To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government takes to help ensure that families are kept together throughout the fostering and adoption process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 20 March 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on the repair of school buildings in Sefton...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of requests for new needs assessments for education, health and care plans from upper-tier...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many in-person inspections were carried out by Ofsted in (a) children’s and (b) foster homes in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to deliver more affordable childcare for parents and carers of children in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's estimated timescale is for seeking improvements at Denton Community College following Ofsted's inadequate finding of that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support Early Years providers in order to (a) reduce provider closures and (b) maintain or increase the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether educational materials produced by the campaign group Educate and Celebrate are approved for use in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help increase the number of childcare providers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children and young people with SEND are to participate in out of school activities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure childcare remains affordable despite the rising cost of living.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children with Special educational needs and disabilities receive Speech and Language Therapy support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the eligibility rules for 30 hours of free childcare so that children become...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that will take up the additional free hours of childcare announced in the Spring Budget 2023 in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason repayment holidays are not permitted on student loans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.152 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, if she will list the local authorities that will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the availability and access to hydrotherapy on provision for children with SEND.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish further details on the wraparound pathfinder scheme to support the expansion of school-based childcare provision...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of childcare; and what steps she taking to ensure there is an adequate supply of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that childcare is not more expensive for parents who are night workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the cost of childcare on parents who do not receive Universal Credit or legacy benefits; and what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 19 year olds withdrew from their (a) sixth form and (b) further education courses in academic years (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with her Cabinet colleagues to ensure that people in all regions wishing to enter new careers have access to adequate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the quality of childcare of a greater child to carer ratio.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.49 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, what estimate she has made of her Department's planned expenditure in 2023-24 on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries have closed since the start of 2022 in each county in the East of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for resuming data collection for the covid-19 infection survey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a target date for stopping NHS spending on off-framework agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the new hospital programme in each hospital trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the 2019-20 NHS Pensions Annual Allowance Charge Compensation Policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February to Question 150520 on Minimum Wage, what the total value of the contracts with the firms listed is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to create a national framework for a diabetes pathway to support people with learning difficulties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 9 March 2023 to Question 162275 on Neurology: Standards, what the integrated care systems' planned engagement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of asylum applicants who have epilepsy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Major Conditions Strategy will address the psychological needs of children, teenagers and young adults with cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether employees of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender Identity Development Service will lead the replacement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether current employees of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Gender Identity Development Service will lead the replacement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 4.24 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, on Suicide Prevention Voluntary,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 104356 on Endometriosis: Health Services, what recent progress the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 148814 from the hon. Member for Stockport which was tabled on 20 February 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of providing adults using day care services with 30 hours of free care support...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on its long-term strategy to prevent and reduce obesity in Wales, including...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the level of research on (a) understanding, (b) treating and (c) diagnosing Parkinson’s.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to open a consultation that health and care organisations and people with long-term conditions such as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 13 March 2023 to Question 159006 on Community Diagnostic Centres, if he will publish the weekly activity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department of Health and Social Care press entitled One-stop shops for testing deliver over 3 million potentially...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor covid-19 (a) prevalence and (b) mutations, in the context of the suspension of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of pausing data collection for the covid-19 infection survey on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help the beef and dairy industry with the long-term costs of farms shut down due to bovine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ban (a) pig farrowing crates, (b) sow stalls and (c) other caged farming systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to support research on gene edited plants; and what assessment she has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of (a) food price inflation and (b) trends in the level of profits...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of profit made by large food and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on reducing sewage discharges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Badger Protection Act 1992 so that sets are tested for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce proposals to ensure statutory geographical indication protections for UK exporters of Irish Whiskey to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department plans to provide for rock armour coastal pathway protection schemes; and if she will increase...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of sewage discharges that took place in England and Wales in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on ensuring that healthy foods are more accessible and affordable.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that (a) publicly and (b) privately owned water and sewerage companies fulfil the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which recent increases in the costs of production incurred by British...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of passport services in the event of a strike by Passport Office staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a visa scheme for Rohingya people to relocate to the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Misuse of Drug Act 1971 on the criminal justice system.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Misuse of Drug Act 1971 on the criminal justice system.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on extending the Youth Mobility Scheme to EU countries; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of (a) translators, (b) legal representatives and (c) other support...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it has been the policy of her Department to place people who were relocated to the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held recent discussions with EU Member States on extending the Youth Mobility Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release of 18 March 2023 entitled UK and Rwanda strengthen agreement to deal with global...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help refugees learn English.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many Albanian nationals in the UK are victims of (a) human trafficking and (b) modern slavery.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on preventing convicted sex offenders from working as personal fitness...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to encourage male victims to report incidences of domestic abuse.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the most common visa used by Albanians residing in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas flights were made by Ministers in her Department using non-scheduled air transport in each year from 2016 to 2022...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to correspondence of (a) 24 January and (b) 16 February from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare relating to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the security of embassies and high commissions in the UK are maintained.

