Written answers

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Entertainers: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the United States on that Government's proposals to increase the cost of visas...

    • Tourism: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support development of the tourism sector in Greater Manchester.

      Hillsborough Stadium: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) Sheffield Wednesday FC, (b) Newcastle United FC, (c) Sheffield City Council,...

      Games and Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has a process for designating an activity as either a sport or a game.

      Loneliness and Voluntary Work: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is allocating to tackle (a) loneliness and (b) support volunteering.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Travel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on helicopter travel in each of the last ten years.

    • Ministers: Travel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private flights have been taken by Government Ministers and officials from RAF Northolt in each of the last ten years.

      Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department made of the adequacy of the Shared Services Strategy to improve Whitehall efficiency.

      Government Departments: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to update the Contracts Finder platform from the beta phase.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the level of compliance by (a) Government Departments, (b) Executive Agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies...

      Prime Minister: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide (a) the length in miles of each official trip the Prime Minister has taken by (i) train, (ii) plane, (iii) helicopter and (iv) car...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Future Pension Centre helpline (a) were not answered, (b) involved the caller being on hold for more than 10 minutes and...

    • Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost is to his Department of upgrading its systems to ensure that individuals with a nil payment in a qualifying month...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) demographic and (b) socio-economic characteristics of people receiving (i) Employment and Support...

      Postal Services: Wolverhampton

      To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parcels and (b) letters were processed by Mail Handling Site A Wolverhampton in each year since 2020.

      Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of staffing assigned to the Future Pension Service public call lines.

      Pensioners: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Gloucester constituency who received the winter fuel allowance also received the (a) £400 energy bill discount,...

      Workplace Pensions: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to amend FCA guidance to waive the requirement that someone has to seek independent financial advice and obtain...

      Support for Mortgage Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to increase the level of payments through the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme in line with increases in the Bank...

      Universal Credit: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of childcare costs on people in receipt of Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 75 of HM Treasury's Spring Budget 2023 document HC 1183, whether he will publish further details of the costs...

      Postal Services: Wolverhampton

      To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parcels and (b) letters are currently stored at Mail Handling Site A Wolverhampton and are unable to be processed.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any decisions on people’s Universal Credit entitlement are fully automated; and if he will make a statement.

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Financial Statement and Budget Report of 15 March by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Official Report, column 843, how...

      Unemployment: Coventry North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment rates in Coventry North East constituency; if he will...

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an equalities impact assessment of the proposal to end Work Capability Assessments and remove the Limited...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many AR1 forms were returned late in 2022.

      Jobcentres: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training courses of what length his Department provides to Jobcentre staff on advising jobseekers with mental health conditions and...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for those in the ‘all work-related requirements’ conditionality group, how many claimants currently have a 91 or 182 day sanction...

      Disability Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the Disability Unit budget in 2021-22 was relating to the judicial review of R (Binder & Others) v Secretary of...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish further details on the Universal Support programme announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spring Budget 2023.

  • Department for Education

    • Educational Institutions: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify, (b) inspect and (c) remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete from school and college buildings.

    • Performing Arts: Extracurricular Activities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of rises in the cost of living on the uptake of extracurricular performing arts classes in (a)...

      Performing Arts: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) performing arts teachers and (b) associated curriculum hours in schools and...

      Academies: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 132392 on Admissions: Academies, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to the maintenance and renewal of school buildings in the last five years.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Condition of School Buildings Survey published in May 2021, what recent assessment she has made of the cost to...

      Students: Mental Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with universities on mental health safety for students.

      Teachers: Private Life

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to (a) document and (b) ban relationships between...

      Pre-school Education: T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have enrolled onto the early years educator specialism of the Education and Early Years T-Level in each year since the T-Level was...

      Childcare: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of measures set out in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, on the...

      Childcare: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to develop a workforce plan for Government-funded childcare staff.

      Childcare: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the expanded free childcare hours offer announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183 published on 15 March 2023, whether her...

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with HM Treasury on the below inflation rise in early years funding.

      Childcare: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of childcare costs on parents with children below primary school age.

      Climate Change: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that climate change and sustainability are integrated throughout the primary and secondary...

      Physical Education: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure girls and young women to access physical education during secondary school.

      Science and Technology: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to improve diversity and inclusion in the UK’s science and technology education and workforce.

      Free School Meals: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing free school meal vouchers to those students who are eligible for free school meals...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children of compulsory school age who missed 50 per cent or more of possible sessions in the autumn term...

