Written answers

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Mental Health Trusts (a) he and (b) other Ministers from his Department have met with since September 2022.

    • Mental Health Services

      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 an NHS Mental Health Trust since September 2022.

      Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

      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 the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust since...

      Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) other Ministers from her Department have met with the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust since...

      Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the consequences are of non-adherence to NHS England’s Service Specifications for different treatments and conditions.

      NHS: Sciensus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 26838 on NHS: Sciensus, when the Care Quality Commission required Sciensus to enter...

      Dialysis Machines: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the consequences are of non-adherence to NHS England’s Service Specification for Haemodialysis to treat established renal...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Recruitment and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake an audit of skills capacity within the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and what steps he is...

      Junior Doctors: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government intends to reallocate the wages of junior doctors who are striking to other projects.

      Breast Cancer: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken recent steps to ensure that clinical trial databases are kept up to date in order to allow patients with metastatic...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of staffing levels at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on...

      Palantir: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 175561 on Palantir: Databases, for what reason that Answer did not mention the common law...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of cancer treatment.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate focus on cancer in the Major Conditions Strategy.

      Catheters: Urinary Tract Infections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether data on the number of patients with a diagnosis for a Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection is collected nationally.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has with (a) NHS trusts, (b) integrated care boards and (c) other stakeholders on the services that will...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether support for patients with multimorbidity will be included as a focus in the Major Conditions Strategy.

      Epidermolysis Bullosa: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of repurposing already licenced drugs for the treatment of the skin...

      Neuromuscular Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the NHS workforce plan meets the needs of people with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) other long-term...

      Parkinson's Disease: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of avoidable A&E admissions of people with Parkinson's disease in (a) the area of the South...

      Radiotherapy: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to improve radiotherapy cancer treatment (a) capacity and (b) access.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Cancer Waiting Time statistics for February published on 13 April...

      Automated External Defibrillators Fund: Aldridge-Brownhills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Automated External Defibrillator Fund will be made available in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency and (b) the UK.

      Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure retention of care workers in the sector.

      Dermatology: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dermatology patients started treatment within 18 weeks of referral in in (a) North Middlesex University...

      Pigmeat: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the (a) source of sub-standard pork in the food chain; (b) type and (c) level of resulting...

      Dental Services: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the availability of dental appointments in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) adults and (b) children have seen a (i) a private dentist and (ii) an NHS dentist in each of the last 5 years.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £250 million initiative to speed up hospital discharges announced on 9 January 2023 has been spent.

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social care capacity is covered in his workforce plan.

      Hospitals: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding each local NHS Trust and Integrated care system promised a new hospital as part of the New Hospital programme has received.

      Care Homes: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help to ensure indoor air quality in care homes poses a low risk to health.

      Care Homes: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help to ensure temperatures in care home are (a) regularly recorded and (b) regulated.

      Home Care Services: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of paying home care workers by the minute on the quality of care provided by that workforce.

      Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department collects on the caseloads of social care workers in each local authority.

      Social Workers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of needs of social care workers in each local authority.

      Social Workers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department collects on the provision of social care workers compared to the population of local authorities.

      Social Workers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department routinely collects on shortages of social care workers in each local authority.

      Social Services: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to develop a career structure for social care staff.

      Home Care Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of paying home care workers by the minute on workforce retention and staff morale.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people waiting for community musculoskeletal services were provided with an appointment within (a) four...

      Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) prevent, (b) improve treatment for and (c) promote awareness of allergies.

      Social Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the social care sector to (a) support hospital discharges and (b)...

      Home Care Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 205 of the third report of the Health and Social Care Committee entitled Workforce: recruitment, training and...

      Multiple Sclerosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase public understanding of multiple sclerosis .

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of places in Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 3.

    • Refugees: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure family reunion applications made by people from Iran at risk of persecution are processed...

      Visas: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 130066 on Biometrics visa exemptions, what the procedure is for a person to be excused...

      Refugees: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that biometric tests are not mandatory for people seeking legal and safe entry to the UK.

      Refugees: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office response to report on re-inspection of family reunion applications, published on 21 February 2023, and the...

      Asylum: Questionnaires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claim questionnaires have been sent to claimants since 22 February 2023.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of housing aylum seekers on the local economies of towns which have received...

      Asylum: Questionnaires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) complete and (b) incomplete Asylum Claim Questionnaires have been received by her Department since 22 February 2023.

