Tuesday, 21 March 2023
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...
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.
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,...
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.
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.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on helicopter travel in each of the last ten years.
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.
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.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to update the Contracts Finder platform from the beta phase.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many AR1 forms were returned late in 2022.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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)...
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...
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with universities on mental health safety for students.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on childcare funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps has he taken to promote the daily mile.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a 10-year capital strategy.
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.
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.
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)...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is allocating to further support for leukaemia patients.
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...
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...
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)...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the known medical risks of vaping.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a target for uptake of the Healthy Start scheme.
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...
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...
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.
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence her Department has had with the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative.
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she will publish the impact assessments for the Illegal Migration Bill.
[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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on legal representation at inquests in each year since 2018.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help reduce tax avoidance.
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...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reduce beer duty in the context of the cost of living crisis.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether his department plans to review tobacco excise structures.
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.
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.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle financial scams.
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...
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)...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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)...
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.
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.
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)...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will shut down its TikTok account.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the procurement of 14 Archer heavy artillery systems from Sweden.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of RAF High Wycombe.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of care proceeding cases exceed the 26-week time limit.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support UK car manufacturing.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department held consultations on changes to the Second Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to mitigate disruptions resulting from rail ticket office closures.
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...
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on special advisers in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what statutory instruments will be required to implement the Windsor Framework.
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.
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...
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;...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the retention of (1) trauma, and (2) orthopaedic, surgeons.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the NHS Workforce Plan will be published.
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,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the mental wellbeing of paramedics.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many new specialist gambling treatment clinics have opened since the announcement of these new centres in 2019.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to proscribing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to the UK economy of rural crime.
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...
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.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve the wellbeing of women in the workplace.
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.
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.
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...
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,...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value to the UK economy of potato production.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of litter on wildlife.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing cost of animal feed on meat prices.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of global warming on diseases affecting fruit trees in Britain.
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to limit the spread of Phytophthora ramorum in trees in England.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to limit the spread of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus causing ash dieback in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) turnip production in England, and (2) its value to the economy.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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.
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...
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what powers they have to requisition UK-owned but not UK-flagged merchant ships.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children are currently eligible for free school meals but have not yet made a claim.
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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