Written answers

Monday, 5 June 2023

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for levelling up.

    • Tees Valley Combined Authority: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the terms of reference of the panel to be appointed to review the Tees Valley Combined Authority's...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) future costs incurred by cladding remedial work are not passed onto...

      Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy consultation which...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Enfield North of 11 May 2023 on the Renters Reform Bill.

      Question

      To ask the secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the building of new homes on regenerated brownfield land.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to help increase the number of homes built in England.

      Question

      To ask the secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the devolved Administrations on Investment Zones.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Question

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59556, to which Ministers has the Prime Minister assigned use of the official residences at (a) 1...

    • Government Departments: Apprentices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report from the National Audit Office entitled Digital transformation in government: addressing the barriers to efficiency,...

      Cabinet Office: Archives

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185568 on Mining: Industrial Disputes, whether he plans to take steps to change the record keeping...

      Office for Veterans' Affairs: Photography

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184900 on Office for Veterans' Affairs: Photography and Social Media, who is the budget holder for...

      Cabinet Office: ICT

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) minimum durability standards are and (b) average replacement frequency is for (i) computers and (ii) laptops in each Department; and if he...

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homeless veterans can access accommodation through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme in...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 26 October 2022, Official Report, column 295, what the evidential basis is...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public, consultation response - analysis, published on 17 February...

      Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the new hospital programme on bed capacity in each region in 2030.

      Health Services: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to update the guidance and specifications on the use of mechanical ventilation systems in the healthcare sector.

      Wotton Lawn Hospital: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of patient safety at Wotton Lawn Hospital.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's total spend was on human resources in each of the last five years.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of mental health-related sick days which were taken by departmental staff in each of the...

      Sudan: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the continuation of education in the UK of medical...

      Yellow Card Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body has responsibility for analysing data collected by the Adverse Events Yellow Card system; and what assessment has he made of...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to stop employers from requiring employees to pay the costs of necessary Disclosure and Barring...

      Yellow Card Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) level and (b) adequacy of data collected by (i) mandatory and (ii) voluntary reporting of adverse...

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department provided for (a) staff resources, (b) expenses and (c) other costs for the (i) establishment and (ii)...

      Yellow Card Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of awareness of (a) health professionals and (b) the general public of the Adverse Events Yellow...

      Ambulance Services: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of ambulances in service are fully compliant with the latest British standards: CEN BS EN1789:2020.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any mechanisms exist to allow the Government to intervene in devolved health matters if it believes there is a significant risk...

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) closure and (b) reduction in size of mental health hubs for NHS staff on...

      NHS: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to continue to fund the NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs beyond 2022/23.

      Public Health: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department (a) allocated and (b) allocated to Enfield Council as part of the Public Health Grant.

      Coronavirus: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring the Office for National Statistics to continue to publish covid-19 data.

      Organs: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many offences under section 170 of the Health and Care Act 2022 have been recorded.

      Mental Health: First Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the prevalence of mental health first aid in (a) the community and (b) the NHS...

      Psychiatric Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the outcomes for people discharged from mental health wards.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the risks of (a) bird to human and (b) human to human transmission of avian influenza.

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the interim report of the Infected Blood Inquiry published on 5 April 2023, what the expected timeframe is for enabling...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients moved into a step down bed purchased using the £750 million allocated by his Department for freeing up beds during...

      Coronavirus: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the rise in the level of admissions to hospital for covid-19 of people aged over 75.

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his department will make an assessment of the adequacy of mental health services for young people in Stockport constituency.

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that people with genetic haemochromatosis are able to register as blood donors with NHS...

      Epidermolysis Bullosa: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the treatment of children who have recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

      Better Care Fund: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to Solihull Council as part of the Better Care Fund.

      Public Health: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to Solihull Council as part of the Public Health Grant.

      Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to review NICE appraisal process for rare disease medicines to increase the number of rare disease treatments...

      Contain Outbreak Management Fund: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to Solihull Council under the Contain Outbreak Management Fund.

      NHS Test and Trace: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department allocated to Solihull Council via the Covid-19 Test and Trace Service Support Grant.

      Linley & Kidsgrove RUFC: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to support Linley & Kidsgrove RUFC to get a defibrillator.

      Social Prescribing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to ensure social prescribing plays a cross-cutting role in the Major Conditions Strategy.