      Asylum: Questionnaires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deadlines for completing asylum claim questionnaires were extended up to and including 20 working days (a) in total, (b) by local...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the national statistics entitled Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2021, published by...

      Asylum: Uganda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safe and legal routes her Department has made available to the UK for asylum seekers from Uganda who identify as LGBT.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department decided not to award grants to Windrush community organisations as part of the community engagement fund in...

      Asylum: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants who illegally entered the UK were subsequently identified as having past terrorist links.

      Fire Prevention: Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of equipment available to fight wild fires.

      Police: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Government plans to take steps to increase police pay by (a) three, (b) four, (c) five, (d) six and (e) seven per cent.

      Fentanyl: Drug Seizures

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including separately identifiable seizures of (a) fentanyl and (b) fentanyl...

      Metals: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the economic cost of metal theft to the UK economy.

      Metals: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number of visits that were carried out by local...

      Asylum: Questionnaires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to guidelines on Streamlined asylum processing published on 23 February 2023, what steps her Department took to inform the...

      Refugees: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office response to report on re-inspection of family reunion applications, published on 21 February 2023, and the...

      Refugees: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office response to report on re-inspection of family reunion applications, published 21 February 2023, and the...

      Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of prosecutions of registered sex offenders who fail to inform the police of their name change in a...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Armed Forces personnel were categorised as NATO Category (a) 2 and (b) 3 on the basis they need dental care or treatment to achieve optimal...

    • Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when officials from his Department (a) attended and (b) carried out inspections relating to remediation works at Dalgety Bay in each of the last ten years.

      Radioactive Waste: Dalgety Bay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) received advice on the potential risks to health from radioactive particles found at Dalgety Bay.

      Veterans: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, In December past, what discussions he has had with veterans' charities on providing more support to those organisations for supporting veterans in the UK.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding (a) the UK and (b) Germany have provided to the Wide Wet Gap Crossing defence procurement project.

      Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of any changes agreed by the International Telecommunication Union at the World...

      Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of maintenance repairs at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison...

      Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks for...

      Ministry of Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of annual R&D spend by his Department in the financial year (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and |c) 2025-26.

      HMS Prince of Wales: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of HMS Prince of Wales’ repairs on HMS Queen Elizabeth’s (a)...

      HMS Prince of Wales: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had recent discussions with NATO officials on the (a) repairs to HMS Prince of Wales and (b) potential impact of those...

      Veterans: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals who left the armed services before 2018 and have not been issued a Veterans ID card are...

      Armed Forces: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish in full the 2023 reports by the (a) Armed Forces Pay Review Body and (b) Senior Salaries Review Body.

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving and former military personnel have successfully been awarded compensation for injuries related to (a) hearing loss and (b) other ear,...

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving and former military personnel claim compensation through his Department for injuries related to (a) hearing loss and (b) other ear,...

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the service complaints process on the mental health of forces personnel who...

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of forces personnel who were eligible to use the service complaints process but chose not to in...

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has he made of the level of trust amongst serving forces personnel in the service complaints process.

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what has been the average length of time to resolve special-to-type complaints in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints were made via the Service Complaints Process in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service complaints were resolved within 24 weeks in each year since 2016.

      Service Complaints Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the statutory powers are of the Service Complaints Ombudsman.

      Armed Forces: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) former military personnel his Department has confirmed as eligible for compensation from his Department for injuries...

      Veterans: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Government has made on the delivery of the veterans ID card scheme.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 177723 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, when staff in his Department's main building in Whitehall last...

      France: Minesweepers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 172977 on France: Minesweepers, what the (a) initial operating capability and (b) full operating...

      Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the average time taken to resolve a maintenance request at properties at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c)...

      Military Bases: Heating and Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many properties at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks have been left...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were living in grade four single living accommodation at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c)...

      Germany: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2023 to Question 156045 on Armed Forces: Germany, how many personnel from the (a) RAF, (b) Army and (c) Navy are...

      Russia: Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of whether British components have been used in Russian weaponry in Ukraine in 2023.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2023 to Question 175503 on Home Office: Departmental Responsibilities, when the Minister for Immigration assumed...