To ask the Attorney General, what her Department's policy is on the parity of fees for prosecution and defence counsels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of people who were subject to the benefit cap who increased their earnings through employment in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 159052 on Social Security Benefits, for what reason the Universal Credit benefit cap is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023, to Question 159058 on Social Security Benefits, what advice his Department gives to people who are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023, to Question 159058 on Social Security Benefits, whether claimants who are not expected to work have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 100 of the Spring Budget 2023, published on 15 March 2023, HC 1183, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.148 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, which parts of the sanctions process will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.148 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, when work on design of the additional training programme commenced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 100 of the Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published in March 2023, what his Department's training for Work Coaches on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Regulatory Management Options Analyses on potential substances for inclusion on the Substances of Very High Concern Candidate List...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to end child poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish her Department's Regulatory Management Options Analysis on the four substances it was considering for inclusion on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department consulted (a) health and safety representatives and (b) trade unions on the decision made by Sodexo to change the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners living overseas received a letter from his Department stating that their pensions had been stopped because of failing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions were held with the (a) Canadian Government and (b) Canadian High Commission in the UK on UK pensioners in Canada who had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support disabled people to work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to improve the application process for Personal Independence Payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applications resulted in recommendations which exceeded the annual cap in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 16 March 2023, if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.147 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether an equality impact assessment of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps with his Cabinet colleagues to provide free courses to workers over 50 who feel they would benefit from training to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department have made of the potential merits of changing the requirements of past presence tests for social security...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the average amount a working person saved for their pension by the time they retired in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing processing times for access to work applications made by disabled people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 4.146 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, if he will publish the data which informed the policy decision to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pensions advice his Department provides to people who are under the age of 50 and are emigrating to nations without a reciprocal social...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of amending the Principal Civil Service Pensions Classic Scheme to grant full survivors pensions...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled The GPA rated best UK public sector workplace experience, published by the Government Property Agency on...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many overseas flights were made by Ministers in his Department using non-scheduled air transport in each year from 2016 to 2022 inclusive; and on...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any documents held by his Department on the estimated red tape costs of implementing EU legislation from 2011 to 2020.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March to Question 165342, how much his Department spent on external (a) legal firms and (b) counsel in (a) 2020, (b) 2021...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2023 to Question 165342 on Cabinet Office: Legal Opinion, if he will publish details of the competed framework used...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours of legal services Peters and Peters has provided in relation to the Privileges Committee investigation of the Rt hon. Member for...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disputes on outsourced public service contracts have been referred to ACAS in the last three years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has made to ensure charities contracted by (a) government departments, (b) local authorities and (c) NHS bodies to deliver public...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many outsourcing contracts the Government has in place broken down by (a) central Government, (b) defence, (c) the NHS, (d) local government, (e)...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of improved procurement and contracting terms on (a) costs to contracts and (b) value for money.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the Government Communications...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's capital departmental expenditure will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 155157 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Minimum Wage, what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public of the (a) procurement and (b) resale of coal bought for emergency use in power...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what additional support with fuel payments is available for people with Parkinson's Disease; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the gas network to carry green hydrogen; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the conversion of excess energy into green hydrogen by electrolysis; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households have received support through the Alternative Fuel Payment Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the modelling used to select households that receive payments under the Alternative Fuel Payment scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2022 to Question 46172 on Energy: Tenants, whether his Department is introducing regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of Government policy on home insulation and retrofitting on (a) the UK’s net zero...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to provide further support with energy costs to pensioners who are in receipt of pension credits and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many (a) oil production and (b) exploration rigs are working in the North Sea and west of Shetland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2023 to Question 156174 on Warm Home Discount Scheme, if his Department will make an estimate of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 5.2 of the Autumn Statement 2022, CP751, published on 17 November 2022, what recent progress his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason it is his policy to (a) exclude recipients of non-means tested disability benefits and (b) include recipients of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the total number of households that have benefitted from the Solar Together programme up to 20 March 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 4.117 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, how much funding he plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11601, on Freeports, if he will publish the agreed (a) data indicators...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has provided feedback on bids to all (a) local and (b) mayoral combined authorities which were not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) number and (b) proportion of social houses built with adaptations for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which councils have received new funding to house refugees from (a) Ukraine and (b) Afghanistan; and how many refugees his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent landlords from refusing to rent to people who claim universal credit,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution in the statement on building safety on Tuesday 14 March 2023, Official Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of Ukrainian households admitted under the Homes for Ukraine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to give communities more involvement in decisions on infrastructure investment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if it remains his policy to introduce a Renters’ Reform Bill during this Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of economic departments within local authorities; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on long-term funding for social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to reply to the letter dated 13 January 2023 from the Rt hon. Member for East Ham, ref ST102443.