      Mental Health: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the cost of living on mental health.

      Tenofovir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide Descovy as a HIV prevention drug.

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of an underspend in the primary dentistry budget on the availability of...

      Estradiol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of provision for estradiol gel in the last 12 months.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support dentists to take on new NHS patients.

      Psychiatric Hospitals: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of levels of sexual assaults at inpatient...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 30 November 2022, Official Report, column 896, what the evidential basis was...

      Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to end the Black maternal mortality gap.

      Dental Services: Northamptonshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists are registered in (a) Towcester, (b) Brackley and (c) South Northamptonshire constituency.

  • Department for Education

    • Overseas Students: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact student visa restrictions will have on international students studying in the UK.

    • Teachers: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of full-time equivalent teachers without qualified teacher status in each Parliamentary constituency in England.

      Extracurricular Activities: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing free after-school activities at schools.

      Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has made available to Solihull Council under the holiday activities and food programme grant.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Code of Practice to use identity-first...

      Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the effectiveness of its support for deaf pupils by tracking attainment post-education.

      Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information gathered in nursery on whether or not a child has suspected SEND is passed on to their next educational setting.

      Semiconductors: BTEC Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, whether her Department plans to create BTEC courses in relevant skills...

      Teachers: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the policies in the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Immigration update by the Secretary...

      Pupils: Transgender People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the guidance for schools on transgender pupils will help to ensure that students are protected from transphobic bullying.

      School Teachers' Review Body

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the report of the School Teacher's Review Body.

      Condition Improvement Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of applications to the Condition Improvement Fund was for projects made by (a) academies, (b) sixth-form colleges and (c)...

      Schools: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of schools in England which only provide gender neutral toilets.

      Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide attainment data for deaf students at key stage 4 broken down by local authority for each of the last five years.

      National Curriculum Tests: Literacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received about the adequacy of the key stage two English reading test that was taken on 10 May 2023.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with Wirral Council on the potential use of a vessel at the Wirral Waters development in the...

    • Home Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent decision makers were employed by the Home Office to deal with (a) asylum applications (b) settlement visas (c)...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on local (a) consent and (b) support as factors that may be considered when making decisions about where...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting a time limit for how long asylum seekers can be housed at former...

      Home Office: Photography

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s transparency data entitled Home Office procurement card spend over £500: March 2023, for what...

      Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many existing legacy licences are in force for testing cosmetics ingredients on animals; how many animals have been used for (a) such...

      Refugees: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Sudanese (a) refugees arriving in the UK and (b) students and other visitors in the UK at...

      Home Office: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish its customer service operations data for the first quarter of 2023.

      Immigration: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for the Bereaved Partner Concession who have been unable to apply for Indefinite...

      Asylum: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to establish a Sudanese resettlement scheme to provide a safe and legal route for Sudanese citizens seeking...

      Asylum: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the asylum processing system for Hong Kong citizens.

      Immigration Controls: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish an equality impact assessment on the policies in her Written Ministerial Statement of 23 May 2023 entitled...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to engage with (a) local authorities and (b) other relevant stakeholders on locations which are being...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the processing of any passport applications has been paused following the decision in Roehrig v Secretary of State for the Home...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of moving asylum seekers to different hotels on the disruption to an individual's...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to take steps to avoid moving asylum seekers from a specific hotel or location where a (a) health...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Peel Ports Group Ltd on proposals to house asylum seekers in the Wirral Waters development in...

      Migrants: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value is of Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) fees paid by (a) international students and (b) the dependents of international...

      Refugees: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of Sudanese refugees in Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

      Asylum: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been received from displaced Sudanese citizens in the last three months.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued in each year since 2014.

      Police: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animals: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s inspections regime at (a) the...

    • Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of potential risks of pets and domestic animals encountering dead birds that...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed by her Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a)...

      Hemp: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on licensing process of growing hemp.

      Poultry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to support egg producers (a) affected by avian influenza and (b) generally.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to curb the spread of avian influenza to minimise impact on businesses.

      Food: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to commence the measures in the Environment Act 2021 on the collection of food waste.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to incentivise the reuse of packaging.

      Air Pollution: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London Borough of...

      Poultry: Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with food producers on the impact of avian influenza on (a) poultry producers and...

      Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the pilot habitat bank sites.

      Rivers: Microplastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the levels of microplastics in rivers.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling on supermarket products.

      Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of biodiversity offsetting frameworks.

      Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on (a) sales of commercial peat and (b) the amount of peat dug from the ground for commercial...

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has conducted research in the last five years on the impact of climate change on the (a)...

      Animal Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential risks to animals from unregulated animal sanctuaries.

      Bracken

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2022 to Question 28455 on Bracken: Weedkillers, whether her Department has put control...

      Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of avian influenza on food (a) prices and (b) availability.

      Avian Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made on delivering an avian influenza vaccine.

      Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of avian influenza on the poultry sector and what support her...

      Flood Control: Bolton South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has allocated funding to flood defences on Riverside Drive in Bolton South East constituency.

      Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Marine Management Organisation on increasing the number of vessel...

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Port of Dover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Animal and Plant Health Agency staff are based at the Port of Dover on average each day in 2023; and what...

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Port of Dover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions have officials working for the Animal and Plant Health Agency at the Port of Dover have (a) stopped...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has any statutory responsibilities for highly-protected marine areas in Scottish waters that are...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180243 on EU Law, whether her Department created (a) submissions to these EU initiatives...

    • Minerals: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre on (a) the amount of critical mineral deposits available...

      Scotland: Whisky

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations her Department has made on tariffs on Scotch Whisky since 2021; on to countries.

      Companies: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of mechanisms to enable companies to remove (a) potentially defamatory reviews and (b)...

      Manufacturing Industries: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase manufacturing jobs in the UK.

      Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to develop a strategy to help the steel industry transition to net zero.

      Apprentices: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of the National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate on the ability of apprentices to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Deep Sea Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May to Question 184795 on Deep Sea Mining, what regulatory safeguards would be...

    • Indian High Commission: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) British-based officials or (b) officials from the High Commission in Delhi have attended the G20 Third...

      India: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if officials in his Department will make representations to their Indian counterparts on human rights and self...

      USA: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the United States on ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test...

      Ukraine: Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ambulances the Government has supplied to Ukraine since May 2022; and how many of those ambulances were...

      Mohammad Ghobadloo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If he will make representations to his Iranian counterpart on reversing the decision to execute Mohammad...

      USA: Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing support to (a) Panama and (b) Colombia to help tackle changes in the level in...

      Argentina: Lithium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Argentina on Argentina's supply of lithium to the UK.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Chapter 1, paragraph 4 of the UK Government’s Strategy for International Development,...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • War Widows: Lump Sum Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £87,500 lump-sum payment will war widows who have remarried or started cohabiting receive after taxation; and if he will make it...

    • Reserve Forces: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding was allocated to the Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations and Defence Relationship Management for entertaining reservist employers in...

      RFA Proteus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of when the new subsea protection vessel formerly known as RFA Proteus will enter service with the Royal Navy.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been relocated to the UK from hotels in Islamabad under the Afghan Relocations and Assistant Policy in (a) March, (b) April and (c)...

      EU Defence Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the Administrative Arrangement for the admission of the UK to the military mobility element of the EU's Permanent Structured...

      EU Defence Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Administrative Arrangement for the UK's admission to the military mobility element of the EU's Permanent Structured Cooperation to...

      Ukraine: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what types of unmanned aerial vehicles his Department has provided to the Ukrainian armed forces.

      UK Border Force: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a Military Aid to Civilian Authority request from the Home Office for Armed Forces personnel to cover for striking...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Question

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her Department's policy to provide additional funding to support disabled candidates standing at the next General Election.

    • STEM Returners Programme

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which employers are participating in the STEM returners programme.

      Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on delivering the Equality Data Programme.

      Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which employers are participating in the pay transparency pilot.

      Equality Hub: Staff

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has for (a) staffing levels and (b) team structure in the Equality Hub in the next six months.

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £25,000 for March 2022, what the nature was of the research carried out by (a)...

    • Treasury: Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £25,000 for March 2022, what the nature was of the research carried out by the...

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department will include natural gas and nuclear in the green taxonomy.

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether fossil gas power plants will be designated as green in the green taxonomy.

      VAT: Registration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the VAT registration threshold on incentives for small businesses to increase their turnover above...

