Written answers

Thursday, 1 June 2023

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

    • Air Pollution: Warwickshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Warwickshire in each of the last five years.

      Water Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times Ministers met water companies between 1 June and 31 August 2022; and how many of those meetings were on (a)...

      Inland Waterways: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase detection of the discharge of sewage into waterways.

      Drinking Water Inspectorate: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were employed by the Drinking Water Inspectorate in each of the last five years.

      Water: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of fines issued for breaking hosepipe bans by each water company in each of the...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many samples taken by the Drinking Water Inspectorate did not meet regulatory standards 100 per cent of the time in each...

      Water Companies: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees of (a) the Environment Agency, (b) Ofwat and (c) the Drinking Water Inspectorate previously worked for...

      Drinking Water: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how much was spent by water companies on removing (a) pesticides and (b) nitrates from...

      Sewage: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential economic impact of sewage discharges on coastal...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many discoloration events were recorded by the Drinking Water Inspectorate in each of the last five years.

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

      Water: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many investigations were conducted by the Drinking Water Inspectorate into potential contaminated water supplies in each...

      Water Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water company (a) cautions, (b) prosecutions and (c) minded to enforce notices were brought by the Drinking Water...

      Animal Feed and Food: Insects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure compliance with health regulations as the insects as food and feed industry expands.

      Animal Feed and Food: Insects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards her Department plans to introduce to minimise the risk of insect farming contributing to antimicrobial...

      Countryside: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on increasing access to nature through (a) improved maintenance of footpaths, (b)...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the categorisations used by her Department for collecting data on the ethnicity of Gypsy, Traveller and...

    • Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

      Primary Education: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the education of children in primary schools.

      Joshua Sutcliffe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the Teaching Regulation Agency on the adequacy of its guidelines on (a) misgendering and (b) preferred pronouns, in...

      Arts: Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national Technical University in England to focus on the teaching of...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of what hospital bed capacity will be in each region in each of the next five years.

    • Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to help increase the number of dental school places.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies the BBC Panorama investigation in May 2023 into...

      Hospital Wards: Transgender People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department issues guidance to NHS trusts on the accommodation of transgender patients in hospitals.

      Incontinence: Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with (a) NHS Supply Chain and (b) other purchasing managers in (i) the NHS and (ii) social care...

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

      Immunosuppression: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to fund research into mucosal immunity.

      Health Services: Anguilla

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Anguillan nationals have been treated in NHS facilities for specialised treatment in each of the past five years.

      Autism: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help tackle health inequalities experienced by autistic adults.

      Neurodiversity: Advocacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to make provision for neurodivergent adults to receive advocate support to (a) access health care and (b) attend...

      Vaccination: Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of integrated care boards commissioning local vaccination programmes.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of local authorities do not have specialist autism teams in (a) England and (b) Wales.

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • United Nations: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a minister will attend the UN High-level meeting on universal health coverage in September 2023.

    • Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030, published on 8...

      Education: Teenage Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to embed support and advocacy for pregnant girls and teenage mothers into the...

      Afghanistan: Hazara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to Hazaras in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

      Lebanon: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to Lebanon.

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iranian government on respect for the (a) burial rites for deceased...

      Iran: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent conversations with his Iranian counterpart on Iranian (a) financing of Hezbollah and (b)...

      International Cooperation: Disputed Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's policy is on Government attendance at international summits hosted in disputed territories.

      Lebanon: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of British nationals in Lebanon.

      Riad Salameh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department’ has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) investigation of...

      Bahrain: Technical Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to continue to provide technical assistance to the (a) Ministry of Interior, (b)...

      Syria: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Syrian refugees deported from Lebanon in the last year.

      Syria: League of Arab States

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of Syria re-entering the Arab League.

      Libya: IRA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on the Shawcross Report.

      Iran: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what sanctions are imposed on Iran for their financing of Hezbollah.

      Financial Services: Bermuda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department (a) provided in the 2022-23 financial year and (b) will provide in the 2023-24...

      Financial Services: Anguilla

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department (a) provided in the 2022-23 financial year and (b) will provide in the 2023-24...

  • Home Office

    • Action Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with what she intends to replace Action Fraud.

    • Visas: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to decrease the waiting time to process family reunion applications for individuals from Sudan.

      Grey Wolves

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of proscribing the Grey Wolves as a terrorist organisation.

      Rape: Convictions and Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of reports of rape resulted in a (a) charge and (b) conviction in each of the last three years.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local police forces use their powers to (a) tackle anti-social behaviour on illegal...

      Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of existing legacy licences for testing exclusive-use cosmetics ingredients on...

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within the estate of the Prime Minister's Office in the last twelve months.

    • Cabinet Office: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed by his Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      Nuclear Test Veteran Community Fund

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what programmes the Nuclear Test Veteran Community Fund is funding.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by his Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

    • Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Administration of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of judicial arrangements (a) before and (b) after the commencement of the Constitutional...

    • Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases in which the time taken between the commission of the alleged offence and the complaint leading to...

      Ministry of Justice: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the categorisations used by his Department for collecting data on the ethnicity of Gypsy, Traveller and Roma...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

    • Large Goods Vehicles: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with hauliers in Northern Ireland on the impact of the Windsor Framework on that industry.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the average time taken to issue a smart export guarantee certificate under the...

    • Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average time was to issue a smart export guarantee certificate under the microgeneration certification scheme to...

  • Treasury

    • Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision not to provide Higher Education Institutions with additional funding support from 2024 on the...

    • Personal Savings: Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of inflation on the assets of long-term savers.

      VAT: Tax Thresholds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of businesses that are not required to register for VAT at the current threshold that would be required to register if the...

      VAT: Tax Yields

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of increasing the VAT registration threshold by the retail price index in each year to March 2026 on...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Hockey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme on promoting, developing and...

    • Sports: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of increases in the cost of living on access to grassroots and community sport.

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were employed by her Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

  • Department for Transport

    • M4: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the speed limit on the M4 eastbound along the route of the now defunct M4 bus lane has been reduced to 60 miles per hour.

  • Wales Office

    • Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

  • Scotland Office

    • Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Azerbaijan: Prisoners of War

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan regarding their imprisonment of prisoners of war and civilians following the ceasefire...

    • Azerbaijan: Nagorno Karabakh

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the government of Azerbaijan regarding that government’s (1) continuing attempts to resolve the status...

      Syria: League of Arab States

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they had with the Arab League prior to its decision to approve Syria’s readmission as a member on 7 May.

      Myanmar: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government (1) what is their assessment of the current political and security situation in Myanmar, and (2) what recent strategic discussions they have held with...

      Russia: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Russia’s future global priorities as set out in the foreign policy strategy document released by the...

      UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to renegotiate part of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement given reports of threats to (1) export businesses, and (2) the...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 May concerning the conflict in Sudan, what assessment they have made of the declaration by...

      Somalia: Famine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Somalia about the prevention of famine in that country; and what future engagements they have scheduled.

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan provide aid to Darfuri victims and survivors of violence in Sudan; and what plans they have to support the mandate of the UN Independent...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will restore the four per cent of UK official development assistance for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prioritise (1) sexual and reproductive health, and (2) the rights of women and girls, in the allocation of official development...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of households eligible for Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding have not yet made an application.

    • Offshore Industry: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the licensing of new offshore oil and gas with their commitments under (1) the Paris Climate Agreement,...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Pregnancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pregnant women claimed asylum in each year from 2015 to 2022.

    • Asylum: Pregnancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pregnant women arrived in the UK via small boats in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) to date in 2023.

      Immigration Controls: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether foreign nationals entering the UK from Schengen countries are subject to the same rules on the validity of passports as UK nationals travelling to Schengen...

      Cosmetics: Animal Experiments

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many licences, and to whom, they have granted for animal testing of cosmetic ingredients since the start of 2019.

      Asylum: Pregnancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pregnant women were removed from the UK in accordance with immigration rules in each year from 2018 to 2022.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Japan: G7

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are their key priorities for the forthcoming G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan on 19 to 21 May.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that food remains affordable in the UK, particularly for those who are most disadvantaged.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Agriculture

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to put greater emphasis on farmers' interests in future trade deals.

    • Export Controls: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to using the Export Control Act 2002 to filter unsuitable items crossing from Northern Ireland into the Republic of Ireland to...

      Measurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to return to a system of imperial measurement; and, if so, what assessment they have made of (1) levels of understanding among younger people,...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Osteoporosis

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage NHS England to designate osteoporosis as a ‘long term condition’.

    • Immunotherapy and Transplant Surgery: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of the increased cost of living on stem cell transplant and CAR-T therapy recipients.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Strait of Hormuz: Patrol Craft

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to increase defensive patrols in and around the Strait of Hormuz following the undertaking by the United States’ National...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Iron and Steel: Redcar

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 17 May (HL Deb col 251), what discussions they have had with the Tees Valley Mayor about the...

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