Monday, 17 April 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has put in place a cap on rental increases for social housing renters; and what assessment his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his Department's policy that possession of a musical instrument would be a ground for eviction as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential fire risk posed by spray foam insulation installed under Green...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much has been (a) allocated and (b) disbursed by the Building Safety Fund up to 28 March 2023, broken down by English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a list of the housebuilders and mixed-use developers that his Department asked to sign the developer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, under what processes a (a) town and (b) parish council may be abolished.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of updating the valuations upon which Council Tax...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to tackle potential barriers to planning permission for (a) offshore windfarms and (b) small...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support shared ownership homeowners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of revising the National Planning Policy Framework to permit the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the proportion of houses that have an EPC rating of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D and (e) E in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the maintenance of municipal cemeteries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the amount local councils have spent on translation services for asylum applicants in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people employed within her Department have recorded that they have a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to recruit additional teachers in Greater London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the National Union of Teachers on the notice provided of future levels of funding for physical activity in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help children with learning difficulties achieve higher GCSE and A-Level grades.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve reading standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will outline the planned timescales for building work on Russell Scott Primary School.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide relationship and sex education to school children that is (a) high quality and (b) LGBT-inclusive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to mark Gypsy, Roma, Traveller history month in June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to provide free school meals to children who are permanently excluded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of impact of performance-related pay for teachers on (a) performance and (b) educational outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a specialist school for music, film and digital design in the north of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve reading standards in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review: right support, right place, right time, published on 29 March 2022, what steps her Department is taking to make it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in early years education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact the new Level 3 Alternative Academic Qualifications have had on T-Level student...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason there was a £0.4 billion decrease in Education Capital DEL spending plans for financial year 2022-23 in the Spring Budget 2023...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) occasions that schools in Birmingham, Erdington constituency have screened pupils using metal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to expand Free School Meals to all children with families in receipt of Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to update the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy to help tackle STEM teacher shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter from the Sefton Association of Primary Headteachers, dated 26 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of international student visa...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average cost to the public purse was of answering Written Parliamentary Questions as of March 2023.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) contracts and (b) sub-contracts (i) Government Departments, (ii) executive agencies and (iii) non-departmental public bodies hold with Infosys.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long the major projects leadership academy for senior responsible owners is.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Integrated Security Fund will prioritise the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to monitor departments' performance against the Cabinet Office consultation principles, updated in March 2018.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK Integrated Security Fund will have the same objectives for tackling (a) conflict and (b) gender equality as there were through the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many instances of knife crime have been recorded in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Birmingham and (c) the Birmingham, Erdington constituency, in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether international students with Tier 4 visas who wish to switch to a dependant's visa based on their spouse's Tier 2 skilled worker visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many questionnaires have been (a) sent by and (b) returned to her Department in relation to asylum claims within the scope of the new...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on the appointment of an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for her Department to make a decision on a refugee family reunion application in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the detention gatekeeper will have in decisions to detain people under clause 12 of the Illegal Migration Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent asylum casework staff there were in her Department as of 1 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Biometric Residence Permits issued in each month since 1 January 2022 have been subsequently reissued to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2023 to Question 170759, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many strip-searches were carried out on children by Greater Manchester Police in each of the last five years; and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral contribution of 27 March 2023, Official Report, column 674, on Antisocial Behaviour Action Plan, what emerging evidence...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to make identity theft a recordable crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many general aviation reports were submitted in each region in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the criteria under which general aviation reports are required.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were awaiting processing in (a) June 2010 and (b) December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidelines and (b) service level targets her Department has issued to Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages on issuing a (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the asylum claims identified for consideration on inadmissibility grounds since January 2021 and subsequently admitted into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 165227 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, whether the guarantee of a minimum of 32 hours...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the Government spends per day on accommodation for Afghans in the (a) Margalla Hotel, (b) Islamabad...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the table published by his Department entitled Data underlying SID 2021, published on 23...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2023 to Question 171377 on Global Disinformation Index, whether he has made an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to call for the release of Matiullah Wesa, head of Afghan education...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken recent steps with his international counterpart to agree multi-year funding settlements for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment on the effectiveness of the work of the WHO mRNA Vaccine Technology...