Written answers

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Schools: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) City of York Council and (c) other local authorities to help improve road safety outside schools.

    • Aviation: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing public service obligation routes for air travel on regional connectivity.

      Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) value and (b) duration is of the contract between his Department and KPMG for research into internet connectivity for seafarers.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has provided recent guidance to local authorities on the prioritisation of (a) potholes, (b) surface deterioration and (c) other road repairs.

      Railways: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of rail travel for people with disabilities.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to set a target of trebling rail freight by 2050.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of discontinuing paper rail tickets on people with epilepsy and who have...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to help ensure return train fares and tickets are maintained for commuters.

  • Scotland Office

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last 3 years.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Skin Diseases: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential (a) merits of teledermatology and (b) impact of teledermatology on...

    • Heart Diseases: Easington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was to receive an EGC heart monitor assessment for patients in the North Easington Primary Care Network as...

      Birth Rate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase the birth rate.

      Birth Rate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the decline in the birth rate.

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral answer of 11 January to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood from the Prime Minister, Official Report...

      Patients: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of using (a) wearables, (b) digital watches and (c) other devices to...

      Patients: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to pilot programmes assessing the potential merits of digital wearable devices in helping to improve...

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 23 February to Question 147435 on HIV Infection: Screening, what criteria he will be using to assess whether...

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of funding for units of dental activity was (a) not used and (b) handed back to NHS England in the (i)...

      Ophthalmic Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Eye Health Policy Book for Primary Ophthalmic Services remains current.

      Bowel Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing waiting times for bowel cancer referrals.

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency process for registering medical...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Mental Health and Well-Being Plan Call to Evidence 2022, whether his Department has received submissions on mental...

      Neurology: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring health boards to establish specific agreements to treat...

      Medicine: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on numbers of applications to study medicine of barriers to student finance for those...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of ending the covid-19 (a) special leave and (b) sick pay provisions for NHS staff...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average and (b) longest time taken by MHRA to evaluate a clinical trial was in each of the last five years for which data is...

      Kidney Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse the Government spent on research into kidney disease in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22; and...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2023 to Question 148627 on Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, which (a)...

      Patients: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the use of continuous medical monitoring platforms in supporting...

      Breast Cancer: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that funding allocated to breast cancer screening units is not diverted into the symptomatic pathway.

      Motor Neurone Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with motor neurone disease in the UK as of 1 March 2023.

      Social Services: Qualifications and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, whether it is still his policy to...

      Skin Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of variation in access to treatment for patients with inflammatory skin conditions...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy to implement the policies in the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021.

      Skin Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of referral services for patients with skin conditions; and whether he is taking...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the the letter of 8 December 2022 from All-Party Parliamentary Groups on investment in the specialist...

  • Department for Education

    • Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that pupils not in school due to industrial action are supported in catching up on missed learning.

    • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Early evaluation of the children and young people’s...

      Special Educational Needs: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) children with and (b) schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities in...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of childcare for the parents of (i) seriously ill...

      STEM Subjects: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of students taking STEM subjects.

      Private Education: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of private schools on social mobility in the East Midlands.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Family Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of child residency decisions made in family courts in each of the last five years that have been based on...

    • Ministry of Justice: Disability

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

      Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long the average wait time was for probate to be granted in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the meeting of Jordanian, Egyptian, Israeli,...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: TikTok

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of devices owned by his Department that have TikTok installed.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help promote dialogue between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

      Libya: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to encourage reconciliation and political reform in Libya.

      Abdullah al-Huwaiti

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on the case of Abdullah al-Howaiti in...

      Libya: Wagner Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the presence of the Russian private military company Wagner in Libya; and if he...

      Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent conversations he has had with his Turkish counterpart on the delivery of aid to affected areas of the...

      International Monetary System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received guidance on the permissibility of treating donations of Special Drawing Rights...

      Ukraine: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is planning to take to help support Ukraine in rebuilding its infrastructure.

      Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding (a) the UK and (b) all other donors pledged at the International Ministerial Conference on...

      Uzbekistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with counterpart in Uzbekistan on support for Afghan refugees.

      Turkey: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether the Turkish government is distributing aid without discrimination...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Entertainers: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of making representations to US counterparts on...

    • Public Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to increase levels of physical footfall at public libraries of (a) children at key stage 1 and 2...

