To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2023 to Question 170641 on Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port, if he will set out what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will respond to the correspondence of 16 January 2023 from the Rt. Hon. Member for Garston and Halewood.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with RailPen on fixing the cladding issues at (a) Cardinal Lofts in Ipswich and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow leaseholders to buy the freehold of their property; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with Bolton Council on the Brownfield Land Release Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to abolish section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to launch the full medium-rise scheme to provide funding to remediate or mitigate unsafe external wall...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle homelessness in Birmingham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether alternative provision to the Council Tax Disabled Band Reduction Scheme is available for people whose homes have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) support and (b) provide funding for parish and town councils to help them comply with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that Afghans eligible for visas under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme must have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum from people who applied before July 2022 from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Libya, (d) Syria and (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided to the National Crime Agency to tackle cross-channel people smuggling in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the University of Nottingham entitled Understanding risks of exploitation for vulnerable migrant workers in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 171512 on Visas: Seasonal Workers and with reference to the removal of AG Recruitment...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop-and-searches were carried out in Greater Manchester in 2022; and what proportion of these were carried out on people of Black...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Departments press release of 27 March 2023 entitled Action plan to crack down on anti-social behaviour, how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her proposals for tackling anti-social behaviour will address alcohol-related (a) domestic and (b) community violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fulfils the criteria under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to (a) the UK and its...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) scientists and (b) postgraduate students barred from working in the UK in 2023 on national security...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish an impact statement on the Illegal Migration Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Protective Security Authority is taking steps to provide guidance to (a) businesses and (b) universities on dealing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been placed in each (a) constituency and (b) English local authority area in each month since 1 April 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) security incident at the Indian High Commission on 19 March 2023 and (b) response of the police to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish an impact statement for the Illegal Migration Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the response to the Answer of 17 March 2023 to Question 162216 on Refugees: Afghanistan, whether her Department has set a target...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 3.43 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, what new short-term business activities will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the charge rate was for robbery and burglary in the last calendar year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent the illegal sale of devices to hack vehicles' Bluetooth devices and access people's...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms licences have been renewed without fresh vetting in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce anti-social behaviour.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to give local authorities more control over licensing to prevent anti-social behaviour.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a national vetting scheme for police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces are correctly storing rape kits provided by victims to ensure they can be used as evidence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recording Police Service of Northern Ireland email referrals to the Home...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the likelihood of the use of tasers by the Metropolitan Police causing (a) temporary and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of criminalising the use of nitrous oxide on the levels of use of that substance.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle street crime against women and girls.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Responsible Car Wash Scheme on compliance and standards in the car washing industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on victims of slavery who have been trafficked into...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union on (a) remuneration and (b) working conditions for HM...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that seasonal migrant workers do not suffer financial losses as a result of participating in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been approved under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme in which the applicant was not accepted as having been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been waiting for an asylum substantive interview for (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an EU national employed by an EU employer who is visiting a partner in the UK is required to obtain a visa in order to work remotely...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of foster care placements in the London Borough of Barnet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the main reason for teachers leaving that profession in the last (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with employers in the education sector to help ensure that the job role of teachers is more (a) flexible and (b) agile.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the take-up of the Early headship coaching offer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to implement the 18+1 ethnicity monitoring system for data collection in education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for education, health and care plans in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the report of the study it commissioned in 2022 into the working lives of teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of when the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers will close.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on creating a free school in Portsmouth for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 159026 on Schools: Standards, in which month her Department plans to release the funding for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of proposals to extend eligibility for free childcare per parent who is able to return to work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that all childcare placements are able to support children with SEND.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children with SEND receive multi-agency support; and what steps her Department is taking to learn lessons...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of take-up of national professional qualifications by teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Questions 166373 and 166374 on Childcare tabled by the hon. Member for Twickenham on 15 March 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement of £180 million to improve children’s development in the early years, 20 October 2022, whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend his proposed 30 free hours of childcare outlined in the Budget 2023 to children aged between 12 and 24 months to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to transfer free childcare allowances for the care of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to develop professional standards for teaching assistants working with children with special educational needs and disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with universities on publishing the annual suicide rate of enrolled students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted first became aware of the practice of schools monitoring traffic to their websites to predict the timing of an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Petfished campaign in providing information to potential puppy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of dog breeding regulations on breeders who breed two or fewer litters...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the reintroduction of pet passports for UK citizens wishing to take...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward the Government's proposed Animals Abroad Bill to Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on scheduling Parliamentary time for the report stage of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to correspondence of 23 November and 21 December 2022 and 26 January and 28 February 2023 from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on scheduling Parliamentary time for the Animal Welfare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2022 on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve access to the countryside and (b) ensure that footpath and green lanes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for anglers of maintaining the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on new deposit return schemes in England.