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle the hunger crisis in East Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support Türkiye following the earthquakes; how much financial aid he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterparts in Nigeria on recent elections and potential steps to avoid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the increase in bacterial vaccine manufacturing capacity in Low to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to fund and promote UK (a) science and innovation and (b) universities through...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of international mediation by (a) the African Union or (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) risks and (b) impacts of increasing political violence in Kenya; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to expel the defence attaché of the Myanmar Embassy in the UK in the context of reports of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 172466 on Mandarin Language, how many places he expects to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 172466 on Mandarin Language, how many of his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Ugandan Government on the anti-homosexuality bill passed by the Parliament...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance was spent on British International Investment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 172466 on Mandarin Language, how many of her Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Seventh Report of the International Development Committee entitled Debt relief in low-income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 172466 on Mandarin Language, what funding her Department have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of his planned meeting with the Finance Minister of Hong...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Myanmar’s transition to democracy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency on the use of the official...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations has he made to his counterpart in Pakistan over reports of the destruction of the minarets of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the re-imprisonment of Fariba Kamalbadi and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department intends to publish country funding allocations for financial years 2022-23 for (a) Kenya, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of reductions in funding to Save the Children on their work in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Israel following reports of attacks on health workers in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Cyprus on the National Security Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the National Security Bill on diplomatic relations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on recent reports of (a) attacks on Palestinian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people (a) expressed interest in Pathway 3 and (b) were approved for relocation to the UK via that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support manufacturing initiatives for health products in (a) Africa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what processes his Department has in place to help ensure that country allocations for financial year 2022-23...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the closure of churches in Algeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action’s in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support Syria following the earthquakes; how much financial aid he has (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to (a) implement policies and (b) provide funding to help support (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March to Question 163724 on Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid, whether funds held by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he held discussions with Vahid Beheshti during his recent hunger strike outside his Department; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what community diagnostic centre locations have opened since October 2021; what was the (a) date on which each community diagnostic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 161414 on General Practitioners: East of England, what data his Department holds on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays in fitting braces for children on the dental health of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 166290 on Doctors: Workplace Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the security of NHS data held by Palantir Technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) serious incident and (b) coroner reports relating to mortality due to ambulance delays there were in each Ambulance Trust in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Fit for the Future GP Pressures 2023 published in March...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in England use automated (a) appointment reminder messages, (b) consultation booking and, c) triage responses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Fit for the Future GP Pressures 2023 published in March...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients with urgent needs who could not be offered an appointment with their GP on the day...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners report entitled Fit for the Future GP Pressures 2023, published in March...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Our plan for patients, published on 22 September 2022, what data his Department holds on the number of GP practices...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with urgent needs were unable to see their GP on the day they tried to book an appointment in each of the last twelve...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the triage of patients by the ambulance service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average distance travelled by patients for operations for elective (a) trauma and (b) orthopaedic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to conclude the review into patient safety in mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reduce the retirement age for paramedics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national eye health strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide a funded plan to increase the ability of GP practices to respond to any surges in patient demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to review (a) the trends in the level of and (b) reasons for coroner requests for information to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take additional steps to reduce (a) workloads and (b) bureaucracy experienced by GPs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a new education campaign on advising patients on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 171374 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, whether she has had any discussions with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Governance and assurance review of the Mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his department has made an assessment of the economic impact of late-stage heart failure; and what steps his Department is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason spring booster vaccinations will not be offered to close family members of those acutely vulnerable to covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timetable for the introduction of Liberty Protection Safeguards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to disband the antivirals taskforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve patient safety within mental health hospitals following the events at Edenfield Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of safety within mental health hospitals following reports from Kent and Medway NHS and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of suitability of the use of mental health hospitals for individuals with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help improve genomic testing and care in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings on concerns of general practice staff on delivering adequate level of care in winter 2023 in the Royal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce cannabis treatment on the NHS for people with Dravet Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of (a) coroner and (b) serious incidence reports that have cited (i) ambulance delays to see a patient and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Written Ministerial Statement UIN HCWS512 on 23 January 2023 of a rapid review into patient safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement in Written Ministerial Statement UIN HCWS512 on 23 January 2023 of a rapid review into patient safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who give birth to a child with Down's syndrome are provided with adequate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, what the overall rating out of 100 recorded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 97701 on Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Children, what recent discussions his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the data that is collected on NHS funded mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 128616 on Members: Correspondence, if his Department will resend the response of 25...