      Childcare: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on childcare funding.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps has he taken to promote the daily mile.

    • Electronic Cigarettes: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of children who use e-cigarettes.

      Obesity: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that public health teams are effectively tackling obesity in children and young people.

      Hepatitis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on future (a) funding and (b) commissioning arrangements for hepatitis C services...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will published the findings of the call for evidence on the Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan, which closed on 7 July 2022.

      Mental Health Services: Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 15 March by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Official...

      Prisons: Blood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps with the Secretary of State for Justice to ensure that opt-out reception testing for (a) hepatitis C and...

      Eyes: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on regulating the eye surgery industry.

      Hospitals: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the availability of early evidence kits in hospitals for administering tests on sexual...

      Health Professions: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of...

      Doctors: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, if he will make an estimate of the number of doctors who...

      Doctors: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of doctors that have left the NHS due to the (a) lifetime and (b) annual allowance cap on...

      Genomics: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on rolling out a network of Genomic Laboratory Hubs.

      Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of hoarding in the global manufacturing supply chain of antibiotics on the...

      Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many medical students have not gone on to work in the NHS upon completion of their training...

      Hospitals: Private Finance Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what arrangements her Department has in place to help ensure that hospital trusts who have entered PFI contracts for buildings remain...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations have been involved in independently verifying the NHS workforce forecasts in the upcoming long-term workforce plan.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a 10-year capital strategy.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 10 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish.

      NHS: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS subject access requests are accessible to people without photographic identification.

      NHS England: Consultancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS England Chief Data and Analytics Office spent on consultancy work by (a) contract, (b) provider, (c) time period and (d)...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which pilots of the Federated Data Platform were (a) not successful (b) suspended and (c) withdrawn; and if he will list the reasons for...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Hikvision products are in use in his Department; and whether he plans to remove the Hikvision cameras.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the actions required to ensure that the NHS long-term workforce plan can be implemented efficiently with...

      Clinical Psychologists: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) applied for and (b) took up an NHS training place to train as a clinical psychologist, in each of the last five years...

      Kidney Diseases: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were living with chronic kidney disease with classification categories G3a to G5 in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support provided to people who give up employment to become home carers.

      Diabetes: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people with diabetes in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated care...

      Kidney Diseases: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria...

      Leukaemia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is allocating to further support for leukaemia patients.

      Kidney Diseases: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of people with diabetes in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency and (b) the area covered by the NHS Birmingham and...

      Kidney Diseases: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency and b) the area covered by NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board...

      Kidney Diseases: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of end-stage renal disease patients in (a) Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency, (b) NHS Birmingham and (c)...

      Concussion: Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has supported research into the potential link between concussions and dementia.

      Sleep

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have made of the potential health impacts of...

      Public Health: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to mitigate health...

      Kidney Diseases: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were living with chronic kidney disease with classification of categories G3a to G5 in (a) Blackpool South and (b) NHS...

      Kidney Diseases: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated care board and its predecessor...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps with NHS England to help support NHS trusts to make contractual arrangements for minimally...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a national strategy for eye care.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2023 on Question 158778, for what reason the service specification for the school aged flu...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to (a) detect and (b) address mental health issues...

      Clinical Psychologists: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS training places for clinical psychologists.

      Transplant Surgery: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were on the organ donation waiting list in the North West on 10 March 2023.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to stop vaping by under 18-year olds.

      Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to review the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 to (a) support...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the known medical risks of vaping.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the NHS Business Service Authority are taking to encourage people who were not previously registered for Healthy Start paper...

      Arthritis: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question 153862 on Arthritis: Surgery, if he can provide information on the numbers of people...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a target for uptake of the Healthy Start scheme.

      Social Services: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2023 to Question 157667, what technologies his Department is piloting for social care; and in which...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time between a patient being identified as medically fit for discharge and being discharged was in each of the last 12...

      Drugs and Vaccination: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the number of clinical trials for (a) vaccines and (b) other medicines.

      NHS England: Thompson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article in the Health Service Journal entitled Branding agency hired to help cultivate new personality for NHSE,...

      Health and Care Professions Council: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to advise the Privy Council to reject the Health and Care Professions Council decision to increase their...

      Fenwick Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to hold back the proposed sale by the NHS of the site and buildings of the Fenwick Hospital, Lyndhurst...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including Afghan nationals who have worked for (a) the BBC and (b) other media...

    • Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to the Limitation (Childhood Abuse)...

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of convicted sex offenders who were added to the sex offenders register for an indefinite period (a) applied...

      Radicalism: Children

      SUGGESTED EDIT: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rates of small boats crossing the Channel on the radicalisation...

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide compensation to seasonal migrant workers for financial losses incurred due to the late issuing of their visa.

      Immigration Removal Centres: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the number of LGBTQI people held in immigration detention.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of Afghan nationals who (a) meet the eligibility criteria for the Afghan Relocations and...

      Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount of funding disbursed by the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund is to date; and how many local authorities have received...

      Afghan Pro Bono Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence her Department has had with the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative.

      Refugees: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to include protections within the Illegal Migration Bill for those claiming asylum from a country where...

      Visas: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support young people via the expansion of shared visa schemes.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question 155129 on Asylum: Children, how many people are on the unaccompanied asylum seeking...

      Illegal Migration Bill: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she will publish the impact assessments for the Illegal Migration Bill.

      Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

      [EU edit] To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the updated harms assessment by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on nitrous oxide, published on 7...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of illegal crossings of the English Channel; and if she will increase the number of...

      Illegal Migration Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) carry out and (b) publish an equality impact assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill.

      Legal Profession: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 20 February 2023, Official Report, column 33, how many legal...

      Immigration Controls: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holders of British Overseas Territories passports have been denied entry to the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.

  • Attorney General

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will extend the Park Homes Warm Home Discount Scheme to all households with a communal electricity supply.

    • Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to enable households who are eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme but have a communal...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse was of advertising support schemes for people using prepayment meters in the last financial year.

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to develop and deploy carbon removal technologies.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of households who are eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme but that are unable to...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure (a) local authorities process Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding...

      Energy: Leisure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the public leisure sector in the Energy and Trade Intensive...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Ofgem, (b) energy companies and (c) consumer groups on reducing daily unit...

      Electricity: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to reduce regional disparities in Standing Charges for electricity.

      Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department's biomass strategy will set out policies for using (a) waste wood and (b) other renewable baseload power...

      Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that businesses in Northern Ireland are able to participate in future contracts...

      Nuclear Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of classifying nuclear power as green energy on the ability of non-nuclear...

      Energy: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide support for convenience stores with their energy bills in Solihull.

      Energy Bill Support Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve access to the funding available through the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to end the free allocation of permits to companies through the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.

      Fuel Poverty: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to upgrade all fuel-poor homes, including those which are owner occupied, to EPC C by 2028, in line...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish details of successful bids to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1.

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support maritime industries to attract investment in UK ports as centres for manufacturing...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the maritime offshore wind sector on taking steps to implement the...

      Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds data on (a) fuel consumed and (b) electricity produced by power stations.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on investment in (a) home insulation and (b) heat pumps in order...

      Pre-payment: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure energy suppliers remove prepayment meters for customers who are (a) vulnerable and...

      Energy: Meters

      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 temporary ban on prepayment installations ending before...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the proportion of qualifying leaseholders who will be liable to pay fire safety remediation...

    • Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of buildings of all heights which still require fire safety remediation work.

      Social Rented Housing: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the launch of the Social Housing Complaint Campaign, what the current average waiting time is for...

      Property Development: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward regulations to govern whether and when developers can clear wildlife habitats without...

      Housing: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to give Homes England an objective to reduce inequalities in housing supply in each region.

      Property Management Companies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the final report on the regulation of property agents working...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Future of the New Homes Bonus consultation.

      Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the accuracy of EPC ratings.

      Local Government: Remote Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on reviewing the responses to the call for evidence on local authority remote...

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what funding his Department is allocating to support delivery of the building safety reforms.

      Property Development: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage newly built multi-purpose development sites to be (a) carbon neutral and (b) carbon...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the decision-making process and criteria by which unsuccessful bids for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund...

      Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 12 Investment Zones announced in the Spring Budget...

  • Treasury

    • Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the House of Commons Library a breakdown of the estimated costs of increasing the Pension Annual Allowance from £40,000 to...

    • Arts: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to provide support for (a) creative industries and (b) digital creative industries.

      Spirits: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the additional tax revenue that will be generated in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26, (d) 2026-27 and (e) 2027-28 from...

      Research and Development Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference of paragraph 4.51 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, what estimate his Department has made of how many small and...

