Written answers

Thursday, 30 March 2023

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Thames Freeport: DP World

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department made an assessment of DP World's record on workers' rights before approving the decision to allow...

    • Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port

      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...

      Members: Correspondence

      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.

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      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)...

      Leasehold

      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...

      Derelict Land: Bolton

      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.

      Evictions

      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.

      Housing: Insulation

      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...

      Homelessness: Birmingham

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

      Council Tax: Disability

      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...

  • Home Office

    • Counter-terrorism: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the National Association of Local Councils on the potential impact of introducing a Protect...

    • Counter-terrorism: Public Places

      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...

      Visas: Afghanistan

      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...

      Asylum: Interviews

      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)...

      Human Trafficking: English Channel

      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.

      Migrant Workers: Exploitation

      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...

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      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...

      Stop and Search: Greater Manchester

      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...

      Durham Constabulary

      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...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Alcoholic Drinks

      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.

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      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...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      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...

      BGI Group

      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...

      Illegal Migration Bill

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

      BGI Group

      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...

      Asylum

      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.

      Embassies: India

      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...

      Illegal Migration Bill

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

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      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...

      Visas: Business

      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...

      Prosecutions: Burglary and Robbery

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

      Cybercrime: Smart Devices

      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...

      Firearms: Licensing

      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.

      Anti-social Behaviour

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

      Travellers

      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.

      Licensed Premises: Anti-social behaviour

      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.

      Police: Vetting

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

      Rape: Evidence

      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.

      Police Service of Northern Ireland

      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...

      Metropolitan Police: Stun Guns

      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)...

      Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

      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.

      Gender Based Violence: Crime Prevention

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

      Car Washes: Regulation

      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.

      Illegal Migration Bill

      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...

      HM Passport Office: Industrial Disputes

      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...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      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...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      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...

      Asylum: Interviews

      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.

      Visas: EU Countries

      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...

  • Department for Education

    • Holiday Activities and Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for the Holiday Activities and Food programme.

    • Foster Care: Barnet

      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.

      Teachers: Resignations

      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.

      Teachers: Conditions of Employment

      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.

      Schools: Leadership

      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.

      Education: Travellers

      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.

      Disability and Special Educational Needs: Finance

      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.

      Teachers: Conditions of Employment

      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.

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      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.

      Disability and Special Educational Needs: Portsmouth

      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.

      Schools: Standards

      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...

      Childcare

      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.

      Childcare: Special Educational Needs

      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.

      Disability and Special Educational Needs

      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...

      Teachers: Qualifications

      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.

      Department for Education: Written Questions

      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.

      Pre-school Education: Staff

      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...

      Childcare

      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...

      Childcare

      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...

      Disability and Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants

      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.

      Students: Suicide

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

      Schools: Inspections

      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...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce the eligible communities for the Frequently Flooded Allowance.

    • Dogs: Animal Breeding

      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...

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      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...

      Pets: Travel

      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...

      Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill

      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.

      Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

      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...

      Members: Correspondence

      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...

      Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

      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...

      Air Pollution

      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...

      Countryside: Access

      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...

      Angling: Environmental Information Regulations 2004

      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.

      Deposit Return Schemes

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

      Flood Control: North Devon

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

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Diagnosis: Finance

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

    • Community Care: Finance

      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...

      Social Services: Finance

      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...

      Prescriptions: Disability and Older People

      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.

      Protective Clothing: Recycling

      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...

      Drugs: Prices

      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...

      Locums: Expenditure

      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.

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      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...

      Doctors: Industrial Disputes

      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.

      NHS: Expenditure

      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...

      NHS: Domestic Visits

      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.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants

      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...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Disclosure of Information

      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...

      Hyoscine Hydrobromide

      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.

      Health: Finance

      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.

      NHS: Databases

      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.

      Unipart Logistics: Biofuels

      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...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions

      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.

      Surgical Hubs

      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.

      Hospital Beds: Costs

      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,...

      Legionnaires' Disease: Disease Control

      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...

      Hospitals: Construction

      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.

      Doctors: Workplace Pensions

      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...

      NHS: Training

      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...

      Nurses: Recruitment

      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.

      Surgical Hubs

      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...

      Junior Doctors: Suicide

      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.

      Nurses: Conditions of Employment and Pay

      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.