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department are taking steps to encourage British television productions to film in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the European Union on introducing a new visa which would allow people in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of running trials on the use of cashless payments for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking before publishing the gambling white paper; and when she plans to publish that paper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of leisure centres that will receive financial support for energy bills, as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the impact of civil legal aid cuts on the number and proportion of litigants in person in the family courts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders were issued in each of the last five years; and what the total value of those compensation orders was.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of legal aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2022; and with which consultants the contracts were held.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question 156177 on Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage, what the total value was of those companies' contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders issued in each of the last five years were (a) paid in full, (b) partly paid and (c) unpaid by the offender; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced in each of the last five years have (a) one conviction, (b) two convictions and (c) three or more convictions for a (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions were held by the 30 recorded offenders with the most convictions as of 20 March 2023; and if he will list the offences those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have (a) 50 to 100 and (b) 100 or more convictions; and how many were (i) serving a custodial sentence, (ii) on an electronic tag and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding provided by his Department for education projects for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the security situation in Lahore.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of UK diplomats posted outside of the UK are (a) male and (b) female.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled Integrated Review Refresh 2023: Responding to a more contested and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will expand the Women and Girls strategy to include provisions on menstrual health and hygiene.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Uganda on the Ugandan Government's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2023 to Question 87713 on Individual Savings Accounts, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March to Question 167105 on British Patient Capital, if he will provide a breakdown by English region of the £900 million...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2023 to Question 162259 on Travel: Insurance, whether his Department has taken recent steps with (a) insurers and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the tax free childcare scheme to cover (a) 25 per cent and (b) 30 per cent of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) forecast and (b) actual expenditure was for the tax-free childcare scheme in the last three financial years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to increase the number of social houses built, in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for the next review of the agreement between the Scottish government and the UK government on the Scottish government’s...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many overseas flights were made by Ministers in his Department using non-scheduled air transport in each year from 2016 to 2022 inclusive; and on how...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget Report 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, which (a) activities and (b) charities will be eligible for the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reform requirements to date (a) Vehicle Excise Duty and (b) other taxes from the first of the month.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March to Question 167167 on Spirits: Excise Duties and with reference to Table 4.1 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Valuation Office Agency's process for assessing non-traditional buildings which are places of worship.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent review of the loan charge.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is planning to take to support individuals affected by the Loan Charge in Mansfield constituency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the Exchequer in (a) inheritance tax (b) capital gains tax (c) tax on dividends and (d) vehicle excise duty from people...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Invamed Group and Others v. HMRC judgment In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on appeal from the Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the laundry industry is not eligible for support under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the MoD Climate Change and Sustainability Strategic Approach, whether his Department has cohered all Defence Estate initiatives with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Personnel figures published on 22 March 2023, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve the working...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specific qualifications in project management are senior responsible owners required to have before being appointed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's procurement programmes are overseen by a Senior Responsible Owner.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military officers are Senior Responsible Owners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs across the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government's proposal to invest £3 billion in the UK’s defence nuclear enterprise, how much of that funding will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made on the security risks posed by utilising the TikTok app on government devices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with Cabinet colleagues on the ban of the TikTok app on government devices. before that ban was announced.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to source artillery from international partners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve defence collaboration with industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior responsible owners who are military officers derived from the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines as of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential of DE&S Gosport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Ukrainian defence against Russian aggression.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total number of decisions taken on applications through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme was since its establishment on 1...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether flights to the UK for people in Pakistan who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have been suspended.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people eligible under (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan citizens resettlement scheme accommodated by the British High...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people accommodated by the British High Commission in Islamabad have been there for over one year; and what is the longest time spent at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many injury compensation claims submitted to his Department in the UK by (a) Afghan civilian interpreters and (b) other locally employed civilians...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is any evidence of Russian launching missile strikes against Ukraine from Belarusian territory.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement dated 20 March 2023 promised in the Answer of 27 February to Question 146792 on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question 153692 on Military Bases: Sales, if he will provide a breakdown of the sum raised by Defence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his baseline plan and budget are for the Single Living Accommodation Management Information System.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the NAO report, Optimising the Defence Estate, published on 11 June 2021, when the Defence Infrastructure Organisation began assessing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Defence Estate Optimisation disposal timelines were as of (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there have been any changes made to the contracted AJAX vehicle requirements due to (a) the completion of user validation trials and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the AJAX vehicles are required to have Morpheus installed on their platforms to reach (a) initial operating capability and (b) full operating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the AJAX vehicles can now fire while moving.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the draft report on the AJAX lessons learned was received by his Department.