What steps her Department has taken to reduce storm overflows in North Devon constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on community care in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on community care in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on social care in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on social care in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to charge (a) the elderly and (b) people with disabilities for NHS prescriptions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) costs associated with the resolution of disputed contracts for and (b) other costs arising from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 129959 on Drugs: Prices, how many of the 24 commercial agreements that resulted in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on locum services in each of the last ten years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what eligibility criteria his Department plan to use to determine (a) where new Community Diagnostic Centres are located and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has convened formal discussions with the British Medical Association to avert industrial action by junior doctors in March.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2021 to Question 51702 on NHS: Expenditure, how much NHS England and clinical commissioning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rules governing visits to NHS estate during local election campaigns are for (a) government and (b) shadow ministers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on consultants for the disposal of personal protective equipment programme, including costs associated with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s ongoing VPAS pre-negotiation workshops, if he will publish the (a) minutes and (b) attendees of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of the drug Scopolamine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of his Department's annual expenditure is being spent on preventing ill health in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure data held on the proposed NHS Federated Data Platform is protected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to encourage Unipart Logistics to procure drop-in Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil for (a) the NHS estate and (b) its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include Cystic Fibrosis patients on the medical exemption list to make them eligible for free prescriptions on the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surgical hubs are in operation; and what the timescales are for future rollouts of those hubs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2023 to Question 146908 on Hospital Beds: Costs, what the unit cost per day is for NHS (a) elective,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the ELDSNet notification system is part of the Memorandum of Understanding agreed upon between the UK Health Security Agency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the locations of the additional hospitals that will be constructed through the new hospital programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 166289 on Doctors: Workplace Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help protect NHS workforce training budgets as part of the merger of Health Education England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) qualified neurologists and (b) multiple sclerosis nurses in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 162208 on Surgical Hubs, how many of the surgical hubs (a) are going through...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of suicide amongst junior doctors have been reported each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing’s General Secretary on (a) pay and (b) conditions for nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has published recent guidance for small and medium-sized enterprises in the life sciences sector on accessing NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of storing personal protective equipment in China is per (a) day, (b) week and (c) year as of 15 March 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on annual dismissal rates of NHS workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many (a) junior doctors, (b) consultants and (c) nurses have left the healthcare profession...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation outcome on Proposed update to the 2023 statutory scheme to control the costs of branded health service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's annual budget (a) will be spent on prevention of ill health in 2022-23 and (b) was spent on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many Army medical forms for (a) full time and (b) reservist recruitments were submitted to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of (a) research, (b) new treatments and (c) clinical care for (i) sickle cell disease and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the Healthy Start Allowance by 20 per cent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free dentistry to people with cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will hold discussions with the British Dental Association on NHS dental contracts and the retention of dentists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of dentistry in Stockport in (a) 2018, (b) 2020 and (c) 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to hospices to assist with energy bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for Lasting Power of Attorney were registered in (a) less than 10 weeks, (b) 10 to 20 weeks, (c) more than 20 weeks in the last 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of calls to the Courts Service were requests for information on claimant data in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has any record of public contracts being awarded to suppliers on the UK Sanctions List between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March to Question 165469 on Prisons: Electronic Government, how a constituent can contact the Money-to-prisoner Compliance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help build the confidence of people serving community pay back and prevent reoffending.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of hours of community payback are yet to be served in the Durham Constabulary area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Bank of England Base Rate increases on the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme (SMI); and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sector-based work academy programme placements have been undertaken in (a) Feltham and Heston, (b) Hounslow, (c) Greater London, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how job centre work coaches are trained to understand the circumstances of working parents and disabled people when setting in-work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to review the value of the (a) winter fuel payment and (b) cold weather payment in the context of increases in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners living overseas had their pensions suspended in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 due to (i) non-return and (ii) late return...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the Restart programme to employers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) public sector and (b) voluntary organisations have entered into partnerships with Jobcentre Plus in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department collects on Universal Credit claimants' (a) pay and (b) career progression.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of replacing the first sanction for someone claiming Universal Credit with a formal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant the Answer of 17 March 2023 to Question 162174 on Employment, whether his Department's review into workforce participation will look...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has provided recent guidance to decision makers on the application of the Universal Credit (Persons who have attained...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce specialist Jobcentre Plus Work Coaches with expertise on supporting single parents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential for Work Coaches or other Jobcentre Plus staff to support employers to job carve, to create roles...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service requested a death certificate for a paying parent where the cause of death was defined as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support (a) visually impaired children and (b) their families with the cost of living.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to (a) expedite and (b) simplify the pension claiming process for people diagnosed with terminal...