      USA: Cluster Munitions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether the US military holds cluster munitions at its bases in the UK.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules of engagement are for UK military personnel in Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2022 to Question 13255, why 97 military personnel were in Ukraine on that date.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel have deployed to Ukraine since Russia's invasion on 24 February 2022.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military personnel in Ukraine have given any advice or assistance to the Azov Battalion since 24 February 2022.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military personnel in Ukraine have advised on operations to retake the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what rank is the most senior UK military officer in Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military personnel in Ukraine are advising on combat operations.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether 50 elite UK military personnel were in Ukraine on 1 March 2023.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Question

      Whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the use of artificial intelligence systems does not increase the risk of discrimination against people with protected characteristics.

    • Question

      What recent assessment she has made of the impact of increases in the cost of living on disabled people.

      Budget March 2023: Equality

      What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the equality impact of the Spring Budget 2023.

      STEM Subjects: Employment

      What steps she is taking to help support women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics jobs.

      Advocacy: Women

      What recent steps the Government has taken to help support women's advocacy groups and charities in local communities.

      Women: Prisoners

      What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the protection of women's rights on the female prison estate.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Elections: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of IT used in elections.

    • Social Rented Housing: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of solicitors in the Liverpool City Region advising...

      Social Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to ensure accommodation owned by social housing landlords meet the Decent Homes Standard.

      Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to reintroduce the Private Parking Code of Practice.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to open applications for the Levelling Up Fund Round 3.

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people are located in temporary accommodation because they are unable to be offered a permanent property due to...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of council tax increases.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure local authorities are meeting the accommodation needs of the Gypsy,...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Supply: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the increases in the cost of living on the number of households in (a) Coventry...

    • Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the laboratories used to test Bathing Water quality hold UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation.

      Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many laboratories are contracted to undertake the testing of water quality for Bathing Water designated sites.

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of food price inflation on the demand for emergency parcels from food banks in...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Enfield North constituency are part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

      Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Enfield North constituency are part of Countryside Stewardship scheme.

      Pigs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the treatment of pigs on industrial farms; and whether she has...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food security.

      Coeliac Disease: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support people with coeliac disease, in the context of rises in food prices.

      Agriculture: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage young people to work in the agriculture industry.

      Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department takes in the formulation of food policy of (a) reducing the carbon footprint of food produced...

      Metals: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of Environment Agency’s time is dedicated to (a) tackling permitted scrap metal operators...

  • Department for Education

    • Music: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase the availability of music education for all students up to Year 11.

    • Department of Education: HM Inspectorate of Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times (a) she and (b) her predecessors met His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools since October 2022; and when she last met the Chief Inspector.

      Schools: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many defibrillators have been delivered to state funded schools in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Enfield in 2023.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to take into consideration the historic under-recruitment of subject-specialist teachers in the future allocation of...

      Mental Health: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the National Curriculum includes lessons on personal wellbeing and building resilience for addressing...

      Schools: Restraint Techniques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s commitment to make it a legal duty for incidents of use of reasonable force to be recorded and reported to...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) all apprenticeship courses started and (b) the amount apprenticeship levy spent were for (i) Level 6 and (ii) Level 7...

      Teachers: Lincoln

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in Lincoln constituency...

      School Leaving: Employment and Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing classes for school leavers to assist with life skills such as budgeting and...

      Free School Meals: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish guidance on the reasonable adjustments that schools should make where a disabled child who is eligible for free school meals is...

  • Cabinet Office

    • New Businesses

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) agriculture, (b) forestry and (c) fishing businesses were registered in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020.

    • Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who is the chair of the cross-departmental group overseeing the work informed by the Infected Blood Inquiry.

      Civil Service: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether persons with at least one British Nationals (Overseas) parent but who are not themselves British Nationals (Overseas) are eligible to be...

      Customs: Small Businesses

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to review the implementation of the Single Trade Window to ensure it meets the needs of small businesses;...

      Uyghurs: Forced Labour

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that goods produced by the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in China are not included in any Government...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nepal: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal in the next 12 months.

    • China: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the steps taken by the US Government to...

      India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of persecution of religious minorities in India.

      China: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the hearing of 14 December 2022 of US...

      Tibet: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of reports that children from Tibet are being forced into Chinese...

      Ecuador: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Ecuadoran counterpart on whether President Guillermo Lasso plans to dissolve...

      Sudan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support British citizens unable to leave Khartoum during the current period of unrest.

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Minister is responsible for arrangements for the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London in June 2023.

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on freedom of religion or belief violations in (a) Russia and...

