Tuesday, 7 March 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of electric bicycles.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in England have closed in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent Social Prescribing Link Workers are employed in England.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to women with ovarian cysts.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply teachers were employed by academies in England in each year since 2017.
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides support to universities located in the British Overseas Territories.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on bathroom policies.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for prison governors to be in post on 1 March 2023.
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)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the working from home guidelines are for staff of the Office of the Public Guardian.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long each Governor has been in post in each prison in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost of maintaining HMPS College Newbold Revel was as of 1 March 2023.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have applied for but not yet received a Lasting Power of Attorney..
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)...
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.
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran's badges have been issued in each year since 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans and their family members have contacted Veterans UK in each year since 2010.
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of Fulwood Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Gamecock Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of Claro Barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of DMS Whittington.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of Merville Barracks.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's military readiness.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he next plans to meet with the Ministerial Disability Champions.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to control the grey squirrel population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle rural crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure food security.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce food inflation.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications exceeded the standard processing time in 2022.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to resume reporting to the International Aid Transparency Initiative.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average processing time is for Voter Authority Certificate applications.
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)...
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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent engagement with the Church Urban 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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department will publish the findings of the 2022 Nurse review.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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)...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund will open for applications.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been employed in the Disability Unit in each year since its creation.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to freeze duty on spirits in the Spring Budget 2023.
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.
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into criminal breaches of financial sanctions have been initiated since February 2022.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support small and medium-sized enterprises bidding for public contracts.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many external management consultants have been contracted by departments since 2019; and how many senior civil servants have taken early retirement since 2019.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what categories of people are exempt from prescription charges; and what percentage of the population this represents.
To ask His Majesty's Government what they are doing to encourage more people to enter careers in arboriculture.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the Apprenticeship Levy was returned to the Treasury in each of the last three years.
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.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people (1) started, and (2) completed, an arborist apprenticeship for each year between 2017 and 2022.
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...
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answers on 30 January (HL4799) and 13 February (HL5205), whether a review will be conducted of the cost involved of having traffic...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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;...
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) cost, (2) duration, and (3) means of application, for the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what investment they are making in nuclear energy.
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.
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.
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...
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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