      NHS: Life Sciences

      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...

      Protective Clothing: China

      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.

      NHS: Strikes

      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.

      Health Professions: Labour Turnover

      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...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      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...

      Health Education

      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...

      General Practitioners: Armed Forces

      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...

      Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      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)...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Costs

      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.

      Dental Services: Cancer

      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.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      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.

      Dental Services: Stockport

      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.

      Hospices: Energy

      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.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 2 March 2023 on non-disclosure of legal aid costs.

    • Powers of Attorney

      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...

      HM Courts Service: Data Protection

      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.

      Sanctions

      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.

      Prisons: Electronic Government

      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...

      Community Orders: Crime Prevention

      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.

      Community Orders: Durham

      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.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to reply to correspondence of 10 February from the Rt Hon. Member for East Ham, reference ST102732.

    • Support for Mortgage Interest

      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...

      Sector-based Work Academy Programme

      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)...

      Jobcentres: Staff

      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...

      Cold Weather Payments and Winter Fuel Payment

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      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...

      Restart Scheme

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

      Jobcentre Plus: Public Sector and Voluntary Organisations

      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.

      Universal Credit: Databases

      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.

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      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...

      Employment: Students

      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...

      Universal Credit (Persons who have Attained State Pension Credit Qualifying Age) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

      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...

      Jobcentres: Staff

      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.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      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...

      Children: Maintenance

      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...

      Cost of Living Payments: Visual Impairment

      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.

      Pensions: Terminal Illnesses

      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...

      Occupational Health

      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...

      Access to Work Programme: Self-employed

      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.

      Access to Work Programme

      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...

      Work Capability Assessment

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      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...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      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...

      Universal Credit

      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.

      Pensioners: Universal Credit

      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...

      Cost of Living Payments: Self-employed

      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.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Department for Business and Trade: Disability

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

    • Department for Business and Trade: Disability

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

      Squatting

      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.

      Cosmetics: Chemicals

      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...

      Parental Leave

      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.

      Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay

      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.

      Adoption: Pay

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

      EU Law: Windsor Framework

      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.

      Competition and Markets Authority

      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...

      Housing: Construction

      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,...

      Health: Working Hours

      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...

      Redundancy Pay: Insolvency Service

      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...

      Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance

      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.

      Genomics: National Security

      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...

      Audit: Reform

      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...

      Aircraft: Carbon Emissions

      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.

      Post Office: ICT

      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...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      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...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the potential effect of that country's proposals to...

    • Shireen Abu Akleh

      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...

      Israel: Palestinians

      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...

      India: Development Aid

      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...

      Tunisia: Gender Based Violence

      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.

      India: Solar Power

      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...

      Development Aid: Conflict Prevention and Peace Negotiations

      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...

      Republika Srpska: Diplomatic Relations

      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...

      Haiti: Food Supply

      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...

      Agnes Wanjiru

      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...

      Myanmar: Ethnic Groups

      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...

      Taiwan: Honduras

      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.

      El Salvador: Abortion

      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...

      Colombia: Armed Conflict

      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...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163786 on UK Emissions Trading Scheme, what his Department’s timescale is...

    • Renewable Energy

      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...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      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.

      Heating: Fossil Fuels

      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,...

      Energy: Public Houses

      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.

      Electricity: Standing Charges

      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.

      Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

      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.

      Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

      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.

      Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

      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.

      Members: Correspondence

      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...

      Drax Group

      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)...

      Ofgem

      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...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      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)...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      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.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      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.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Manchester Withington

      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...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      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...

      Energy: Meters

      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...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      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...

      Energy Bills Discount Scheme: District Heating

      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.

      Power Stations: Carbon Capture and Storage

      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.

      Carbon Capture and Storage and Hydrogen

      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.

      Electricity: Prices

      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...

      Environment Protection: Employment

      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...

      Coal: Heating

      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.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the terms of reference for the review of veteran welfare services.

    • Type 23 Frigates: Decommissioning

      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...

      BAE 146 Aircraft: Decommissioning

      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...

      France: Minesweepers

      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.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      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...

      Armed Forces: Weapons

      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...

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      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.

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      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...

      Global Combat Air Programme: Finance

      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.

      Ajax Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

      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.

      RFA Sir Galahad

      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.