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the aims and objectives are for the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023.

      Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which (a) heads of state and (b) other representatives of the Gulf states have indicated their attendance at the...

      West Bank: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank who hold British citizenship.

      Israel: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has discussed recent attacks against (a) Christian communities and (b) Christian holy sites in...

      Rwanda: Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations his Department made to the government of Rwanda about that country's activities in the...

      East Africa: Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide an additional £70 million for the treatment of wasting for acutely...

      Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Truro Review is implemented in full.

      Israel: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether Israel possesses nuclear weapons.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to support de-escalation of violence against Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April to Question 175506 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many of the 11,200 people who...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) principles and (b) dependents with confirmed eligibility for relocation to the UK from the (i) Afghan...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the destruction of an Ahmadi Mosque in Gujranwala...

      Development Aid: Basic Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in other high-income countries on investing a higher...

      Somaliland: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has raised violence in Las Anod and Somaliland with the UN for investigation.

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle (a) food shortages, (b) droughts and (c) crop disease in...

      UK Special Representative for Climate Change: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to appoint a Special Representative on Climate Change.

  • Attorney General

    • Sexual Offences: Greater London

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of support provided to Crown Prosecution Service lawyers prosecuting rape and serious sexual offences in London.

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Recruitment

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to increase its number of legal trainees.

      Government Departments: Staff

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 166164 on Government Departments: Staff, what the overall rating out of 100 recorded was in the most recent...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Boilers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whart assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional funding for boiler replacements for people who are...

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Ofgem's Code of Practice for domestic energy suppliers, published on 18 April 2023, what recent discussions his...

      District Heating: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 176758 on District Heating, if he will publish the source of the data used to...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether vouchers that are re-issued as lost or expired are counted separately within the tables provided for payments made under...

      Alternative Fuel Payments: Weaver Vale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people in Weaver Vale constituency have received the Alternative Fuels Energy Support Payment.

      Alternative Fuel Payments: Weaver Vale

      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 delays in providing the Alternative Fuels Payment to people...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households have received the Alternative Fuels Payment as of 18 April 2023.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 176722 on Members: Correspondence, when he plans to respond to the...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report Powering up Britain, published on the 30 March 2023, whether he plans to introduce a Net Zero mandate.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes are (a) eligible for ECO4 and (b) meet the minimum improvement requirements for ECO4.

      Renewable Energy: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to provide incentives for rural households dependent on oil to heat their homes to change to a...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his letter of 30 January 2023 to all Members of Parliament, what response he received to the request for the...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of families in fuel poverty.

      Heat Pumps: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support he plans to provide to rural households to help reduce the purchase and installation costs of heat pumps.

      Housing: Preston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in Preston.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who were not awarded the Personal Independence Payment following (a) the initial decision and (b)...

    • Special Educational Needs: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what SEND-specific training the Government plans to provide to (a) Job Centre Work Coaches and (b) Work and Health Programme staff as part of...

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who were not awarded the Personal Independence Payment following (a) the initial decision and (b)...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ten largest monthly deductions taken from Universal Credit payments were in the last 12 months for which data is available.

      Mining: Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the administration of the health assessments for Industrial Injuries Disablement benefits by...

      Employment: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the health adjustment passport on barriers to employment for jobseekers with special educational...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has a current target call wait time for individual members of the public contacting the Disability Service Centre...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how employers will be directed to the new online Support with Employee Health and Disability service.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to tackle benefit fraud.

      Social Security Benefits: 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, how many...

      Personal Independence Payment: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help people receive updated autism assessments for use in Personal Independence Payment...

      Unemployment: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of people currently classed as (a) economically inactive, (b) unemployed for...

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of...

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to provide additional resources to support the processing of any increase in Personal Independence Payment applications when...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment applicants were awaiting a (a) decision (b) mandatory reconsideration decision and (c) tribunal hearing...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Parcels: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of competition in the parcels market.

    • Minerals: Energy Supply and Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what UK minerals his Department accepts as critical to clean technology and energy security.

      Bridges and Hotels: St Kitts and Nevis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has provided support for (a) building a bridge between St Kitts and Nevis and (b) the Sea City development in St Kitts...

      Overseas Trade: St Kitts and Nevis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance her Department issues on access to UK markets for St Kitts and Nevis.

      Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will have discussions with (a) Uber and (b) other private hire operators on their practices for deactivating drivers’ accounts.