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential health risks of e-cigarettes for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to people who (a) fall ill and (b) have an accident and are a primary carer for a vulnerable child.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to maintain the prescription waiver for anti-virals for people who are clinically vulnerable and extremely...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to disband the Covid-19 Enhanced Protection Panel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training provided to NHS staff on dignity at work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to increase (a) early diagnosis and (b) effective treatment of (i) Paediatric Acute-onset...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the locations of (a) active and (b) planned surgical hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the retention of staff in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient safety incident reports, reported on by Yorkshire Ambulance Service, were made by (a) GPs and (b) other non-Yorkshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) other Ministers from his Department have met with the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department collects data on the mental health of NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on inpatient services commissioned from providers with (a) requires improvement and (b) inadequate Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the April 2023 increases in NHS dental charges on (a) patients and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the average wait time for a 111 call in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the existing data sets that will be considered within the rapid review of patient safety in mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the average time taken by the General Dental Council to process a new application for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the opening of specialised NHS medical centres for women during pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the serious incidences reported by Yorkshire Ambulance Service in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for new IT systems and technology for GP practices to improve (a) booking systems and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) increase the range and (b) improve the standard of services available at Alfred Bean Hospital in Driffield; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide additional and funded NHS staff retention schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists were registered in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will carry out a review of the necessary and desirable qualifications for the role of Chair of NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to conducting the rapid review into mental health services inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the Chair of NHS England has played in risk assessment for the NHS since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the takeover of Credit Suisse in the context of the role of Richard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide support to GPs to improve the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 166116 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, what the accountability relationship is between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 166115 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, what steps his Department has taken in response...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appointments for dental extractions by sedation were available in Cheshire and Wirral in the latest period for which data is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to ensure the provision of wellbeing services to support the (a) physical and (b) mental health of (i) NHS staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the closure of the 85 BUPA dental practices on the provision of dentistry in (a) York and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on reaching a pay agreement for NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists there were in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in the last (i) three, (ii) six,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on Isotretinoin: an expert review of suspected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of directly employing all dental support staff working in dental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on the Made with Care recruitment campaign; and how many care workers were recruited through that campaign as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to improve access to eye care services in (a) North Durham (b) all Integrated Health Board areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that learning from (a) the Mpox and (b) other outbreaks is used to inform long-term healthcare (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking ensure the early diagnosis of people with arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of families expected to be on the Healthy Start Scheme in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of NHS staff reporting (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help increase the use of community pharmacies for (a) detection, (b) prevention and (c) other services;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the cost to NHS Property Services of Bootham Park Hospital since that hospital closed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the email of 31 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Rochdale relating to accident and emergency departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2023 to Question 120948 on Unispace Global: Contracts, whether his Department sought legal advice on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the viability of businesses in the hospitality sector, in the context of (a) the rates of VAT...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure Export Support Service is adequately resourced to support small businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to increase the proportion of exports from small and medium-sized business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the (a) funding arrangements, (b) governance structures and (c) management structures are for the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report of the Federation of Small Businesses' entitled Customs Clearance, published 28 March 2023, what assessment she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress she has made on negotiation of a free trade agreement with Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on revising the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps with her Mexican counterpart to include measures on the mutual recognition of higher education qualifications in a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with her Mexican counterpart on taking steps to facilitate student exchanges between UK and Mexican...