      Banks: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the revenue expected to accrue to the Exchequer from the bank surcharge in each of the next four financial quarters.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help reduce tax avoidance.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility of November 2022, what recent discussions he has had with that Office on the factors...

      Beer: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reduce beer duty in the context of the cost of living crisis.

      Electricity Generation: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an investment allowance to the Electricity Generator Levy comparable with that under...

      Bank Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from the bank levy in each of the last 12 financial quarters.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of changes in the Government’s energy support schemes on the economy.

      Pensions: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March, if he will publish an estimate of how many (a) people and \b) NHS Doctors will...

      Fiscal Policy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of his fiscal policies on the Government's net zero target; and if he will commission the Office of Budget...

      Duty Free Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of tax-free shopping for passengers travelling to non-EU destinations on spending...

      Duty Free Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted research on the potential economic impact of duty-free shopping in other countries for arriving passengers; and if he...

      Research and Development Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.52 of the Spring Budget 2023, published on 15 March 2023, HC 1183, whether his Department plans to provide at least 12...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the capital budget for the NHS new hospitals programme.

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rates in the context of increases in the cost of living and fuel prices.

      Tobacco: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the changes made to tobacco duty rates from 15 March 2023 and the...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.100 of the Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published in March 2023, how the £10 million funding will be spent within...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the long-term health risks and the effects of prices on alcohol use in advance of the Spring...

      Tobacco: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether his department plans to review tobacco excise structures.

      Swimming Pools: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether local authorities will be able to apply to the Swimming Pool Support Fund to reopen (a) permanently and (b) temporarily closed swimming pools.

      Sizewell C Power Station: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using green bonds to finance the Government’s stake in the Sizewell C project.

      Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle financial scams.

      Silicon Valley Bank UK

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the number of companies which banked with Silicon Valley Bank UK; and whether there were requirements on Silicon Valley...

      Silicon Valley Bank UK

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any (a) team in his Department, (b) Executive agency and (c) other public body had responsibility for assessing the (i) sustainability and (ii)...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2021 to Question 68467 on Housing Prices: if he will make it his policy to increase the Lifetime ISA property cap...

      Insurance: Cancer

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to improve access to (a) life and (b) travel insurance for people who have survived cancer.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fisheries: Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has been made of the potential merits of using shellfish aquaculture as a means of carbon sequestration...

    • Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Litter Strategy for England.

      Water Companies: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests were made to water companies under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 in each year between...

      Norfolk Broads: Ecology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential threat to the Norfolk Broads eco-system through salt water...

      Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum number of swimmers, children paddling, and other beach and water users has been in the...

      Seas and Oceans: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the quality of sea water (a) in and around Bridlington south beach and (b)...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential role of water efficiency measures in helping achieve the...

      Water Companies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits of bringing forward proposals to strengthen regulation of water...

      Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to bring forward the Kept Animals Bill.

      Thames Water: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how much Thames Water has been fined since 1 January 2019.

      Coastal Erosion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will review the methodology used by the Government to assess the economic impact of coastal erosion.

      Coastal Erosion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government provides to help communities adapt to the challenges caused by coastal erosion; and whether her...

      Coastal Areas: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will grant local authorities additional powers to compel landowners to contribute to coastal protection...

      Nature Conservation: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing to help safeguard and support vulnerable species in the British Overseas Territories.

      Environment Protection: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding her Department has provided to environmental projects in British Overseas Territories in each of the last...

      Furs: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to conclude the call for evidence on the fur trade launched on 31 May 2022.

      Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to meet target one of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Technical Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on technical assistance programming delivered by UK-based organisations in 2021 by (a)...

      Fishing Vessels: Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ban industrial fishing vessels from Marine Protected Areas on a whole-site basis.

      Rivers: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has spent on protecting and restoring chalk streams in each year since 2015.

      Neonicotinoids: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, whether (a)...

      Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the impact of bathing water status on the number of swimmers, children paddling, and...

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog breeders who breed (a) one and (b) two litters per year have a dog breeding licence.

      Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ensure that 10 per cent of the UK's waters within her responsibility are covered by a...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cows were slaughtered because of Bovine TB in Shropshire in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Water Companies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of water companies.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the guarantee of a minimum of 32 hours of work every week for people on the seasonal worker visa scheme will be...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to update the list of named sponsors on the notice entitled Seasonal worker visa route RFI...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of trees were planted in the UK in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: TikTok

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will shut down its TikTok account.

    • Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, published on 14 July 2022, where the wildfire occurred which...

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the procurement of 14 Archer heavy artillery systems from Sweden.

      RAF High Wycombe

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

      Clyde Naval Base

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

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 122054 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many applications for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Cyprus: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on authorising direct flights to North Cyprus; and...

    • UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed Windsor Framework on the level of impact on...

      Windsor Framework: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to publish an economic impact assessment of the Windsor Framework before a Parliamentary vote on...

      Kenya: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Kenyan Government to help tackle the hunger crisis in the Kenyan...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle persecution of Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

      Tunisia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) political and (b) human rights...

      Tunisia: Democracy and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help support democratic values and human rights in Tunisia.

      International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to support the International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

      Tunisia: Civil Liberties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the legal rights of those who have been arrested in...

      British Virgin Islands: Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of listing of the British Virgin Islands as an...

      Tunisia: Democracy and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on supporting (a) human rights and (b) democratic...

      Occupied Territories: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential role of the Lions' Den organisation in levels of...

      International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution on 14 March 2023, Official Report, column 671, by what metric he measures...

      International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to encourage G7 allies to commit support for the International Fund for...

      International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution of 14 March 2023 on Israel and Palestine, Official Report, column 672,...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • UK Intellectual Property Office: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of requirements for representation in ensuring only regulated...

    • Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help maintain the UK’s position near the top of the International IP Index.

      Science and Technology: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department collects and holds on diversity and inclusion in the UK science and technology landscape.

      Ultrasonics: Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding her Department is allocating to research in new ultrasound technology to advance breast cancer diagnosis.

      Science and Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to involve the public and young people in building a sense of shared science and technology...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Care Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of care proceeding cases exceed the 26-week time limit.

    • Trials: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of ineffective trials in (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in London did not proceed due to the lack of a prosecution...

      Prisons: Electronic Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of fraud protection on gov.uk to send money to someone in prison system.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on Fridays in the last quarter of 2022; and what steps his department is taking to prepare to implement the Offenders...

      Prisoners' Release: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners with drug dependence can access community drug treatment services in their community as...

      Chelmsford Prison: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the transparency data entitled Ministry of Justice: spend control data for April 2022 to June 2022, published on 30 September 2022,...

      Prisons: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of exclusions of prison staff from a prison have led to prosecutions in each of the last four years broken down by role of...

      Prisons: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff were excluded from a prison by (a) their role and (b) the category of exclusion in each of the last 16 quarters.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality Act 2010

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 903996 on Equality Act 2010, if he will outline the policies and practical actions that the...

    • Women and Equalities: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she will respond to Question 161400 tabled on 8 March 2023 by the hon. Member for Oxford East.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Electric Vehicles: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs that are supported (a) directly and (b) indirectly by gigafactories.

    • Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support UK car manufacturing.

      Post Offices: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to mitigate the effects of the closure of Post Office collection points.

      Small Businesses: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 161242 on Small Businesses: Finance, if he will provide a breakdown of how the £70...

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether compensation from the public purse has been paid to any companies that have tendered unsuccessfully for contracts on the HS2 project.

    • Railways: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure local commuter railway lines in the North East are served by (a) frequent and (b) reliable services.

      P&O Ferries: Conditions of Employment and Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last met with representatives of the RMT Union and Nautalis to discuss the dismissal of the 786 directly employed UK seafarers by...

      P&O Ferries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to implement its Nine Point Plan on P&O Ferries announced on 30 March 2022.

      Shipping: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK flagged ships were registered with the UK Ship Register in each calendar year since 2003.

      Railways: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on the delivery of rail infrastructure projects.

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department did not impose sanctions on P&O Ferries, DP World or flag states for the dismissal of 786 directly employed UK...

      Railways: Bradford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional direct trains per day between Shipley/Bradford and London Kings Cross will be in place by 2025.

      Cycling and Walking: York Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on potential opportunities to use York Central to showcase active travel excellence; and if...

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local leaders in (a) Manchester, (b) Birmingham and (c) Crewe on the recently announced delays to HS2.

      Avanti West Coast: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure Avanti West Coast allocate an adequate provision of advance tickets on its Chester-London services.

      Railway Stations: Bicycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure upgrades to railway stations prioritise cycle (a) parking and (b) access.

      Train Operating Companies: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are employed by each train operating company (a) in total and (b) by grade.