      Home Care Services: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2023 to Question 182866 on Home Care Services: Minimum Wage, whether his Department will introduce an action plan on...

      Theatres: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extending Theatre Tax Relief on the Government's levelling up policies.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC has not provided a substantive response to the letter from the Hon. Member for Christchurch dated 18th April, HMRC Ref 0013913 PSA.

      Credit: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the consultation entitled Regulation of Buy-Now Pay Later: consultation on draft legislation, when he plans to (a) publish the outcome of...

      Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many promoters and operators of schemes subject to the Loan Charge have been prosecuted for promoting and operating those schemes.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the extent to which business rates applicable to (a) small and (b) large businesses which mainly...

      Cash Dispensing: Nottingham East

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of cash withdrawal facilities throughout the Nottingham East constituency.

      Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date his Department plans to introduce the new method of calculating cash equivalent transfer value for pension benefits.

      Cost of Living: Young People and Families

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to provide targeted fiscal support to disabled young people and their families, in the context of rises in...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Tooting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of train services in the Tooting constituency.

    • Parking: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has provided to (a) local authorities, (b the police and (c) hospitals on the enforcement of rules relating to parking...

      M3 and M4: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will undertake further works to the M3 and M4 smart motorways to provide additional services and facilities for drivers such as lay-bys.

      Electric Vehicles: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of electric vehicles on the safety of blind and visually impaired pedestrians.

      Public Transport: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential merits of reintroducing the concession allowing people aged 60 and over to...

      Quad Bikes: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on requiring roll bars for quad bikes.

      Roads: Bitumens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of using asphalt to resurface roads on health.

      Motor Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of demand for second-hand vehicles in the last five years.

      M4: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the M4 speed limit is 60mph between Junctions 3 and 4 on the westbound carriageway.

      Speed Limits: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on the increased use of 20mph speed limits on roads in (a) Enfield North constituency...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) (Amendment) Order 2023 on the...

      Railway Stations: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with representatives from (a) Network Rail and (b) other station operators in England on the potential merits of those...

      East Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to steps he is taking to help improve (a) speed and (b) capacity on the East Coast Main Line.

      Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help create more efficient rail services across all rail operating companies in the next 12 months.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) lost revenue and (b) compensation following the broken rail on the East...

      Network Rail: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure on Network Rail operations was on (a) operating costs, (b) traction electricity, industry...

      A1 and East Coast Main Line: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions it has had with the Scottish Government on improvements to the (a) East Coast Main Line and (b) A1.

      Railways: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 April 2023 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Official Report, column 366,...

      A55: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 April 2023 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Official Report, column 366,...

      A1: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timeline is for the southbound carriageway of the A1 motorway (a) north and (b) south of the Hatfield Tunnel to be (i) repaired...

      Roads: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of heavier electric vehicles using the public highway on the durability and longevity of...

      Roads: Ealing Central and Acton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve safety for (a) road users and (b) pedestrians in Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

      Driving Licences: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 179857 on Driving Licences: Ukraine, when he plans to respond to the consultation.

      Railways: North Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 April 2023 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, Official Report, column 366,...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the funding provided to modernise rail ticketing and retail systems in the 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review has...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken steps to retain the volunteers engaged in the Big Help Out during the 2023 Coronation.

    • Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the findings of the report Time Well Spent 2023 published by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations on 2...

      Gambling: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 28 of the Policy paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023,...

      Radio and Television: Broadcasting Reception

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure the continuity of (a) terrestrial television and (b) radio broadcast services for...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received an advance payment of Universal Credit in each of the last 12 months for which this data is available.

    • Vacancies: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in addressing the list of vacancies in the job market in (a) Southport and (b) the wider North West region.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches in job centres have specialist disability training.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households applied for an advance payment of Universal Credit in each of the last 12 months for which this data is available.

      State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a compensation scheme for people who paid national insurance...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Universal Credit for households claiming the (a) limited capability for work element and (b) limited...

      Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new claims made for (a) the limited capability for work-related activity element of...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who were in receipt of the Disability Living Allowance for children have had their applications to...

      Universal Credit: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an equalities impact assessment of trials using machine learning algorithms to detect fraud in claims for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) IT and communications equipment, (b) chairs, desks and other furniture and (c) electronic fans, heaters and other...