To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Office for National Statistics dataset entitled Business enterprise research and development UK, published...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled Lord O'Shaughnessy to lead independent review into UK clinical trials, published...

To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2023 to Question 132389 on Innovation and Research, what (a) workstreams, (b) initiatives...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March to Question 166217 on Research: Finance, if she will list the range of funding mechanisms...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to remove tariffs on goods and services from Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take to support small and medium sized businesses with the effects of trends in the level of (a) inflation and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that trading standards are being upheld (a) in the travel industry and (b) with regard to travel agents...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with his counterparts in the US-EU Task Force on the Inflation Reduction Act on the potential impact of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether steps to prevent online and telephone fraud have been discussed during the free trade negotiations with India.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing guidance for employers on promoting the health and wellbeing for night...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps she is taking to help ensure that small and medium-sized businesses remain viable in the context of the increases in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility publication entitled Economic and fiscal outlook, published in March 2023, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to implement the Law Commission's April 2020 recommendation on extending to six months the time limit for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 136628 on Trade Promotion, for what reason her Department does not hold data on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department provides to local councils to increase the provision of electric vehicle charging points.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward a transport bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mobile network coverage on long distance rail routes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency practical driving test in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) West Didsbury...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide funding to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government will provide funding to churches and community groups in Northern Ireland to help them celebrate the Coronation of His...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure the continuation of Easilink bus services in rural areas in Northern Ireland in the next financial year.