      Armed Forces: Housing

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

      Ajax Lessons Learned Review

      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.

      Artillery: Procurement

      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.

      Challenger Tanks

      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.

      Artillery

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

      Artillery: Contracts

      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.

      Japan: Foreign Relations

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

      Mull of Kintyre Crash Review

      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...

      Ammunition: Depleted Uranium

      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...

      Ukraine: Ammunition

      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...

      Ukraine: Ammunition

      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...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      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...

      Ukraine: White Phosphorus

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

      Ukraine: Cluster Munitions

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

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      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...

      Ukraine: Depleted Uranium

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

      Ukraine: Depleted Uranium

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

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Technology: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer given on 10 March 2023 to Question 158906, on Technology: Finance, on what evidential basis he...

    • BGI Group

      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...

      BGI Group

      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...

      Laboratories

      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.

      Horizon Europe

      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...

      Science: Regional Planning and Development

      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...

      Broadband: Leeds North West

      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.

  • Attorney General

    • Climate Change: Protest

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by some lawyers to not participate in the prosecution of climate activists on the functioning...

  • Treasury

    • Taxation: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on establishing an HMRC registration process for repayment agents.

    • Vat

      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.

      Audiobooks: VAT

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

      Car Allowances

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

      Charities: EU Countries

      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...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      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.

      Banks: Interest Rates

      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.

      Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts

      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...

      UK Trade with EU

      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.

      Individual Savings Accounts

      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.

      Small Businesses: Research

      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...

      Equipment: Capital Allowances

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

      Business: Taxation

      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.

  • Cabinet Office

    • National Science and Technology Council

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the National Science and Technology Council has met since 25 October 2022.

    • Peters and Peters

      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....

      Cybercrime

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

      Knives: Crime

      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.

      Dominic Raab

      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.

      Dominic Raab

      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.

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

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

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      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...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      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...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      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...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      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...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railway Stations: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Access for All programme; whether his Department has made an assessment of the...

    • Railways: Industrial Disputes

      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...

      Civil Aviation Authority: Powers

      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.

      Railways: Software

      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)...

      Department for Transport: Electronic Equipment

      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).

      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      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.

      Northern Transport Acceleration Council

      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...

      Euston Station: High Speed 2 Line

      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...

      Roads: Safety

      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)...

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      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.

      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      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...

      Taxis: CCTV

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

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Parliamentary Estate: Heating

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission is taking steps to help reduce the level of gas used for heating on the Parliamentary...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • BBC: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it remains her Department's policy to conduct a review on the future funding of the BBC.

    • Leisure: Facilities

      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.

      BBC: Music

      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.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that, under their new arrangements whereby prisoners will not be released on Fridays, prisoners’ sentences will be...

    • Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

      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...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animals: Antibiotics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of trends in the use of antibiotics across different food-producing animal species.

    • Meat: Labelling

      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.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sanctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide to British companies seeking to navigate international sanctions regimes and to find out, quickly and cost-effectively, which people and...

    • Iran: Poisoning

      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.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Public Health: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the reasons for the delay in the publication of the Public Health Grant Allocation for 2023/24; and what assessment they have made of the impact of this...

    • Mental Health Services: Equality

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

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      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...

      Pharmacy: Standards

      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...

      Pharmacy: Standards

      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...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Homosexuality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for HIV be part of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review; and if none, why.

    • Veterans: HIV Infection

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

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Investment: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that business shareholder and pension investments are made in ways that support the environment; and what plans they...

  • Cabinet Office

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 22 individuals granted resettlement through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 2 in 2022 are currently residing in the UK.

  • Department for Transport

  • Department for Education

    • Relationships and Sex Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to give parents and guardians the right to view all material used in teaching Relationship, Health and Sex Education...

    • Vocational Education: Qualifications

      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,...

      Assessments: Artificial Intelligence

      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...

      T-levels: Childcare and Pre-school Education

      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.

      Childcare: Finance

      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...

      T-levels

      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...

  • Women and Equalities

  • Treasury

    • UK Infrastructure Bank

      To ask His Majesty's Government what projects the UK Infrastructure Bank has considered in the last 13 months; what lending the Bank has provided to local government for large and complex...

    • Electronic Government: Complaints

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

      Local Housing Allowance

      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...

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