Written answers

Thursday, 25 May 2023

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Metals: Brazil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help protect the supply of silicon metal from Brazil to the UK.

    • Department for Business and Trade: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled DIT's ePCS spending over £500 for November 2022, for what purpose her Department spent...

      Department for Business and Trade: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's data entitled DIT's ePCS spending over £500 for December 2022, for what purpose her Department spent...

      Trade: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to forge lasting commercial links with Ukraine post-conflict.

      Iron and Steel: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a campaign to encourage the purchase of steel made in the...

      Small Businesses: Electronic Commerce and Intellectual property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of legislation to (a) support small businesses when trading online and (b)...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) Ministers and (b) officials at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on...

      Palm Oil: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is no forced labour in the supply chains of (a) palm oil and (b) other palm-derived...

      Competition and Markets Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's press release entitled CMA update on action to help contain cost of living...

      Industrial Strategy Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to (a) re-establish and (b) give statutory status to the Industrial Strategy Council.

      Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to support garden centres.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Contracts for Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support companies registered in Northern Ireland compete for UK-wide public contracts.

    • Minister without Portfolio

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2023 to Question 183041 on Minister without Portfolio, whether the Minister without Portfolio has purchased a...

      Government Departments: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of the government estate is on a renewable energy tariff.

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Major new grants now available to fund specialist care for homeless veterans, published by his Department...

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many homeless veterans his Department has supported into accommodation in each month of 2023.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of expanding section 8 in the Renters Reform Bill on...

    • Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of veterans who were homeless in each month in 2023.

      Parish and Town Councils: Council Tax

      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 the number of (a) town and (b) parish councils that...

      Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of planning applications in England since January 2020 where responsibility...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the first two rounds of applications to the...

  • Home Office

    • Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent trends in recorded crimes her Department has identified.

    • Anti-social Behaviour: Kingston upon Hull East

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle increases in antisocial behaviour in East Hull and (b) support local (i) authorities and...

      Home Office: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Portsmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour in...

      Home Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158848 on Home Office: Consultants, what assessment her Department has made of the...

      Home Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department provided to the (a) Refuge National Domestic Abuse Helpline, (b) National Perpetrator Helpline run by...

      Refugees: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in hotel bridging accommodation have been served an eviction notice; and what proportion of those people have rejected a...

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to issue visas to parents in Afghanistan whose children have leave to remain in the UK.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support (a) her Department and (b) the Ministry of Defence are providing to ARAP-eligible individuals who are accommodated in hotels in...

      Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the outcome of the 2014 public consultation on section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

      Asylum: Portland Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Portland Port is being paid from the public purse to accommodate the migrant barge for an initial period of 18 months.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department will use to assess whether asylum seekers are suitable to be housed (a) at former Ministry of Defence sites and...

      Working Holidays and Youth Mobility Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158878 on Youth Mobility Scheme, when changes to the (a) Youth Mobility Scheme and (b)...

      Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract and its support for...

      Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has held recent discussions with the providers of the modern slavery victim care contract on the re-procurement...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ARAP-eligible Afghans have (a) successfully managed to find their own accommodation and (b) have been relocated to the UK by...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184276 on Refugees: Afghanistan, what information her Department holds on the cost to the...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Great British Nuclear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress Great British Nuclear has made on its first staged competition for Small Modular; and whether his Department has a...

    • Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2023 to Question 184612 on Nuclear Power, whether his Department has made an assessment of...

      Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the amount of electricity generation and electricity network capacity that will...

      Blockchain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to encourage the use of blockchain technologies by business to help decarbonise the economy.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap...

      Offshore Industry: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many full-time equivalent hours officials in (a) his Department and (b) the predecessor Department have spent working on the...

      Carbon Emissions: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to develop a strategic framework to help enable local authorities to deliver net zero within their areas.

      Carbon Emissions: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department are taking to encourage collaboration and knowledge sharing between Government Departments on reaching...

      Carbon Emissions: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress Government Departments have made on net zero project delivery.

      Carbon Emissions: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department are taking to help (a) coordinate and (b) measure the delivery of net zero projects across various...

      Carbon Emissions: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential merits of requiring National Highways to...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has the Department made of the availability of people with the necessary skills and knowledge to adequately staff...

      Alternative fuels: Vegetable Oils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government are taking to facilitate the domestic use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil; and when he expects home owners...