To ask His Majesty's Government why ear syringing is now only provided by a private sector provider in some areas, and not by the NHS.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they (1) have developed, or (2) intend to put in place, for the maintenance phase of Hepatitis C elimination once England has reached the World...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether General Practitioners are no longer able to perform routine procedures such as syringing of ears and treatment of minor injuries; and if not, who took the...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the HCVAction report Taking the initiative: how England is eliminating Hepatitis C, published on 21 February, what assessment they have made of...

To ask His Majesty's Government on what timeframe they will (1) assess the first year of opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing, and (2) decide whether to expand opt-out testing to areas with a high...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to end the use of animals to test products including (1) vaccines, and (2) pharmaceutical products for bacterial...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Financial Intermediary Fund for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response on tackling (1) new diseases,...

To ask His Majesty's Government what diplomatic efforts they are making to pursue a ceasefire in Northern Syria given the continuing clashes in that region.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that relief materials reach the earthquake victims in Northern Syria.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist in the protection of women and girls in the earthquake hit region of Northern Syria.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to use part of the £20 million of additional funding they have made available to the BBC for World Service broadcasts to prevent the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for political and religious freedom in Nicaragua of (1) the decision of the government of Nicaragua to suspend...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle female genital schistosomiasis.

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to Kenya to alleviate the effects of famine caused by drought in that country.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people entered the UK legally on a visa each year from 2015 to 2022; and of those, how many have remained in the UK illegally by overstaying their visa.

To ask His Majesty's Government which countries they have had discussions with over the last three years about receiving people who have arrived in the UK wishing to seek asylum; and which of...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people came to the UK seeking asylum for each year from 2002 to 2022; and of those, how many were granted asylum.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received in the past 12 months to add occupations to the Skilled Workers Shortage Occupation List.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision to include the film Zulu as a 'key text' in the Prevent programme; and what plans they have, if any, to reassess...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 8 March (HL Deb col 797), for how long they have recorded changes of name by individuals following...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether HM Treasury has fully implemented the Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF) between the UK and Hong Kong.

To ask His Majesty's Government what will be the Barnett Consequential Financial Provision for (1) Scotland, (2) Northern Ireland, and (3) Wales, as a result of their expenditure on the HS2...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the operation of plastic packaging recycling services in supermarkets and other retail settings, and (2) whether the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage (1) National Highways, (2) principal local authorities, (3) the Environment Agency, and (4) private landowners, to put in...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the impact assessment for the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill should be revised to consider fully the potential...

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of children for the 2021/22 academic year who could not swim upon leaving (1) primary, and (2) secondary, school.

To ask His Majesty's Government what existing (1) qualifications, and (2) training, are required to establish a letting or property management company.

To ask His Majesty's Government what forms of redress are available for those with complaints against letting agencies where they are not members of recognised industry standards associations.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make it a mandatory requirement for affiliates who provide gambling tips to hold a licence.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address (1) pitch invasions, and (2) fan disorder, at football stadiums in order to ensure the safety of (a) fans, and (b) footballers.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received concerning the Governing Body Endorsements regulations; and what plans they have to review the current arrangements.

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the recommendation in the House of Lords National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee’s report A national plan...

To ask His Majesty's Government how much the National Gallery raised in image fees from their image licensing department in 2021–22 and 2022–23; and what costs that were directly...

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) sporting bodies, and (2) other stakeholders, regarding guidance for schools and clubs about (a) the prevention of...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to commission a review of rugby similar to that of the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many drivers have reported problems with their eyesight to the DVLA in the last 10 years; and what proportion of those have had their driving licences...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 21 March (HL6375), whether the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service is on a par with the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many people used public transportation supported by the Rural Mobility Fund in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and...

To ask His Majesty's Government what capital departmental spending limits are set under the Spring Budget 2023 for the next three years for expenditure on (1) highways, (2) other roads, (3) High...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the success of the Youth Offer and Kickstart scheme against their stated aims of supporting those under 25 to find employment.