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what non-educational funding is available to support small businesses that wish to (a) exhibit and (b) export trade overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, how many and what proportion of respondents to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade opportunities for the life sciences sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Royal Mail's announcement on the rise of the cost of first class stamps, what steps her Department is taking to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Seventh Report of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee of Session 2022–23, HC 1045, whether her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to support maritime companies on attracting investment which helps transform UK ports into centres for manufacturing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she will take to support (a) investment in and (b) exports growth from the maritime sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Minister in her Department has responsibility for the (a) events and (b) business meeting sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to educate (a) workers and (b) businesses on ways to reduce negative health impacts of night-time work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, 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 Business and Trade, 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 Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, when and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the de minimis customs threshold to £1000; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce the level of VAT applying to the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 94724 on tobacco smuggling, when he expects secondary legislation to be introduced to extend the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the his Department's policy paper entitled Net Zero Review Final Report, published on 19 October 2021, what recent progress his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the establishment of the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority in Australia...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis the Government has decided whether or not the obligations placed on the Financial Conduct Authority under Section 29 of the Financial...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that bank savings accounts offer interest rates of at least the same level of the Bank of England base rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on regulation of the funeral plans sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people on standard variable rate mortgages in (a) Weaver Vale constituency and (b) the North West.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the grant of special licenses by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation is subject to (a)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant for energy-saving...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring financial institutions to introduce a delay to processing payments linked to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the effective delivery of the Single Trade Window; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual amount of corporation tax relief that shipping groups qualifying for the Tonnage Tax will receive in each financial...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a strategy on debt relief in low-income countries.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Spring Budget 2023 on (a) the UK economy and (b) international shipowners.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the number of people who have successfully sued the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) using the bad faith or human rights...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101719 on Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency, whether the Government plans to provide financial support to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of increasing Child Benefit by £20 per week.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme to fuel retailers in Ynys Môn constituency in the context of its rural location.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans future Budget statements to be in the Spring or the Autumn.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the Money and Pensions Advice Service for debt advice services in the (a) 2022-23 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria the Money and Pensions Service plans to apply to new contracts on debt advice to assess the outcomes of individual advice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people completed the Restart scheme since its establishment; and how many of those people were sanctioned while on the Restart scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2022 to Question 104134 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 171411 on Universal Credit, whether he plans to publish that equalities assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 76 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether his Department has conducted an equalities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants that will be moved into the Intensive Work Search regime as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 171412 on Universal Credit: Carers, whether he plans to publish the Equalities Impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants who will be moved into the Intensive Work Search regime as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of running the series of regular disability surveys as set out in National Disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on publishing a cross-government harmonised disability data as set out in the National Disability...
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, which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of preferential capital allowances for wheelchair accessible caravans on the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Departments will commence the series of regular disability surveys as set out in the National Disability Strategy published in July 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) employment rate (b) unemployment rate and (c) rate of economic inactivity among people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants who receive the highest rate of support are subject to the arrangement whereby they receive an ongoing award of PIP...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to (a) support parents of disabled children and (b) help those parents return to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 76 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, for what reason the costs of the Occupational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish further details on the WorkWell Partnerships Programme pilot announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 76 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, for what reason the cost of increasing employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Access to Work assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to maintain the protection provided by (i) the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential adequacy of current health and safety regulations for (a) practice and (b) training in the beauty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when support for mortgage interest will be implemented; and what that figure will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the level of food poverty among (a) local authorities and (b) communities accommodating asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of freezing the rates of Local Housing Allowance on the number of people who will be...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many temporary or agency workers were working for the House of Commons on 20 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total number of senior responsible owners (SROs) is in his Department; and how many of those SROs are responsible for a project not in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to section 5.2 of guidance produced by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority entitled The role of the senior responsible owner,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 171543 on Armed Forces: Scotland, how many and what proportion of the 15,480 military personnel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146842 on Ukraine: Defence Equipment, what the total overall cost is of military equipment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) contracts and (b) sub-contracts his Department holds with Infosys; and what the value is of each.