Thursday, 27 April 2023
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his Department's guidance on the vetting of the social media histories of people invited to speak at Government events.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which companies have contracts with his Department for delivering the emergency alerts system; and what the value of each of those contracts is.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died from alcoholism in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in each year since 2015.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 169228, on how many occasions the (a) Minister and (b) his predecessors have travelled overseas on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 169228 on Cabinet Office: Aviation, on how many occasions (a) the Prime Minister and (b) his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service will facilitate the digital technology global talent category of the Global Talent visa after 31 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how regularly her Department plans to update the Shortage Occupation List.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for indefinite leave to remain after completing the 10-year route to settlement based on their family or private...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for indefinite leave to remain after completing the 10-year route to settlement based on their family or private...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum caseworkers were employed by her Department in March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme from applicants with credible...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on processing applications to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason funding for the Windrush community engagement fund was withdrawn.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to increase processing times for applications to extend limited leave to remain; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made recent health and safety assessments at the (a) Wethersfield (b) Scampton and (c) Bexhill asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to increase processing times for applications to extend limited leave to remain; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing times for limited leave to remain extension applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme to (a) further European countries...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to decrease processing times for limited leave to remain applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who submitted an asylum claim questionnaire were invited to an interview in the latest period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the 20-working day deadline for asylum seekers to complete the streamlined asylum processing; and what criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister on Illegal Migration of 13 December 2022, Official Report, column 887, when her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were invited to an interview following the receipt of an asylum claim questionnaire in each (a) local authority and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were invited to a further interview following the receipt of an asylum claim questionnaire since 22 February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reminder notifications her Department has sent in circumstances where an asylum claim questionnaire is not returned by the deadline...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide more detailed guidance on when individuals can expect a decision on (a) immigration or (b) asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a grant from the 2022-23 Windrush community engagement fund were approved before the scheme was withdrawn.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of (as) refugees and (b) asylum seekers in Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of asylum caseworkers in her Department have been in post for less than (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) a year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement by the Prime Minister on Illegal Migration of 13 December 2022, Official Report, column 887, how many Border...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ability of asylum seekers housed on (a) military bases, (b) accommodation barges, (c)...
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 recorded on the National...
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 recorded on the National...
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 recorded on the National...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April to Question 177724 on Treasury: Staff, when staff in his Department's 1 Horseguards Road building last completed a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve the call answer rates for HMRC helplines.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been refunded by HMRC due to changes made by the Morse Review; and what the total amount of money refunded is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her correspondence with teachers of 29 March 2023, if she will make an assessment of the affordability of the proposed pay award for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180273 on Students: Cost of Living, if she will take steps to implement the recommendations within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the period of time within which employers can use their apprenticeship levy funds from 24 to 36 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to address (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers with expertise in Physical Education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Confucius Institutes in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to remove the double levy charge on modular manufacturers by exempting them from the scope of the Construction Industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require all state and independent schools to develop a school travel plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for which the number of full-time equivalent children and family social workers leaving between October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on establishing an Early Career Framework for social workers as recommended by the Independent Review of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to ensure the equal availability and delivery of support for disabled children in all post codes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to ensure that changes to the SEND system do not make it more challenging for parents to receive support for their children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of STEM teachers; and whether she has made an assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a set a target on increasing the range of employers and industries offering Degree Apprenticeships in the (a) UK and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Degree Apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Degree Apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in the North East in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government's commitment to ensure the ITT Core Content and Early Career Frameworks are up to date and fit for purpose includes an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have a (i) school nurse, (ii) healthy lifestyles coach and (iii) equivalent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many A400M aircraft are (a) held within the Forward Available Fleet and (b) what is the Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removals as of 24 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans for the New Medium Helicopter programme to reach Initial Operating Capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on delivering the objectives of Project Morpheus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 172978 on Artillery: Contracts, what the total value is of each of those contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Navy is taking to work with Joint Expeditionary Force partners and NATO to protect critical underwater cables and pipelines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last conducted a health and safety risk assessment of the Army’s armoured vehicle fleet for issues related to noise and vibration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165250 on Ministry of Defence: Housing, how many boilers in service family accommodation (a) over 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much from the public purse his Department spent on repair work in service family accommodation in each year since 2015; and if he will provide a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 180811 on Falkland Islands: Armed Conflict, whether sections of the records held on RFA Sir Galahad...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on the NATO Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects to allocate additional funding to Babcock for the construction of the Type 32 frigates beyond that which was previously agreed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the performance of Palantir in fulfilling its contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials have responsibility for monitoring the value for money of his Department's contract with Palantir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) extend and (b) undertake a consultation on the potential extension of its contract with Palantir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has discussions with relevant stakeholders on the extension of the NHS contract with Palantir in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of methylphenidate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of zopiclone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of chlordiazepoxide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to launch a publicity campaign to educate people on self-managing illnesses and on when to access...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delays to the (a) dispensing and (b) delivery of prescriptions to care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) fund and (b) develop IT systems to help GP practices implement telemedicine and online...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing alcohol labelling for menus in restaurants and cafes in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to increase (a) funding and (b) support for general practice to respond to increases in demand for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of pharmacy practices on health inequalities in (a) Enfield...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 179995, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the waiting time for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) reduce the waiting times for Parkinson’s diagnosis and (b) increase the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve knowledge in (a) patients and (b) providers of the increased risk of (i) cancer going...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for the Government’s response to the Hewitt Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions Strategy will include steps to help tackle chronic kidney disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in the level of pay for nurses employed by the NHS on the use of nursing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce kidney disease-related health disparities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of NHS England’s adherence to Service Specification for Haemodialysis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people on home dialysis not receiving reimbursement for energy costs of dialysis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how funds allocated to the reimbursement of utility bills or home dialysis that are not spent by Trusts...