      Video Games: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what schemes are available to help UK video games studios recruit skilled staff from overseas.

      Gambling Commission: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requesting that the Gambling Commission list knowledge of the...

      Gambling Act 2005 Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to publish the Gambling Review white paper.

  • 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...

    • Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 of February 2023 to Question 148650 on Pension Credit, what is the current average processing time of Pension...

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process his Department has for determining which countries the UK will have reciprocal agreements with for up-rating pensions.

      Support for Mortgage Interest: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made on the adequacy of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) assistance for those suffering from a long-term illness;...

      Universal Credit: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households on Universal Credit in the Hendon constituency had that benefit capped as of 1 March 2023.

      Flexible Support Fund: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2023 to Question 151284 on Flexible Support Fund: Universal Credit, on how many occasions in each of the...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the Equality Analysis of the changes made to the Benefit Cap due to come into force on 1 April 2023.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will made of an assessment of the potential merits of working with the Office for National Statistics to use their...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) HM Revenue and Customs mileage rates, (b) uniform costs, (c) car parking charges and...

      Low Incomes: Single People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the potential merits of providing financial assistance to people on low incomes who live alone.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the Equality Analysis of the changes made to the Administrative Earnings Threshold for Universal Credit which came into...

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2022 (experimental) and pursuant to the Answer...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Local Housing Allowance in the context of the cost of living crisis.

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the freeze of the Local Housing Allowance ahead of the March Statement.

      Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a sectoral breakdown of the industries in which people his Department deems gainfully self-employed work.

      Cost of Living Payments: Entertainers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many people in the entertainment industry will be excluded from the Government’s Cost of Living...

      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, if he will publish a...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of Universal Credit have been attributed to Official Error in each of the last three years; and what the total value of...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of overpayments within Universal Credit attributed to Official Error recovered In each of the last three years.

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases where the claimant had previously been advised no overpayment had occurred a Universal Credit overpayment attributed to...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement made on 7 December 2022, what the total cost will be of the 500 Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon units of which...

    • Armed Forces: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2022 to Question 61739, what recent estimate he has made of the number of applications that have been (a) received...

      Colchester Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) housing unit potential is of Roman Barracks.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 155052, when the decision was made to allocate funding to for the integration of an Active Protection...

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 152200 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, for what role the H135 aircraft for project MATCHA were...

      Military Bases: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne, dated 27 February 2023, in the...

      Military Bases: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne, of 27 February 2023, in the...

      Military Bases: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter of 27 February 2023 from the Minister for Defence Procurement to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Deane, how many of...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of English lessons on the ability of refugees residing in hotels to...

    • Marriage: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which part of her Department people who believe their marriage to a foreign citizen is fraudulent should report this information.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has a target date for decommissioning hotel accommodation for asylum seekers.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason claimants who need to complete the asylum claim questionnaire have been given 20 working days to respond to that form.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 17 January 2023 to Questions 125431 and 125432 on Members: Correspondence, how many of those enquiries remain...

      Vetting: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require all of an applicant’s previous names to be displayed on a DBS certificate.

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders are recorded as having changed their (a) name and (b) gender.

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders have changed their (a) name and (b) gender in each of the last three years.

      Convictions: Prerogative of Mercy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to commence Part 12 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 10 of the National Transfer Scheme Protocol for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, Version 4.0, what proportion...

      Abuse and Violence: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) USDAW and (b) the British Retail Consortium on taking steps to help tackle abuse and...

      Public Spaces Protection Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the the fine imposed on Adam Smith-Connor in Bournemouth in...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on the (a) ethnicity, (b) gender and (c) religious diversity of employees in the fire service.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce the level of anti-social behaviour in seaside towns.

      Passports: Applications

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

      Migration: Forecasts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes her Department has in place for forecasting irregular migration flows; and in what way her Department shares those forecasts...

      Refugees: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2023 to Question 153774, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of...

      Refugees: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to help mitigate the risks posed to local people by asylum seekers with severe mental health issues...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Social Rented Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2023 to Question 143816 on Social Rented Housing: Greater London, what funding will...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in...

      Local Housing Allowance: Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of freezes in the housing allowance on trends in the level of rough...

      High Rise Flats: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2023 to Question 136709 on High Rise Flats: Safety, whether his Department retains...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to safeguard tenants in buildings where the owner would qualify for the building...