      Holiday Leave: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring employers to allow staff to take leave during school holidays.

      Royal Mail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has met with Daniel Kretinsky on the future of Royal Mail.

  • Treasury

    • Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 176568 on Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid, whether his Department has a planned timescale for the Office of...

    • Money

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to help digitally enfranchise the elder generation and vulnerable groups as cash use becomes less accepted in society.

      New Businesses: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the VAT threshold on small business growth.

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on sovereign debt restructuring processes for low and middle-income states at the Global Sovereign...

      Small Businesses: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide fiscal support for (a) takeaways and (b) other small and micro businesses.

      Financial Services: St Kitts and Nevis

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department provides to the financial regulatory authorities of St Kitts and Nevis.

      Childcare

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of good quality childcare on levels of economic productivity.

      Unpaid Taxes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 165453 on Taxation: Fines, how many penalties issued by HM Revenue and Customs which are recorded on...

      Economic Crime

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Economic crime plan 2023 to 2026, published on 30 March 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the £200 million funding for...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the level of VAT applying to public EV Charging from 20 per cent to 5 per cent.

      Childcare: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the upper limit of the tax-free childcare allowance in the context of rising nursery fees.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Digital Technology: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to publish the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Bill.

    • Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Integrated Review, published in March 2021, whether it remains the Government's policy to spend 2.4 per...

      Social Media: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with social media companies on tackling the dissemination of automated disinformation.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Judiciary: St Kitts and Nevis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what links his Department has with the judiciary of St Kitts and Nevis.

    • Central Criminal Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentencing hearings at the Old Bailey were rescheduled because a holding cell was not available in the year ending 31 March 2023; and whether...

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the potential merits of introducing a sliding scale for eligibility for legal aid.

      Senior Courts Costs Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting review at the Senior Courts Costs Office; and if he will make an assessment of the impact of the number of cases on the work...

      Metals: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many scrap metal operators were prosecuted for (a) not holding a licence and (b) paying cash for scrap metal in the last three years; and how many...

  • Department for Transport

    • Heathrow Airport: Tourists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Heathrow Airport's decision to not introduce a travel cap for travellers during Christmas...

    • Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting times are for a practical driving test appointment in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England.

      M25: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received any information on the cleanliness standard of the M25 embankments, carriageways, hard shoulders, slip roads around Junction 25.

      Roads: Weaver Vale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) roads are adequately maintained and (b) potholes are fixed promptly in Weaver Vale constituency.

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided (a) for the provision of £2 single fares and (b) in total for bus services in each (i) local...

      Road Traffic: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce traffic congestion (a) on rural roads and (b) in rural communities.

      Reading Green Park Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of constructing Reading Green Park station.

      Shipping: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of sites for the disposal of expired maritime flares in England.

      Motor Vehicles: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided for vehicle scrappage schemes in Clean Air Zones in each of the last five years; and if he will provide a...

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) delays to the timetable and (b) increased budget for HS2 on applications...

      Road Traffic Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's guidance is on the threshold for a road to be considered for traffic calming measures.

      Roads: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support to Birmingham City Council to increase road safety in Birmingham.

  • Wales Office

    • Brecon Beacons National Park

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has made representations to the Welsh Government on renaming the Brecon Beacons National Park.

    • Out of Area Treatment: Tywyn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will discuss with the Welsh Health Minister the provision of healthcare for English tourists in Tywyn in Gwynedd following the closure of the minor...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Accounting: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to investment in the UK stock market by pension funds, what assessment they have made of whether the use of Financial Reporting Standard 17 and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Equipment: Cotton

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any checks have been made by the Department of Health and Social Care regarding products it uses which contain cotton about where the cotton was grown.

  • Department for Transport

    • Public Transport: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to make public transport more accessible for disabled children who require it to attend school.

    • Dual Carriageways and Motorways: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) fatalities, and (2) casualties, occurred per 1,000 miles travelled on (a) smart motorways, (b) traditional motorways, and (c) dual carriageways, in...

      Shipping: Isles of Scilly

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Council of the Isles of Scilly published on 14 April 2023 that the Department for Transport will take the lead on the Isles of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Nutrition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all consumers have access to a balanced, healthy and affordable diet given the increases in the price of fruit and vegetables.

    • Food: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the rise in the price of basic foodstuffs reported in the Which? monthly food inflation tracker.

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