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 15 March 2023, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors and freelancers have benefitted from the Access to Work scheme in each of the last five financial 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 15 March 2023, when he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to scrap Work Capability Assessments on people receiving (a) Employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January to Question 117888 on State Retirement Pensions: Females, if he will meet with the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support for people receiving benefits before benefit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make the eligibility criteria for Universal Credit the same as for Housing Benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for mandatory reconsideration were made on the basis of a Universal Credit run on payment not being made during the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the ability of self employed people to access cost of living payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has appointed a Ministerial Disability Champion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has taken steps to create disincentives against spurious claims of Adverse Possession.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 157481 on chemicals, what tests have been conducted on imported and ecommerce consumer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people took up unpaid parental leave between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people received statutory parental bereavement pay between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people received statutory adoption pay between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the compatibility of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill with the Windsor Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's fulfilment of its responsibility to support the Competition and Markets Authority to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by Make UK entitled Who will be the builders? Modular’s role in solving the housing labour crisis,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to protect night-shift workers from health risks linked to night-shift work in her review of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 153826 on Redundancy Pay: Insolvency Service, of the 5,766 employers subject to formal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to provide long term (a) financial and (b) other support to the hospitality sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the US Department of Commerce adding two subsidiaries of BGI Group to its export blacklist, if she will make an assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Leader of the House on the indicative timescale for the introduction of the proposed Audit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support the manufacture of new zero emissions whole aircraft in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she will take steps to ensure that claimants under the Post Office (a) historical shortfall scheme and (b) suspension remuneration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Government expects to complete processes and exchange diplomatic notes with Australia so that a commencement date can be set for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Israeli Government on a full, impartial investigation into the murder of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the announcement by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid the UK has given India (a) directly and (b) via contributions to multilateral organisations in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Tunisian counterpart on convicting perpetrators of violence against women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the land procurement process being undertaken to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the amount spent on (a) peacebuilding and (b) conflict-prevention...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of reports that Republika Srpska...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis which showed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assurances he gave his Kenyan counterpart on 15 March 2023 regarding a swift resolution of the Agnes Wanjiru...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that education projects in Myanmar funded by the British taxpayer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Honduran counterpart on Taiwanese independence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in El Salvador regarding the decriminalisation of abortion in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Colombian Government with tackling (a) the Oliver Sinisterra Front, (b) the...

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 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to make a decision on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the consultation entitled Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with energy suppliers on the financial impact of fixed-term energy contracts on public houses.