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department held consultations on changes to the Second Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy.

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to help encourage the development and use of zero-emission aircraft.

      Aviation: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Civil Aviation Authority has made in ensuring that air travel is accessible for all passengers.

      Aviation: Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support British citizens who live in North of Cyprus, in the context of the...

      Train Operating Companies: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of station staff vacancies there are at each train operating company.

      Railways: Bicycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the space available for bicycles on trains; and whether he is taking steps to encourage...

      Liverpool Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023, entitled Transport Update, HCWS625, what alternative sustainable proposals, including rail...

      Euston Station: High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 March 2023, entitled Transport Update, HCWS625, when HS2 services will run to London Euston.

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make an assessment of the impact of HS2 delays on the local economy of areas with proposed HS2 stations.

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which phases of HS2 will be delayed; how long will those delays will be; and if he will he make a statement.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to mitigate disruptions resulting from rail ticket office closures.

      London Bridge Station: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential risk of overcrowding at London Bridge Station in the context of additional usage...

      Southeastern Trains: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information the Department holds on Southeastern train punctuality at recorded station stops for each quarter since January 2022.

      Southeastern Trains: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Southeastern have requested a derogation from the requirement to consult in relation to possible timetable changes in May 2023.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Great British Railways: Williams-Shapps plan for rail, published on 20 May 2021, whether the new fare structure will address the...

  • Scotland Office

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Business Premises: Rents

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the cost of commercial rents upon the viability of independent shops in town centres.

    • Local Government: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what data will be recorded by polling stations on the impact of the new Voter ID legislation on access to voting; how that data will be recorded; and what plans...

      British National (Overseas)

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they allocated for destitution support for British National (Overseas) visa holders in (1) 2021/22, and (2) so far in 2022/23; and how much...

      Renewable Energy: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage local planning authorities to expedite determination of planning applications for renewable energy projects seeking to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • USA: Visits Abroad

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many official UK government representatives will be attending the St Patrick's Day festivities in the United States of America.

    • USA: Visas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of the United States of America regarding the impact on UK musicians touring in that country of any plans to...

      Ales Bialiatski

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Belarus concerning the case of Ales Bialaitski, founder of the Viasna human rights centre and the 2022...

      Iran: Journalism

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made representations, together with international partners, over arrests and intimidation of journalists in Iran reporting on alleged schoolgirl...

      Windsor Framework: Statutory Instruments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what statutory instruments will be required to implement the Windsor Framework.

      EU Law: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government which provisions of (1) Articles 5–10, and (2) Annex 2, of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland will be removed as a result of the Windsor Framework.

      EU Law: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government which EU laws will remain in force in Northern Ireland under the Windsor Framework, which would otherwise be subject to removal under the provisions of the...

      Haiti: Gangs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation in Haiti, following the assassination of the President in 2021 and the reported increase in lawless violence;...

      Paul Muniya

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make representations to the government of India regarding fair treatment and due process for Bishop Paul Muniya of the Shalom...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Orthopaedics: Surgery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the retention of (1) trauma, and (2) orthopaedic, surgeons.

    • Orthopaedics: Surgery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of numbers of orthopaedic trauma surgeons, given (1) the increasing ageing population, and (2) the need to...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the NHS Workforce Plan will be published.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the NHS workforce plan; whether it will include specific numbers for the (1) recruitment, and (2) training, of additional (a) doctors,...

      Paramedical Staff: Mental Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the mental wellbeing of paramedics.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 8 February (HL4994), whether they are aware that the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory...

      Gambling: Rehabilitation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many new specialist gambling treatment clinics have opened since the announcement of these new centres in 2019.

      Prescription Drugs: Addictions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the £421 million they announced for drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery services on 16 February, how much will be allocated to...

      Medical Equipment: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) plans to consult stakeholders on its plans for Equality and Health Inequalities Impact...

      Health Professions: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the accuracy of the Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board examination (PLAB) as a test of competence for International...

      Orthopaedics: Surgery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the NHS Workforce Plan on reducing the waiting lists for elective orthopaedic procedures.

      Hospital Wards: Transgender People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Bellamy on 11 October 2022 (HLWS305) regarding their policy not to allow transgender women with male genitalia...

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the introduction of the Illegal Migration Bill, what plans they have (1) to ban migrants who arrive in the UK via irregular transit routes from...