      Office for Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much has been spent to date in establishing the Office for Local Government; and what estimate he has made of the...

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues on the liability of holiday lets that are not habitable for permanent occupation to a...

      Domestic Waste and Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the ability of local councils to fill vacancies in (a) social care...

      Prefabricated Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing grants to support the improvement and repair of...

      Parking: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to private parking companies on the appropriateness of levels of parking fines.

      Conveyancing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will update the Estate Agents Act 1979 to ensure that the security of the paper based system for the conveyancing of...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 245 of the paper entitled Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23: Supplementary Estimates, for...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Telecommunications: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference the Statement of Strategic Priorities for telecommunications, the management of radio spectrum, and postal...

    • Telecommunications: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure effective competition in the fixed telecommunications infrastructure sector.

      Telecommunications: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the number of network providers needed for effective competition in the fixed...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Minimum Wage

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

      Science: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to increase funding for (a) projects that involve the sophisticated use of human cells...

      Semiconductors: West Midlands

      To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government plans to take steps to support semiconductor manufacturers in the West Midlands in the context of the...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help resolve the industrial dispute concerning Royal Mail.

    • Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department remains committed to maintaining Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 27 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston on people accompanied by an...

      Small Business Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she will publish the (a) results and (b) outcome of the consultation on increasing the scope and powers of the Small Business...

      Redundancy Pay: Insolvency Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which companies had employees that received redundancy payments from the Insolvency Service in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and how many employees...

      Redundancy Pay: Insolvency Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many statutory redundancy payments were processed by the Insolvency Service in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      Insolvency: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the total cost to the public purse was of statutory redundancy payments processed by the Insolvency Service in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if the Government will set a target for collective bargaining coverage of above 90 per cent.

      Industrial Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable secondary industrial action.

      Industrial Action: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to enable trade unions to hold ballots for industrial action online.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, what steps she has taken to seek collective agreements with trade unions on...

      Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has plans to reduce the notice period required for strike action.

      Trade Promotion: Uganda

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

      Business Premises: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that (a) shops and (b) other high street businesses are accessible for disabled...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Hydrogen: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the Australian government's change in policy on...

    • Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help connect large and small manufacturers of renewable energy projects.

      Small Modular Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the planned timescale for the type approval of small modular reactors; and when he plans for the first site to be announced.

      Renewable Energy and Technology: Video Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what grants and programmes are available to help video games studios move to greener technology and energy.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that energy unit prices in Merseyside are in line with the national average.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, if his Department will define...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has...

      Energy Performance Certificates: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the evaluation criteria used for Energy Performance Certificates for the private...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to fund (a) moves to low-carbon heating and (b) other home improvements in energy efficiency.

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help secure the UK’s long-term energy needs.

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Westminster City Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Boiler Upgrade Scheme vouchers have been issued to each constituency covered by Westminster City Council

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers the Department excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) any other grounds under the Public...

    • Civil Servants: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government has taken to implement the recommendation in the Boardman review on restricting the use of employer salary advance schemes for...

      Government Departments: Honours

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government has taken to implement the recommendation of Boardman review on strengthening the oversight of the honours process within...

      Fraud

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the total cost to the public purse of (a) fraud and (b) waste arising from (i) benefit fraud,...

      Government Departments: TikTok

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has provided guidance for (a) civil servants and (b) other people who work for Government departments on the use of TikTok on...

      Coronavirus: Fraud

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the total cost of (a) fraud and (b) error arising from (i) purchases of personal protective equipment, (ii) NHS Test and...

  • 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 have contacted HMRC reporting...

    • Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of an essential user rebate of 15ppl on fuel duty; and whether he has had recent discussions on that...

      Treasury: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suppliers his Department excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) other grounds under the Public Contract...

      International Monetary System

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what commitments the Government has made to share or re-channel the UK’s allocation of IMF Special Drawing Rights.

      Gin

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps in the Spring Budget 2023 to support small gin distilleries.

      Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the LSE report entitled Releasing the mortgage prisoners: Proposed solutions and illustrative costings, published 1 March 2023, what...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the (a) total number and (b) combined value of all specific licences granted by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation for purposes of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of import controls in place to support the UK's domestic food...

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February to Question 146809 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, who is responsible for the...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 146808 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if she will make an...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish increased transparency data on the seasonal worker visa scheme.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Epilepsy: Family Planning

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women with epilepsy to make informed family planning choices and have safe pregnancies.