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding will be made available for phase 3c of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

      Coal: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his Department's policy that recipients of the National Concessionary Fuel Scheme will receive a reduction in their...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that energy suppliers promptly remunerate customers who sell renewable energy...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of households that were awarded funding under wave one of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund are...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of grant funding awarded under wave one of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund has been spent.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Release May 2023, published on 18 May 2023, what the delivery...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of funding awarded under Phase One of the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme has been...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Humanitarian Aid: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the psychosocial needs of children in (a) fragile, (b)...

    • Crimes of Violence: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a special envoy on ending violence against...

      Iran: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Iranian counterparts on the execution of prisoners in that country; and if he...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the economic (a) merits and (b) drawbacks to the Chagossian people of...

      Russia: UN Security Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the United Nations Security Council on Russia's presidency of that body.

      Colombia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Colombian counterpart on mandatory requirements for the registration of...

      Colombia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Colombian counterpart on ensuring participation by (a) civil society and...

      Transcaucusus: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking with international partners to help facilitate the lifting of the...

      Baltic States: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Baltic states on regional security.

      African Union: G20

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's policy is on supporting the admittance of the African Union as a permanent member of the G20...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve access to early mental health care for children and young people who have not yet...

    • Air Pollution: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183300 on Air Pollution: Death, what the evidential basis is for his Department's...

      Air Ambulance Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to meet representatives of London’s Air Ambulance Charity to discuss their campaign for two new helicopters.

      Rheumatology: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) rheumatology consultants, (b) rheumatology clinical nurse specialists, (c)...

      Air Ambulance Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has previously supported air ambulance charities with targeted funding support; and if he will provide funding...

      NHS England: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times he has used powers to direct NHS England under section 45 of the Health and Care Act 2022; and in what context those...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) overall impact and (b) impact on each trust involved of the Improving Elective Care...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on radio adverts in each of the the last five years broken down by radio station.

      NHS: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include in the upcoming NHS workforce plan an estimate of the number of NHS staff who have left the NHS a result of...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle shortages of (a) consultants and (b) other NHS staff.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting...

      Hearing Aids: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of qualified healthcare scientists in areas where there is a backlog in...

      Hospital Beds: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of bed occupancy levels in hospitals across England.

      Sleeping Pills: Prescription Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people that have been prescribed sleeping pills in the last five years.

      Prescription Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of products approved by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence did not appear on local...

      Sexual Intercourse: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether ambulance staff are provided with training on the potential impact of the practice of chemsex on patients.

      Rheumatology: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of rheumatology medical school places as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

      Infectious Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of data gathered from the first year of opt-out blood-borne virus testing; and whether he has made an...

      NHS Trusts: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with software companies on charging NHS Trusts for IT upgrades.

      Postnatal Depression: Fathers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support fathers suffering from postnatal depression.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses automated decision making.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timescale is for making the (a) Certifications, (b) Continuous Benefit Risk Assessment integrating Real...

      Ophthalmology: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of increasing access to eye care services for (a) care home residents, (b)...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Federated Data Platform will ensure that all patient data is (a) held within the UK and (b) is subject to UK data protection...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average weekly Healthy Start payment was for (a) individuals entitled to the scheme and (b) households with claimants receiving...

      Sexual Intercourse: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce risks to the (a) physical and (b) mental health of participants in chemsex.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many discharges from step down beds were there in (a) October 2022, (b) November 2022, (c) December 2022, (d) January 2023, (e)...

      Memory Clinics: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people work in Memory Assessment Services in (a) Chesterfield constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England.

      Sexual Intercourse: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of chemsex on the level of HIV transmission; and what data his...

      Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address inequalities of access to healthcare for people with (a) hEDS and (b) HSD in England.

      Dementia: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people living in care homes have a dementia diagnosis as of 18 May 2023.

      Dementia: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of community mental health nurses have had training on dementia.

      Dementia: Patient Transfer Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with dementia used a patient transfer service in 2022 to attend a medical appointment.

      Care Workers: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing financial support for people working...

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the level of NHS complaints that are referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service...

      BUPA: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the transfer of NHS patients to another practice following the closure of a BUPA dental practice in York.

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to commence the consultation on increasing the upper limit of the Disabled Facilities Grant.

      Diabetes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Integrated Care Boards are able to implement the National Institute for Health and Care...

      Diabetes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to diabetes technologies across local diabetes services in the North East.

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the report by Centre for Care and Carers UK...

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many systemic anti-cancer therapy doses were delivered in England in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

      Rheumatology: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) increase access to podiatry services for rheumatology patients, (b) increase access to...