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what NATO's policy is on the first use of nuclear weapons by that organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a comparative assessment of the percentage increases in the (a) pay for MoD staff and (b) national living wage since 2016; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) size in hectares and (b) Housing Unit Potential is of RAF Molesworth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the size in hectares of Salisbury Plain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what non-military activities Salisbury Plain is used for by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Statement on 29 March 2023 by the Minister for Immigration, whether his Department is covering the cost of the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service people are housed in military housing in Bolton South East constituency as of 30 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Statement to the House on 29 March 2023 by the Minister for Immigration, whether any serving military personnel or their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to help improve access to (a) the night tube in London and (b) overnight train services across the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 168095 on Transport: Innovation, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of any delay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent and (b) sanction car manufacturers who use defeat devices to provide misleading emissions data in diesel cars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the proposals on public transport within the report entitled Mission Zero:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the EU policy on banning internal combustion engines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits of the Northern Powerhouse Rail for Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will work with the Welsh Government on a multimodal review of the North Wales transport corridor to develop improvements of (a) the North Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of enforcement by the Traffic Commissioners of compliance with relevant requirements by holders of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of traffic accidents in rural areas involving heavy goods vehicles; and whether he is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to provide local councils with additional powers to prevent pavement parking; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on tackling the cloning of vehicle number plates for use in criminal activity; and if he will take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to strengthen the link with ratings training in the Tonnage Tax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ratings were trained on Tonnage Tax qualifying vessels in each year from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of vessels by flag register that qualify for the Tonnage Tax scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve the safety of (a) Gallows Corner in Romford and (b) other major road junctions in the London Borough of Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of carrying out a consultation on creating an offence of failure to stop in a road traffic collision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of answer of 13 October 2022 to Oral question 901608, Official Report column 235, and to his Written Statement of 9 March...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what process his Department selected the areas to be used for the new noise camera trials announced on 30 April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the request for a meeting on safety concerns on the A550 requested by the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston on 14...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has made of the adequacy of the consumer protection powers available to aviation regulatory bodies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage (iii) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the retained EU law bill, whether he plans to (a) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace The Motor Vehicle Tyres (Labelling)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of people will no longer receive the Warm Homes Discount as a result of changes in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to facilitate grid connections to allow the deployment of (a) renewables and (b) battery storage projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) recent discussions he has had with and (b) steps he is taking with the Welsh Government on upgrading the national grid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the (a) average annual cost between 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2023 and (b) projected annual cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that energy suppliers for communal and district heat networks pass on the full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to change the minimum improvement requirements necessary for homes to qualify for ECO4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the minimum improvement requirements are for homes to be eligible for (a) ECO3 and (b) ECO4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what grants his Department provides to (a) individuals and (b) businesses to promote energy efficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to phase out use of biomass.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his priorities are for tackling climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise new wave and tidal energy projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the wholesale energy market to replace the merit order with an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department provides to people who are unable to apply for Alternative Fuels Payment because they do not spend the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is implementing a mechanism to help ensure that households are not rejected from the Energy Bills Support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to publish the data it holds on Alternative Fuel Payments being claimed by owners of (a) second...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether unredeemed vouchers under the Energy Bills Support Scheme will be redeemable by those people entitled to them after June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the free allocation of UK Emissions Trading Scheme permits for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much total funding the Government has allocated to (a) ECO3 and (b) ECO4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of homes have been retrofitted under ECO4; and how many homes the Government aimed to retrofit by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes have been insulated through the ECO4 programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to make it his policy to deliver 8GW hydrogen capable power stations by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with Ofgem on the potential merits of allowing businesses to renegotiate their energy contracts with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Designing a framework for transparency of carbon content in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) zoos and (b) aquariums will be eligible for higher-tier support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to work collaboratively with the Department for Education to help ensure sustained growth in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Science and Technology Framework to include policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will respond to the open letter entitled Pause giant AI experiments: an open letter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the level of investment by IX Wireless in the local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an estimate of the percentage of properties in Westmorland and Lonsdale which will have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many properties in Cumbria County Council are within the scope of Project Gigabit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the funding released for Project Gigabit has been spent on projects in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland's road haulage industry on the Windsor Framework since 27 February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to clarify the funding that will be allocated through NIO direction to Northern Irish Departments for (a) NHS waiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many lasting powers of attorney applications to the Office of the Public Guardian are awaiting processing as of 29 March 2023; and what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that crematoriums charge the same amount to all customers within a ten mile radius.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department’s policy is on terramation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle illegal drug use within the prison system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the effectiveness of provisions available to the police in respect of dealing with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on establishing a pilot programme to understand where there are gaps in provision of restorative justice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Victims Bill will include provisions on (a) mental and emotional wellbeing and (b) other support for children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to enable child victims of sexual violence to (a) provide video evidence ahead of a trial and (b) receive counselling immediately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government Response to the Twenty-first Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2017-19, Proposal for a draft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to Questions (a) 171419, (b) 171420, (c) 171421 and (d) 171422 tabled by the hon. Member for Croydon North.