    • Disability: Customers

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure companies make reasonable adjustments for customers with a disability.

      Equality Act 2010

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to implement section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

      Men: Crimes of Violence and Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on ensuring sufficient focus on men and boys who are victims of sexual violence,...

      Women: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women’s equality in the workplace.

      STEM Subjects: Females

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of women in STEM jobs.

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce regulations to enforce simpler payment methods for electric vehicle charging; and whether they intend to base this on a...

    • Road Traffic Offences

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of sections 148, 149 and 161 of the Highways Act 1980.

      Road Traffic Offences: Cycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce a new offence of causing death by dangerous cycling, as outlined by the former Secretary of State for Transport on 5 August 2022.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mandate acceptance of payments using credit cards for electric vehicle charge points.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Food: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many recorded breaches there have been of the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 since 2013.

  • Department for Education

    • Out-of-School Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 20 February (HL5424), why they do not collate statistical data on the proportion of children’s...

    • Out-of-School Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Pupil Referral Units sub-commission unregistered alternative providers to supply education placements for their children.

      Out-of-School Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils registered with a state-funded school spend (1) less than two days per week, (2) two or more days per week, (3) three or more days per week, and...

      Out-of-School Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) mean, and (2) median, amount spent on an unregistered alternative provider place in England by (a) Pupil Referral Units, (b) state-funded schools...

      Welsh Language: Secondary Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable the teaching of the Welsh language as a subject in state secondary schools in England.

      Out-of-School Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total spend on unregistered alternative provider education placements in England, broken down by (1) school, (2) local authority, and (3) region of England.

      Apprentices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the age profile of apprentices in each of the last three years.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Trees: Injuries

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many times a local authority has been brought to court in each year between 2018 and 2022 for cases involving injury due to fallen trees.

    • Children: Civil Liberties

      To ask His Majesty's Government, how many parents whose children were subject to applications to deprive them of their liberty under (1) the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, and (2) a...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the establishment of the new independent football regulator; and what assessment they have made of the impact the regulator...

    • Cultural Heritage: Iraq

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the work of a British Museum team in the discovery of an early Sumerian Palace at Girsu/Tello, funded by the Getty Museum,...

      Media: Legal Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they propose to enact section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water: Pollution

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve water quality in Hertfordshire.

    • Eggs: Supply Chains

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address issues with the egg supply chain.

      Fruit and Vegetables

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address issues of supply for fruit and vegetables.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals who arrived in the UK by small boats in the last two years have had a decision on their application for asylum; and of those that have had a...

    • Asylum

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have arrived in the UK in the last two years seeking asylum; how many of those seeking asylum arrived by small boats; and of those who arrived by...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 21 February (HL5629), whether they now plan to make an assessment of organised criminal...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Insulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are approaching foreign developers and cladding manufacturers to secure contributions to fix cladding issues.

    • Liverpool Strategic Futures Advisory Panel

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 22 February (HL3776), what assessment they have made of the impact of not yet announcing when...

      Tenancy Agreements

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of replacing assured shorthold tenancies with periodic tenancies; and what assessment they have made of...

      Homelessness: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide accommodation for homeless people in rural communities.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Pornography

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how effective the enforcement procedures in the Online Safety Bill will be in relation to operators of online pornography...

    • TikTok: Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data security threat posed by TikTok.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Vacancies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address labour shortages.

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the UK has a strategic need to maintain a steel industry; and if not, how it can ensure industrial resilience.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • National Grid: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what urgent steps they are taking to reduce the multi-year delays facing technology companies, particularly those working on fuel cells, trying to get connected to...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to tackle fraud in public sector contracts; and what estimate they have made of how much money was lost to fraud in each of the last...

    • Energy: Lighting

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to installing motion sensitive lights in (1) government, and (2) public, buildings to reduce energy costs.

      Liz Truss

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 February (HL5518), why revealing only the cost of (1) a car and driver, and (2) security...

  • Treasury

    • Business: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, what plans they have to tax UK businesses, aside from the private rented housing sector, on turnover rather than profits.

    • Domicil

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the net change in revenue to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs of abolishing the non-domiciled individual status in the UK.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Pornography: Internet

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of violent and abusive online pornography on violence against women and girls.

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