      Rheumatology: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve levels of staff retention of healthcare professionals working in rheumatology services.

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce unwarranted variation between oncology departments in the delivery of systemic anti-cancer therapy.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to secure the supply chain of (a) progesterone and (b) other hormone replacement therapy medication.

      Hospitals: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing hospital level NHS performance data.

      Surgery: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of surgeries were cancelled by speciality in the latest period for which data is available.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have (a) been reported missing or lost or (b) had their security features...

      Azelaic Acid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the availability of azelaic acid; and whether he plans to take steps to help increase the supply...

      Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the way the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and NHS...

      Medical Equipment: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) invitro diagnostic and (b) other medical devices that (i) are UK approved body certified and (b) self-declared under the...

  • Treasury

    • Shipping: Fuels

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2023 to Question 183926 on Shipping: Fuels, how many marine voyages relief claims were submitted in each of the last 12...

    • Mutual Societies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department work on policies relating to mutual societies.

      National Insurance Contributions: Young People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the public purse from national insurance contributions from people aged under 30 in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has provided to schools on the requirements of the SEND and AP Improvement Plan for special educational needs coordinators.

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department spent on the teachers' student loan reimbursement programme in each of the last three years for which data is available.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department spent on initial teacher training for (a) bursaries and (b) scholarships for each subject in each of the last three...

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c)...

      Department for Education: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for...

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West in the 2022-23 academic year.

      Carers: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase support for (a) young carers and (b) their families.

      Education: Restraint Techniques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using alternatives to restraint in education settings.

      English Language: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of enabling an Ukrainian student who is taking English language exams for the first time...

      British Students Abroad: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of facilitating access to home student finance to support UK national...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Theatre Royal Stratford East: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Arts Council England on the potential implications for its funding of the Theatre Royal Stratford...

    • Almshouses: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that almshouse charities are regulated on a basis appropriate to small charities.

      Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the real-terms change to funding for youth services has been in each year since 2015.

      Cultural Heritage: Market Towns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to provide funding to (a) Romford and (b) other historic charter market towns for the promotion of their (i) history,...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if their Department will publish an Ethnicity Pay Gap Report for financial year 2023-24 in line with the Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting guidance for...

    • Sexual Offences: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of repeat offences for exposure in each year since 2015, broken down by sentence type.

      Rape: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of victims of rape who are offered the support of an independent sexual violence adviser at (a)...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Human Rights: Transgender People

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department is taking steps to promote a respectful discourse on the rights of trans people.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the number of people (a) pausing or (b) reducing their employee contributions to workplace...

    • Pension Wise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the midlife MOT review announced in the Spring Budget 2023 on improving the uptake of...

      Self-employed: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the overall financial support available for self-employed people (a) over and (b) under 25 who...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to train Work Coaches to support jobseekers with complex disabilities.

      State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average length of time it took for a phone call to the Future Pension Centre to be (a) answered and (b) disconnected in the last...

      State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Future Pension Centre helpline have been (a) received, (b) answered and (c) disconnected in the last 12 months.

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the housing costs element of Universal Credit in line with increases in the cost of rents.

      Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the waiting time for the Independent Case Examiner to commence an investigation of a complaint relating to the Child Maintenance Service...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of benefit levels for self-employed people on sick leave claiming New Style Employment and...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the accessibility of the process for self-employed people on sick leave to claim New Style Employment...

      Asbestos: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections relating to asbestos the Health and Safety Executive conducted in each year since 2010.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to help train Disability Employment Advisors to support people with complex disabilities into employment.

      Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made the potential effect of NHS waiting times on the number of working-age people who are economically...

      Cost of Living Payments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who (a) were not in receipt of a qualifying benefit on 1 April 2023 and (b) will...

      Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of wait times for the Disability Service Centre helpline on arthritis sufferers.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May to Question 184871 on Personal Independence Payment: Applications, who is taking part in the small-scale test...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the adequacy of statutory sick pay for people...

      Disability Living Allowance: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his department is taking to improve the speed of processing Disability Living Allowance decisions for children.

      Cost of Living Payments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who qualify for the 2023-24 Disability Cost of Living Payment in (a) each region of the...

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, if he will list which of those report's recommendations that have...

      Universal Credit: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his timescales are for introducing upfront payments for childcare costs for people on Universal Credit.

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to make job centre computers accessible to people who require (a) refreshable braille displays and (b) other...