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 Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contracts and for what services his Department has with Palantir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) staffing and (b) funding for the Medicines and Healthcare products...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 176748 on General Practitioners: Closures, if he will publish a list of the 158 practices...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices use cloud-based telephone solutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of GP practices with cloud-based telephone solutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to allow patients to recover the cost of privately funded treatment from the NHS where they were not offered the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the annual cost to the NHS of (a) drug-resistant infections generally and (b) imported...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to appoint a commissioner for older people and ageing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a commissioner for older people and ageing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting time for access to community child health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of people who died from smoking in (a) Enfield and (b) London in each year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists are still practising in the UK five years after qualifying through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that newly qualified dentists working only in private practice (a) receive training and( b) are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) dental surgeons and (b) other dentistry professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with DentAid on providing support to community dental services for vulnerable people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of addressing shortages of dentists by paying them a salary for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessments of the potential merits of making dentists salaried through allowing integrated care boards to buy practices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of BUPA dental practices on NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all funding for dentistry transferred from NHS England to the Integrated Care Boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support Integrated Care Boards to develop and offer a school-based service of dental inspection and treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the level of training provided to dentists in (a) primary and (b) secondary care; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rising cost of medicines on community pharmacy contractors’ ability to deliver...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the impact of the NHS Pay Settlement is on the Public Health Grant for 2023-24; and whether that Grant is a real-terms increase from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) inspection processes at (a) the BPAS Bournemouth clinic following its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from referral to second appointment was for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services service users for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve NHS services for Menopause.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on NHS treatments available for menopause.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS services relating to the menopause in (a) the London Borough of Hounslow, (b) London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of pethidine supplies in April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the end-of-life modifier in technology appraisals by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of sexual health clinics closed in England in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people living with Huntington’s disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether there was a cost to the public purse relating to the FCDO cartoons published on his official Twitter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the detention of Saudi human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the treatment of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent earthquakes in Turkey on the upcoming parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in Tunisia on the arrest and detention of representatives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of the organisations his Department has given funds to in Turkey since the earthquake on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the minutes of any meetings held with his Turkish counterparts since the earthquake on 9...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the funding required for (a) reconstruction and (b) livelihood restoration over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN Special Representative Volker Perthe to take steps to help negotiate a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the deployment of British funded aid in Turkey to marginalised...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has pledged for (a) humanitarian, (b) engineering personnel and (c) other support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has for long term support to the recovery effort in Turkey following the recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Enfield North to discuss the response to the recent earthquakes in Turkey...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available for Kurdish people following the recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he with hold discussions with his counterparts in Egypt on releasing Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Baker and Neama...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Moroccan counterpart on the Paradise golf and beach resort.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Somalia on reports of the use of the death penalty,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of imposing additional sanctions on (a) persons and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on (a) the status of Taiwan as a state and (b) peace in Taiwan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has provided engineering personnel to Turkey since the earthquakes in February 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has raised the distribution of aid in Turkey since the recent earthquakes in that country with his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to discuss the use of Tibetan language in schools within that country with his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability for aid to pass freely (a) into and (b) around Turkey following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of reported Chinese militarisation of islands in the Bay of Bengal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to support the de-escalation of violence between military groups in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people can access humanitarian aid in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support British citizens in Sudan following violence and damage to airport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the leaders of both communities in Cyprus on establishing a sustainable,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has held discussions with Pakistani authorities on potential incidences of violence against...
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 (a) the removal of the former Prime Minister...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2023 to Question 177707 on Pedestrian Areas: Parking, what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2023 to Question 177707 on Pedestrian Areas: Parking, when he expects a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 180766 on Development Aid: Climate Change, how much and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 181313, on Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to take steps increase the UK’s fill and finish manufacturing capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that cities and towns which do not have a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department holds data on the (a) percentage and (b) total number of staff in the Department who have (i) a STEM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether money from the public purse spent on the proposed Pioneer prospectus would count towards the Government’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the average waiting time was for the installation of fibre-optic broadband for businesses in (a) Enfield North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of businesses and (b) the number of businesses without fibre-optic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that full fibre broadband is available to all properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support people who are unable to access the Warm Home Discount as they do not have an electricity bill...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs on (a) the potential impact of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase investment in renewable energy sources to the same level as in the oil and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an estimate of the cost of tackling environmental issues arising from (a) the East Anglia Green Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of when the review announced by the electricity system operator of the offshore alternative to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with ESO-National Grid on the timing of the next consultation on the East Anglia Green Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of electricity generating capacity that will be required in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many applications for an Alternative Fuel Payment have been rejected because they are for second or holiday homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a voluntary contract for difference scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with energy providers on treating elderly and vulnerable customers with care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a response to Early Day Motion 470, Proposed Energy Equity Commission Bill, tabled on 17 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the timing of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to Answer of 24 April to Question 181618 on Alternative Fuel Payments: Second Homes. what information his Department holds...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with (a) energy suppliers and (b) Ofgem on ending the premiums for prepayment meter energy customers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a permanent ban of (a) forced prepayment meter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to end the use of premiums for prepayment meter energy customers after the conclusion of the Energy Price...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the end of premiums for prepayment meter energy customers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received a Warm Home Discount payment in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of gambling regulation.
Whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure the availability of synthetic and sustainable fuels for use in motorsport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the BBC Board on the potential merits of reviewing the BBC's policy on online harassment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason Peers attending His Majesty’s Coronation are not being mandated to wear their Coronation Robes and Coronets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to help improve access to (a) Child Trust Funds (b) Junior ISAs for the guardians of young people without...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average unused court capacity in each year since 2010 for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Immigration and Asylum legal aid advisers are registered in (a) each constituency in England and (b) each local authority of (i) England, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that (a) town centres and (b) high streets have a variety of shops...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 3.119 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, what assessment his Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much of the £10 million of seed funding allocated to the Modern Methods of Construction Taskforce in the Budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work of the Inter-Faith Network; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of instances of voter personation that will be prevented by the new voter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to local authorities to promote awareness of new Voter ID rules, broken down by local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average time taken to regain possession of a rental property following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's White Paper entitled A Fairer Private Rented Sector, published on 16 June 2022, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps with planning authorities to ensure that planning permission is granted only when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed fair rents policy in the Fairer private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of the affordable housing programme is allocated to modern methods of construction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to increase the maximum amount that can be awarded through the Disabled Facility Grant in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Pocket Living on remediation of fire safety defects in buildings it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Royal Mail on the closure of customer service points.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what incentives her Department plans to introduce to encourage businesses to offer flexible working arrangements that help enable jobseekers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to prevent the importation of goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the timeframe for the establishment of the Clean Steel Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 177725 on Government Departments: Staff, when staff in the London headquarters of the former...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer 2023 of 17 April to Question 177725 on Government Departments: Staff, when staff in the London headquarters of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for inland bathing water sites were submitted last year; and how many and what proportion of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of withdrawing the basic payment scheme from uplands and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of trees that were planted in England in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with food producers on potential food shortages in the context of the drought in Spain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) (i) ash and (ii) other trees that were felled to help tackle ash dieback...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take further steps to prevent illegal hunting at events described as trail hunting; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter PM2.5 (a) from (i) non-anthropogenic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the amount and proportion of public sector spending on food that was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 74577 on Food: Public Sector, what recent estimate she has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries to the urgent question entitled Food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether NEST employed external advisers and consultants regarding the procurement contract between the National Employment Savings Trust and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of appointing a pensions commissioner on the uptake of pension credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on how may people received benefit overpayments as a result of fraud in the last financial year for...
To ask the Leader of the House, whether the House will have a debate on a substantive motion on the UK’s accession to CPTPP.
To ask the Leader of the House, whether the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will (a) return to Parliament before the end of the 2022-23 Session or (b) be carried over into Session 2023-24.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of any changes to employer contributions for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme on (1) maintained schools, and (2)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of any changes to employer contributions for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme on private schools which participate...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to amend legislation to help (1) child trust fund beneficiaries who do not have the capacity to make their own financial decisions, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the findings of a study by Royal Holloway, University of London of religious bias in jury outcomes with regard to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what role the Chief Coroner has in relation to the conduct of coroners in respect of non-judicial matters.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many immigration decisions were overturned on appeal in (1) 1993, (2) 2003, (3) 2013 and (4) 2021.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many parole board recommendations for the transfer of prisoners to open conditions were (1) accepted, and (2) rejected, by the Secretary of State for...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 11 April (HL6877), in which legislation it states that advertisements which form part of Government...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether all printed information and advice provided to women who are pregnant or in labour about specific conditions and procedures which may be required at short...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce a digital prescription scheme for patients who have repeat prescriptions.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of amendments to Article 1 (Definitions) and the proposed new Article 13A (WHO-led International Public Health Response) of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 3 April (HL6059), to list for the three Integrated Care Board chief executives of (1) Humber Coast...
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of research published in Environment International in February 2022 on the presence of microplastics in human blood, what plans they have for...
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) whether they have a reliable test to check whether beef imported from outside the European Union has been previously subjected to hormone implants, and if so,...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum claims were processed in (1) 1993, (2) 2003, (3) 2013 and (4) 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support newly recognised refugees; and what plans they have to reconsider extending the move-on period from 28 to 56 days in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of using and converting (1) RAF Scampton, (2) MDP Wethersfield, (3) the Northeye site, and (4) the Bibby Stockholm barge...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs of implementing the recommendations made in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for British citizens of the evidence obtained by a Reuters investigation which suggests that Tesla employees...
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