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 geographical variations in electricity standing charges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he has made an assessment of the potential national security risks of the Aquind Interconnector Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential environmental risks associated with the Aquind Interconnector Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by which date he is required to decide on the Aquind Interconnector Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 25 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Portsmouth South on the Aquind...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the BBC Panorama programme entitled The Green Energy Scandal Exposed, whether Ofgem is (a) investigating or (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department last provided a policy and position paper to Ofgem; and when his Department plans next to provide a policy and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of Energy Bill Support Scheme prepayment meter vouchers claimed in (a) March 2023 and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the uptake of Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with energy companies on the uptake of Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the value of unclaimed Energy Bill Support Scheme prepayment meter vouchers in Manchester Withington...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Warm Home Discount Scheme to people on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the number of domestic properties in Norwich that are unable to access smart energy metering due to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing from the criteria for the Warm Homes Discount the requirement for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to provide heat network customers with a separate Energy Bills Discount Scheme rate of relief.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy to increase the carbon capture power station capacity to 9GW by 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has a timeline for the deployment of (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) hydrogen infrastructure until 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to have discussions with Ofgem on improving transparency in Economy 7 tariffs under the Price Cap by requiring...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of green jobs in (a) the North West, (b) the Borough of Bolton and (c) Bolton South...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to launch a scheme to provide funding for people who transfer from coal to gas central heating systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled Defence in a Competitive Age, published by his Department on 22 March 2021, CP 411, whether the two Type 23...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled Defence in a Competitive Age, published by his Department on 22 March 2021, CP 411, whether his Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) initial operating capability and (b) full operating capability dates for the mine hunting capability being co-developed with France are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled Defence in a Competitive Age, published by his Department on 22 March 2021, CP 411, how many Tranche 1 Typhoons...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £2bn of funding for Armed Forces stockpiles allocated over the next two years has been allocated to the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints submitted by (a) service and (b) former service personnel were ruled out of time each in year since 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service complaints submitted by (a) serving and (b) former service personnel and received by a specified officer three months after the event...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been invested into the Global Combat Air Programme by (a) the UK, (b) Italy and (c) Japan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the ongoing upgrades to Ajax armoured vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will launch a formal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the 1982 attack on the RFA Sir Galahad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing for armed forces personnel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in his Department has had access to the draft Sheldon report on the Ajax lessons learned review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) procurement and (b) whole life cost of the mobile fires platform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to reduce the total number of Challenger 2 tanks held by the British Army.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities will be provided by the mobile fire platform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been awarded by his Department as part of the Mobile Fires Platform as of 24 March 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen defence relationships with Japan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the The Mull of Kintyre Review, HC 1348, published July 2011, what assessment he has made of the implications of that review on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/49 adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2022, if he has responded to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question HL6144 on Ukraine: Ammunition and to UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/49 adopted by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question HL6144 on Ukraine: Ammunition and to UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/49 adopted by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 169189 on Afghanistan: Refugees, if he will publish the data for (a) December 2022, (b) January...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has delivered white phosphorus munitions to Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has delivered cluster munitions to Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy to Afghan (a) special...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Russian forces have used depleted uranium munitions in Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has delivered depleted uranium tank shells to Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the US Department of Commerce adding BGI Tech Solutions (Hong Kong) to its export blacklist, if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on BGI Group in the debate on Genomics and National Security...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the availability of affordable laboratory space.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK International Technology Strategy published on Published 22 March 2023, for what reasons that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much science funding was spent on projects located outside of the South East in this financial year; and whether her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on delivering fast and reliable broadband in Leeds North West constituency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last reviewed the lists of products that are (a) zero-rated for VAT and (b) subject to VAT at five per cent.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the fairness of the level of VAT on audiobooks.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Approved mileage rates.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March to Question 167062 on Charities: Foreign Companies, what other tax reliefs besides Gift Aid are claimed by the 25 EU-EEA...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will benefit from the removal of the pensions lifetime allowance in 2023-24.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that banks pass on interest rate rises to savers, as well as to debtors.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help people use their investment in a Help to Buy ISA in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and (b) other areas where...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of tariffs placed on the UK’s trade with European countries on the UK's inflation rate.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to review the Lifetime ISA property value threshold against house prices in London.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.75 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, what criteria small and medium enterprises will be required...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the criteria are for plant and machinery to qualify for capital allowances full expensing.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on tax incentives for businesses with financial difficulties.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal services provided by Peters and Peters for the Privileges Committee investigation of the Rt hon....

