastructure projects.

      Heating: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the (a) Building Safety Act 2022 and (b) related...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has a timetable for the introduction of legislative provisions on banning default passwords on CCTV doorbells and...

    • Horizon Europe: Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it was (a) her or (b) her predecessors policy to seek association with Horizon Europe once issues related to the...

      Nurses: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department will publish the findings of the 2022 Nurse review.

      Broadband: Employment and Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing capital investment to ensure full...

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150463, what steps her Department has taken to help increase domestic...

      Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the cost of mobile phone contracts on (a) the affordability...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of changes to the rules of origin in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement...

    • UK Tradeshow Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small and medium-sized businesses made use of the UK Tradeshow Access Programme in each year of that programme's existence; and what...

      Trade Promotion: Mongolia

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

      Companies: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many UK companies have exported internationally their goods of services under (a) 10, (b) 50, (c) 250, (d) 1000 and (d) 10,000 times in...

      Department for Business and Trade: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has contracted work to a business that has been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive within the last three years.

      Postal services: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of planned cuts to Royal Mail customer service points on other local services in (a)...

      British Steel: Scunthorpe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed closure of the coking ovens at British Steel's Scunthorpe site on the...

      Mining: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2023 to Question 148550 on Mining: Seas and Oceans, whether she has had recent discussions with the...

      Department for Business and Trade: Information Commissioner's Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled BEIS: spending over £500, September 2022, for what purpose her Department spent...

      Future Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 147247, what the total value of the Future Fund loans taken up by those 83 companies is.

      Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled BEIS: spending over £500, October 2022, for what purpose her Department spent...

      Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled BEIS: spending over £500, September 2022, for what purpose her Department spent (a)...

      Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last three years.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to take steps to require UK-based energy companies to remedy pollution in other countries as a result...

    • Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Wise Group Fuel Poverty Report 2023.

      Energy: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to assess the needs of disabled people in the Government’s approach to supporting consumer protection...

      Fuel Poverty: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of fuel poverty on disabled people in England.

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February to Question 143891 on Energy, what the timeline is for publication of the Government's...

      Energy: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that energy costs for key industries are in line with other major economies.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what changes he has made to the eligibility criteria for the warm homes discount.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to the warm homes discount eligibility criteria on the number of homes...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of previously eligible applicants who are now illegible to receive the warm homes discount.

      Local Net Zero Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing the local net zero forum on a statutory footing.

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the quarterly energy price cap update announced by Ofgem on 27 February 2023, if he will make it his policy to...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on the Track 1 Power Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage selection process.

      Heating: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of his Department's policy on periodic hydraulic balancing of hydronic domestic...

      Biofuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of the price of biomass fuel.

      Alternative Fuel Payments

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

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans that all households eligible to receive the Alternative Fuel Payment automatically will have received that payment.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that all domestic energy customers are offered the facility to pay energy bills by cheque; and if...

      Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to (a) extend the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund beyond 2027 or (b) provide a replacement to the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans: Surveys

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of the UK wide survey for veterans and their families.

    • Government Departments: Email

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a timeframe for updating the 2013 Cabinet Office guidance on use of private email accounts by Departments.

      Veterans' Health Innovation Fund

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to provide funding for the development of healthcare technologies for veterans through the...

      Disability Unit: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been employed in the Disability Unit in each year since its creation.

      Imports and Exports: San Marino

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) imports and (b) exports between the UK and San Marino in each of the past five years.

      Ministers: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make an assessment of the potential merits of modifying the ministerial code to (a) create a presumption against...

  • Treasury

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 133676 on Tax Avoidance, how many people affected by the loan charge had been signposted to...

    • Development Banks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) paid in and (b) callable capital the Government has subscribed under treaty obligations to multi-lateral development banks.

      Development Banks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fiscal impact of using callable capital subscribed by the UK to multi-lateral development banks in order to increase the...

      Paye

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of HMRC in enforcing the agency regulations when collecting PAYE tax from agencies.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 152309 on Tax Avoidance, how many people are subject to open compliance checks relating to disguised...

      Leisure: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support public sector leisure and sports centres with energy costs in the Spring Budget.

      Spirits: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to freeze duty on spirits in the Spring Budget 2023.

      Treasury: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.

      Public Sector: Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of HMRC-approved mileage rates remaining fixed since 2011 on women.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made any assessment of the potential merits of issuing a 15p per litre rebate on fuel duty for (a) road freight, (b) coach and (c) logistics...

      Care Workers: Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with (a) HMRC and (b) HM Treasury on funding for the Scottish Government to help support an...

      Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into criminal breaches of financial sanctions have been initiated since February 2022.

      Remote Working: Infrastructure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide financial support for capital investment in infrastructure projects to make regions more accessible for remote working.

      Research and Development Expenditure Credit: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review changes to the Research and Development Expenditure Credit scheme to help incentivise small and medium sized enterprises to invest in...

      Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by LSE London entitled Releasing The Mortgage Prisoners, Proposed solutions and illustrative costings, Final Report, published...

      Northern Ireland Protocol: Trade

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customs declarations were processed by the Trader Support Service in each month since it became operational.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Saudi Arabia: Tourist Attractions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the International Olympic Committee and (b) her counterparts in Saudi Arabia about the impact of...

    • BBC: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC Board on levels of (a) public and (b) professional trust in the political independence...

  • Department for Transport

    • Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to enable Ukrainian refugees to more easily register personal vehicles with the DVLA for tax and insurance purposes.

    • Transport: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the views of disabled people are represented in transport policy decisions.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a response to the Managing pavement parking consultation, which ran from 31 August 2020 to 22 November 2020; and what...

      Highway Code: Pedestrians

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have urgently to rewrite the Highway Code to strengthen the protection of pedestrians from those using bicycles and e-scooters on the pavement.

      Motorways: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to suspend the rollout of new sections of smart motorways until technical problems that have led to the recent suspensions of the Dynac system...

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Aviation

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to announce the successful bidders for funding support for Phase 3 of the UK’s programme to introduce Global Navigation Satellite System...

  • Cabinet Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Medical Records

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 23 June 2022 (HL731), what specific data is collected on the number of treatments prescribed and...

    • Nurses: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of nurses dropped out of (1) all nurse training, (2) paediatric nurse training, (3) adult nurse training, and (4) mental health nurse training, in...

      Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 2 February (HL4910), when the next Therapeutics Clinical Review Panel is scheduled to meet to consider more...

      Evusheld

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 8 February (HL4944), when the clinical advice that was submitted to the National Institute for Health...

      Health Services: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that female patients that object to being handled by a biologically male nurse who identifies as female are not discriminated...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming NHS workforce strategy will include specific projections of workforce needs with respect to (1) health visiting, (2) school nursing, (3)...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what categories of people are exempt from prescription charges; and what percentage of the population this represents.

  • Department for Education

    • Horticulture: Vocational Guidance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what they are doing to encourage more people to enter careers in arboriculture.

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the Apprenticeship Levy was returned to the Treasury in each of the last three years.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given that over £600 million of unused Apprenticeship Levy funding has been returned to the Treasury, when they intend to review that levy.

      Apprentices: Degrees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to enhance information on career opportunities for students considering project management degree apprenticeships, particularly...

      Horticulture: Apprentices

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people (1) started, and (2) completed, an arborist apprenticeship for each year between 2017 and 2022.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the fall in the Apprenticeship Levy fee and the fall in the number of new apprenticeship starts; and...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Rohingya: Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the World Food Programme to cut the daily food ration to Rohingya refugees by 17 per cent; and whether they...

    • Syria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in Syria; and what consideration they have given to lifting the general economic sanctions imposed on...

      Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have set a date for the Joint Ministerial Council with the Overseas Territories in respect of the meeting postponed in November 2022.

      Marburg Virus: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat to global health resulting from the Marburg virus disease, following the outbreak in Equatorial Guinea confirmed...

      Uganda: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they will have with the government of Uganda about its decision to close the offices of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights in that country...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, the United Nations force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is taking to prevent further attacks and atrocities by M23 militias in North Kivu.

      Sudan: Land Mines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they will provide to the government of South Sudan to enable that country to meet its international obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • HMS Victorious: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps the Submarine Delivery Agency will take to ensure that mistakes made in the HMS Vanguard refit will not be repeated in HMS Victorious.

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many small boats used by illegal immigrants crossing the channel have been seized in the past two years; in what way those boats have been disposed of;...

    • Visas: Syria and Turkey

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an emergency visa route for Syrian and Turkish people affected by the earthquakes with family members in the UK.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) cost, (2) duration, and (3) means of application, for the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.

      Research, Information and Communications Unit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the remit of Prevent’s Research Information and Communications Unit; how many staff it has; and what was its annual budget for the past five years.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Housing Allowance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates on expenditure by local authorities on temporary accommodation for those...

    • Local Housing Allowance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Local Housing Allowance rates on the supply of affordable housing.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Environment Protection and Technology: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review and simplify processes for large employers to assist smaller employers in enabling more young people to access employment...

    • Nuclear Energy: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what investment they are making in nuclear energy.

      Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Callanan on 8 February (HL Deb col 1218), what assessment they have made of the World Climate Declaration.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Cancer: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland concerning long waiting lists for cancer treatment and operations.

  • Treasury

    • Duty Free Allowances

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will carry out a detailed cost-benefit analysis of tax-free shopping which also takes account of the potential benefits to the wider economy of...

    • Duty Free Allowances

      To ask His Majesty's Government what form of allowances and controls would be required to ensure duty was paid where allowances were exceeded were duty-free shopping for individuals moving...

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