    • Asylum: Afghanistan and Syria

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to arrange preliminary interviews for Afghan and Syrian refugees seeking asylum in Britain in (1) France, and (2) Belgium.

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to proscribing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

      Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the UK economy of rural crime.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to introduce provisions within the Online Safety Bill to enable the improvement of media literacy skills of the UK...

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that age verification measures will be implemented within six months of the enactment of the Online Safety Bill.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality: Ethnic Groups

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Inclusive Equal Rights UK 3.0 A Snapshot View of Racial Disparity in the City of York, published on 28...

    • Women: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve the wellbeing of women in the workplace.

      Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be nominating a candidate to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in the 2024 elections.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Heating: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make the installation of heating systems, such as heat pumps, more accessible to people with less technical literacy.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Urine Drainage Bags: Import Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to permanently removing the six per cent import duty on urine drainage bags by re-classifying them as medical devices under...

    • Economic Growth

      To ask His Majesty's Government, whether they will list the individual regions within the UK they use to determine their strategies for (1) trade and investment, and (2) freight and logistics,...

      Industrial Disputes: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister’s comments on the 11 January (HC Deb col 553) that minimum service levels during strike action “should not be...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Potatoes: Production

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value to the UK economy of potato production.

    • Litter: Wildlife

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of litter on wildlife.

      Meat: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing cost of animal feed on meat prices.

      Fruit: Trees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of global warming on diseases affecting fruit trees in Britain.

      Meat: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce mandatory labelling for (1) domestic, and (2) imported, meat, indicating (a) the method of production, and (b) when stunning of...

      Animal Welfare: Slaughterhouses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use the next stages of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway to ensure that the highest standards of animal welfare are applied in all...

      Phytophthora Ramorum: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to limit the spread of Phytophthora ramorum in trees in England.

      Food: Shortages

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent shortages of certain foodstuffs; and what steps they will take to ensure fairness in the contractual relationship...

      Hymenoscyphus Fraxineus: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to limit the spread of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus causing ash dieback in England.

      Turnips: Production

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) turnip production in England, and (2) its value to the economy.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

      To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanism has been proposed to select backbench peers for attendance at the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III on 6 May.

    • Historic Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with heritage bodies about the backlog of works to buildings of national importance both in the public and private sectors.

      Art Works

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on the steps being taken to allow a UK gallery or institution to acquire the Portrait of Omai by...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Access to Work Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 3 March (HL5641), what is the average wait time for new claims for a new job where the claimant...

    • Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report An Essentials Guarantee: Reforming Universal Credit to ensure we can all afford the essentials in hard...

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants received (1) £10–19 per week, (2) £20–£29 per week, (3) £30–39 per week, (4)...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask His Majesty's Government what were the (1) minimum, and (2) maximum, benefit sanctions issued in the latest period for which data are available; and what was the average duration of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Parking: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand the National Parking Platform, given the dismantling of many car parking payment machines and their replacement with mobile apps.

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current level of charging points for electric vehicles in rural areas as opposed to urban areas; and what plans they have to roll out more...

      Shipping: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any contingency plans to divert shipping to alternative ports should major ports in Europe be made unusable for whatever reason.

      Merchant Shipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government what powers they have to requisition UK-owned but not UK-flagged merchant ships.

      Merchant Shipping

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether (1) Masters of UK flagged ships, and (2) Masters of UK owned but not UK flagged ships, are required to hold the latest Naval Control of Shipping documents.

      Merchant Shipping: Medals

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there has been any change to the inclusion of the Merchant Navy Meritorious Service medal with the ambulance service, fire service and police meritorious...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to increase the number of prisoners accommodated in prisons across England and Wales; and what consideration they have given to trends in...

    • Community Orders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the (1) range, and (2) design, of community sentences in order to (a) decrease custody, (b) reduce recidivism, and (c) improve the...

      Prisons: Horses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to adopting the 'Horses of Hope' pilot scheme in prisons in England and Wales, following its use in other countries including...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask His Majesty's Government which pilot schemes they plan to encourage in prisons in order (1) to reduce recidivism, and (2) to increase future employment opportunities for prisoners.

  • Treasury

    • Research and Development Tax Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on (1) small businesses, and (2) innovation and growth, if the current Research and Development (R&D) tax...

  • Department for Education

    • Free School Meals

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many children are currently eligible for free school meals but have not yet made a claim.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the litigation in (1) James Hugh Allister and Clifford Peeples v the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and others, and (2) the earlier...

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