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to strengthen the UK’s response to cyber threats.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of robberies by knife-point in London in each of the last three years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of the inquiry into allegations of bullying made against the Rt hon. Member for Esher and Walton.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the evidence gathering stage of the inquiry into allegations of bullying made against the Rt hon. Member for Esher and Walton has concluded.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish recruitment 2022 data for the civil service fast stream.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) white British and (b) Black or Black British - African applicants to the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2022 were recommended for...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of applicants from (a) a non-selective state-run or state-funded school and (b) an independent or fee-paying school who did not receive...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of applicants to the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2022 who were recommended for employment were (a) eligible for free school meals and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of applicants with their home location in each NUTS 1 statistical region were recommended for employment for the Civil Service Fast...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold further discussions with rail operators and representatives to help prevent delays and cancellations to train services due to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department have reviewed the powers the Civil Aviation Authority has to enforce and strengthen regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many downloads there have been of the Railway Guardian app on (a) devices running iOS software, (b) devices running Android software and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of potential security risks resulting from the recent theft of a laptop from the Minister of State (Rail and HS2).

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that emission fixes installed in vehicles are effective.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) a list of current invitees to meetings of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council and (b) the number of meetings since 1...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163903 on Euston Station: High Speed 2 Line, how much from the public purse has been spent on HS2...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish (a) his response to the Reviewing personal safety measures on streets in England consultation launched in July 2021 and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for (a) walking and (b) cycling in the (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) vehicles containing emissions defeat devices and (b) vehicle models containing emissions defeat devices...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licensing authorities have introduced mandatory CCTV in (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the process will be for (a) applications to and (b) allocations of funding for support for leisure centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on funding for BBC Orchestras and Singers.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of prisoners who, on the day of their release, have a bed to go to that night; and what percentage of those released...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to annually uprate the UK basic state pension to qualifying individuals on the same basis regardless of the state or territory in which they are...

To ask His Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken of the impact of their decision not to uprate the UK state pension upon (1) British citizens resident in Canada, Australia, and...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of uprating the UK basic state pension to UK pensioners living abroad, regardless of any reciprocal agreements on...

To ask His Majesty's Government what stage they have reached in negotiations with (1) the government of Canada, (2) the government of Australia, and (3) the government of New Zealand, on the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what checks are carried out on the labelling of meat products at the time of (1) production, (2) processing, (3) distribution, and (4) retail, in England.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to work with international partners to establish a UN investigation into the mass poisoning of school children in Iran.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether all staff working in mental health services are given equality and diversity training.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 2 February (HL4910), 8 February (HL4944) and 7 March (HL5695 and HL5938), why the Therapeutics Clinical...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) reduced pharmacy opening hours, (2) over-capacity pharmacy services, and (3) pharmacists’ staff...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of essential services provided by pharmacies, particularly the assembly of blister...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many veterans were discharged due to their HIV status between 1982 and 2020.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 9 March (HL6179), how many of the whistleblowing cases formally raised, investigated and upheld in...

To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence the Department for Education has to support the estimate made in their impact assessment Review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 in England,...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage Ofqual to adopt the stance of Dr Matthew Glanville, Head of Assessment Principles and Practice at the International...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many students will be on T Level courses commencing September 2023 which will lead to early years, nursery education, or childcare qualifications.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional capital resources the childcare sector will require to enable it to implement fully the expansion of childcare...

To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion of, students enrolled on the T level Transition Programme in the (a) 2020/21, and (b) 2021/22, academic year went on to start...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether civil society and youth representatives were included in the UK delegation at the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting as requested by UN...

To ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will consider when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many complaints they have received about difficulty accessing the Government Gateway.

To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they received from local authorities about the impact of Local Housing Allowance shortfalls on (1) homelessness levels, and (2) temporary...