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking through the criminal justice system to help young people avoid crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prisoners develop new skills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of new prison scanners in preventing contraband from entering those sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to address the findings of the report by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons entitled The Experiences of Black Male Prisoners...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies have been born on the prison estate in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of people employed within her Department have recorded that they have a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the business test under the Animal Welfare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department provides to farmers in Bolton South East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps with relevant authorities in Northern Ireland to help enable the establishment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of trends in the level of adulterated honey imported into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the implications for its policies of reports of potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 19 October 2022 to Question 59009 on Rights of Way and of 9 March to Question 150378 Rights of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on raw sewage discharges on the Kent coast.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure producers of electronic equipment fulfil the obligations of section 74(2b) of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the Scottish Government's planned consultation on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with producers of electrical equipment on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of travel guidance on taking a pet abroad; and if she will update that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with businesses on offering surplus food stocks to food banks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled New offence to tackle dog theft moves step closer, published 18 November 2021,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Report Stage and Third Reading of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) e-cigarette manufacturers and (b) local authorities on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for his policies of the Climate Change Committee report entitled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) quality and (b) safety of water in Stockport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on external recruitment consultants (a) between 31 March 2021 and 30 March 2022 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 15 December 2022 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been recruited to work at the Environment Agency since 31 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Hunting Act 2004 to strengthen measures against fox...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of people recruited to work at the Environment Agency since 31 March 2022 have required the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number of staff was employed by the Environment Agency as of 1 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of commercial Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna quota the Government plans to acquire; and how much and what proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to meet Target 7 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on working towards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of food labelling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of glyphosate on biodiversity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Government has delayed the publication of the Gambling White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the £100 million support for charities and community organisations announced in the Spring Budget 2023, when she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of people employed within her Department have recorded that they have a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 155151 on the Minimum Wage, if he will publish the name of the company which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on (a) the number and proportion of caravan parks that provide wheelchair accessible static caravans for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to reach a decision on local television licensing renewal on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Minister in her Department has responsibility for the events sector.
To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent discussions the Committee has had with the Electoral Commission...
To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that her Office’s Guidelines on Disclosure enable the effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of US government support for the establishment of a hybrid special tribunal to investigate...
To ask the Leader of the House, what the Government's policy is on replies to hon. Members' correspondence being made in the name of civil servants rather than be signed by a Minister.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local councils regarding their plans to house refugees and asylum seekers at former military bases announced on 29 March
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting period for an individual entering the National Referral Mechanism awaiting a reasonable grounds decision (1) before, and (2) after,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of installing tracking devices on farm machinery to reduce rural crime.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the attrition rate for caseworkers at the Passport Office in 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Windsor Framework will allow the establishment of freeports in Northern Ireland.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter published by the Future of Life Institute Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter, published on 29 March, what plans they have to...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reported violations of human rights in Azerbaijan recorded by Amnesty International and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to work with international partners to arrange the deployment of UN Peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh.
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make, if any, to the government of Azerbaijan for the immediate release of all Armenian Prisoners of War.
To ask His Majesty's Government where the nuclear reactors for the SSN–AUKUS submarines will be built.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any UK academic institutions have been notified that they will lose access to research databases provided by the China National Knowledge Infrastructure...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they expect the Coronation Oath to be sworn by His Majesty King Charles III to differ from that sworn by Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; if so, (1) in...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many suppliers to government departments have been excluded from subsequent procurement processes on the grounds of either fraud or corruption.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 29 March (HL6769), how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed on public roads or...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help people with oil-based heating systems, who primarily live in rural areas without main gas supplies, with the cost of energy.
To ask His Majesty's Government why they paid Chinese state-owned power group CGN over £100mn to withdraw from its proposed 20 per cent share of the Sizewell C nuclear power station project.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Net zero policy tracker: March 2023 update by Green Alliance, published on 17 March; and in particular, what assessment...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of disabled people affected by changes to the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount Scheme between 2022—23.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to promote debt (1) advice, and (2) management, services across public services.
To ask His Majesty's Government which Integrated Care Systems are forecast to be in debt at the end of the 2022–23 financial year.
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