  • Prime Minister

    • China

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed China during his meeting with Prime Minister Modi at the G7 Conference in Japan.

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to support the installation of public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Enfield North constituency.

    • Diesel Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183297 on Diesel Vehicles, what information his Department holds on the correlation between the year...

      Alternative Fuels: Logistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the forthcoming low carbon fuels strategy will cover all transport modes used by the logistics sector.

      Logistics: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential role of hydrogen in reducing carbon emissions relating to the logistics sector.

      Northern Trains and TransPennine Express: Mergers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of merging the TransPennine Express with Northern Rail as part of his review of transport in...

      Driving Tests: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average national waiting time to secure a practical driving test in each year since 2019.

      Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the number of rapid chargers for electric vehicles publicly available at motorway service...

      Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to help ensure the accuracy of the information published online setting out the carbon footprint of different modes of...

      Transport: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with (a) businesses, (b) industry representatives and (c) other stakeholders on encouraging a move from road to rail...

      Railways: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help support train operators to update the wifi network on trains in England.

      Veterans: Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Minister for Veterans' Affairs has had discussions with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department...

      Bus Services: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing bus fares for students aged between 16 and 19.

      Bus Services: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the news story entitled UK on track to reach 4,000 zero emission bus pledge with £200 million boost, published by his...

      Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Departments report entitled UK Seafarer Projections: 2016 to 2026, published 25 January 2017, what recent assessment his...

      Fisheries: Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the medical fitness certificate on fisherman aged over 50.

      Shipping: Medical Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost is of the medical assessment that is required to obtain an (a) ENG1 and (b) ML5 certificate in each (i) nation and (ii) region.

      Railways: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact on the UK economy of the Ely area capacity enhancement scheme.

      Heaton Chapel Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the quality of the facilities and infrastructure at Heaton Chapel railway station.

      Railways: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the provision of free Wi-Fi on trains for passengers.

      Railways: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail industry stakeholders on the provision of WiFi on passenger trains.

      Shipping: Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths, (b) serious injuries and (c) emergency service call outs for medical emergencies have been recorded for incidents at sea among...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • St Helena: C-17 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason a RAF C-17 Globemaster plane was at St Helena Airport between the 19 May and 20 May 2023; what activities this plane has undertaken in...

    • Chinook Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department expects to take delivery of new Chinook H-47 extended range aircraft in 2026.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December to Question 103014 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, what medical conditions are currently considered a bar to...

      Nuclear Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget for the replacement warhead programme is.

      HMS Victorious

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of HMS Victorious' Long Overhaul Period was; and how long the Long Overhaul Period lasted.

      HMS Vanguard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of HMS Vanguard's Long Overhaul Period and Refuel was.

      Seabed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the seabed in the (a) UK Exclusive Economic Zone, (b) Crown Dependencies and (c) British Overseas Territories has been...

      UK Centre for Seabed Mapping and UK Hydrographic Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual (a) funding and (b) staffing level is for the (i) UK Hydrographic Office and (ii) UK Centre for Seabed Mapping.

      Chinook Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to take delivery of 14 new Chinook H-47 extended range helicopters.

      HMS Venturer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department expects HMS Venturer to enter service with the Royal Navy.

      Ammunition and Guided Weapons: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for (a) unguided ammunition and (b) guided weapons was for each service branch in each year since 2015.

      Ministry of Defence: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report of the Committee of Public Accounts, Optimising the Defence Estate, HC 179, published on 12 October 2021, what his...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled £173 million investment in hundreds of new homes for UK Armed Forces families, published...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9 December to Question 103014 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, if he will make an estimate of the average length of time...

      Shipping: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the UK Hydrographic Office on potential for supporting the employment of UK seafarers working on vessels from UK...

      UK Centre for Seabed Mapping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Hydrographic Office has put out to tender public contracts for work connected with the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping between 1 October...

      Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December to Question 103010 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, what evidence would be accepted from an appropriately...

      Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December to Question 103013 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, when he plans to next review the ban on those at risk of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Seasonal Worker visa on the adequacy of...

    • Government Departments: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184913 on Government Departments: Aviation, what the baseline data is for...

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fly-tipping.

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to measure the outcomes of the Environmental Improvement Plan.

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take further steps to support the horticulture sector in developing responsibly-sourced...

      Local Government: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the environmental performance of local authorities.

      Countryside: Educational Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of providing funding for (a)...

      Rainforests: Sites of Special Scientific Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to designate all locations of temperate rainforests in England as Sites of Special Scientific...

      Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to produce a Great British Rainforests Strategy.

      Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will ask Natural England to produce an official habitat classification for temperate rainforests.

      Chemicals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to (a) monitor chemical trails discharged by aircraft and (b) analyse air quality...

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in her Department are working on tackling food price inflation.

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of (a) date and (b) topics where her Department have emailed a media release to journalists or...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to comply with the (a) National Emissions Ceilings Regulations 2018, (b) Environmental...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve co-ordination between national, regional and local authorities on improving...

      Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve the quality of shellfish harvesting waters.

      Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she makes of the potential impact of discharge from storm overflows on the quality of shellfish harvesting...

      Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to compensate shellfish aquaculture businesses impacted by poor water quality.

      Agriculture: Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of recyclable agri-plastic films were (a) collected and (b) recycled in each of the last three years for...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in the 2017 case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure at the public bill committee for...

    • Three and Vodafone Group: Mergers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential risk to national security from a merger between Three and Vodafone.

      Mobile Phones: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make a comparative assessment of the affordability of mobile phone contracts based on the (a) Retail Price Index...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Logistics: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the cost of installing energy connections, and (2) the time taken to install energy connections, on the...

  • Treasury

    • Bank Services: Companies

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the impact of regulation on the ease with which companies can open bank accounts; and whether there is a detrimental...

    • Enterprise Investment Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Enterprise Investment Scheme for the 2023/24 tax year, in order to support new businesses and start-ups.

      Duty Free Allowances: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 4 May (HL7280), which airlines fly from Belfast to the Republic of Ireland; and if there are none, why...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 22 February (HL5634), how much it would cost the taxpayer to equalise the VAT rate for public charging (20...

      Logistics: Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of business rate increases on warehousing on the efficiency of the UK’s logistics network.

  • Attorney General

    • Human Trafficking: Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have been (1) prosecuted, and (2) convicted, for offences of people smuggling under the Immigration Act 1971, for each of the past five years.

    • Human Trafficking: Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, how many people have been (1) prosecuted, and (2) convicted, for offences of human trafficking in the Modern Slavery Act 2015, for each of the past five years.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Unions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the levels of (1) collective bargaining coverage, and (2) trade union membership, in the UK; and what steps they are taking, if...

    • Minimum Wage: Enforcement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the detection rate for underpayment of the National Minimum Wage by employers; what incentives there are to ensure that employers comply with the National...

      UK Endorsement Board: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the website of the UK Endorsement Board for accounting standards shows it has been supporting reduced disclosures applicable to Companies House-filed accounts,...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 21 April, what criteria they will use...

    • Children Act 1989

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether section 20 of the Children Act 1989 allows local authorities to delegate their duties under that section for child protection to other public bodies.

      Schools: Absenteeism

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered the case for requiring schools to share their pupil absences data with local councils.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 21 April, when updates to the ITT core...

      Special Educational Needs: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which trainees and early career teachers understand the legislative requirements, including their professional...

      Schools: Mental Health Services and Pastoral Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to expand pastoral and mental health support in schools to keep students in education.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing were reported and investigated by the Civil Service in (1) 2022, (2) 2021, (3) 2020, and (4) 2019.

    • Emergencies: Mobile Phones

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the test of the UK’s emergency alert system on 23 April.

      Emergencies: Mobile Phones

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they forecast rolling out the UK’s emergency alert system.

      Emergencies: Mobile Phones

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of developing, maintaining and testing the UK’s emergency alert system.

      Emergencies: Mobile Phones

      To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total cost to date of developing, maintaining and testing the UK's emergency alert system; and what plans they have for further tests.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 10 May (HL Deb, col 1924), what evidence they have collected since 2014 that leads them to conclude...

    • Human Trafficking: Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were undertaken of people smugglers in each of the last three years for which data are available.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Iron and Steel: Redcar

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on plans for the former Redcar Steelworks site, and (1) what recent assessment they have made of the terms of the original...

    • Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the likely change in the total number of days of short-term lets resulting from the introduction of their proposed policy to...

      Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of inter-faith engagement and cooperation to the Levelling Up agenda; and what plans they have, if any, to...

      Logistics: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures are in place to encourage planning authorities to support planning applications for the UK’s logistics network, including (1) transport,...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister of State for the Department of Work and Pensions in evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee on...

  • Department for Transport

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water: Pollution Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Water targets detailed evidence report, published on 6 May 2022, what progress they have made towards formally adopting the proposed...

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