    • Crown Court: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to ensure a smooth rollout of the Common Platform in Crown Courts.

      Magistrates: Advisory Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the rationale for changes made to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State’s Directions for Advisory Committees on Justices...

      Ministry of Justice: Equality

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

      Homicide: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of murder trials in England and Wales that have been postponed within (a) 24 hours' notice, (b) 48 hours notice...

      Homicide: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of individual murder trials in England and Wales that have been postponed (a) once, (b) twice (c) three times...

      Homicide: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of murder trials in England and Wales that have been postponed in each year since 2010.

      Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the operational guidance on Pregnancy, MBUs and maternal separation in women’s prisons published on 17 May 2023 was unpublished on...

      Prisoners: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Traveller Movement entitled Available but not Accessible,...

      Prisoners: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides that have taken place in prisons in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020,...

      Young Offender Institutions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many females were placed in youth offending estates intended for males in 2022-2023; and how many females are detained in youth offending estates...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is between a case being reported where section 28 evidence is recorded and the start of trial where the evidence is...

  • Attorney General

    • Homicide: Convictions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of defendants who were (a) arrested and (b) charged with the murder of a (i) male and (ii) female victim were eventually convicted of...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Solar Power: Congleton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that investment in solar energy generation at factory sites in Congleton...

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to ensure that persons in supported accommodation without bank accounts are able to receive payments...

      Energy: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the recent impact of energy costs on businesses in the hospitality sector; and if he will make it...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will require energy providers to offer consumer prices which reflect trends in the energy market.

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to bring forward additional rounds for the Cluster Sequencing for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage programme...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to complete Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery projects originally awarded (a) Phase 1A and (b) Phase 1B grants.

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reasons his Department extended the deadline for Local Authorities to spend their Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of a) the number of FTE jobs needed to deliver upgrades funded by the (a) Green Homes Grants and (b)...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of the deadline for the EBSS Alternative Funding.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, what discussions she has had with relevant...

    • Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published 19 May 2023, what steps her Department is taking to help...

      Prices: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Department has identified cases where people in receipt of (a) Pension Credit, (b) Employment and Support Allowance,...

      Voice Over Internet Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with BT to ensure that consumers who do not have mobile signal in their homes will be able to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Rached Ghannouchi

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Tunisia following the sentencing of (1) imprisonment, and (2) a fine, of Mr Rached Ghannouchi,...

    • Russia: Diamonds

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the sanctions imposed on Russian diamonds announced at the G7 go further than sanctions announced in 2022; and whether they will cover Russian diamonds...

      Refugees: International Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government which of the Recommendations from the High Level Officials Meeting of 2021 following the Global Refugee Forum in 2019, they consider not to apply to the UK; and,...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Aviation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the charter planes used by each of past three Foreign Secretaries.

      Colombia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Foreign Secretary held about the implementation of the Colombian peace agreement during his recent visit to that country; with whom; and with...

      Malaria: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to contribute to eradicating malaria within the foreseeable future.

      Malaria: Life Sciences

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the World Health Organization's World Malaria Day on 25 April, what assessment they have made of the UK’s malaria science sector.

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the apprenticeship levy in 2021–22 was (1) spent by levy payers on apprenticeships in their own organisations, (2) handed down to supply...

  • Home Office

    • Animal Experiments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Markham on 28 March (HL6448), how many animals, and of what type, are currently used in licensed laboratories for pyrogen testing.

    • Human Trafficking

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the National Referral Mechanism data for January to March 2023, what is the breakdown of positive reasonable grounds decisions for adults and children...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on freedom of speech of paragraph 3.10 of the Statutory Guidance for Chief Officers of Police on Firearms Licensing...

      China: Sanctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any attempts by Chinese officials to target family members of British parliamentarians who are currently subject to sanctions by...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Economic Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to report on the outcomes of the review of economic regulation.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Gender: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Burnt Out Britain published by the think tank Onward on 3 April, regarding (1) gender disparities in time spent...

  • Treasury

    • Block Grant: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding was added to the Welsh block grant as a result of the 2016 agreement on the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework in each financial...

    • Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much was collected in (1) road and (2) petrol, tax during the last two years for which information is available; and how much of that was invested in roads.

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to strengthen consumer protection measures, particularly for loans, for the 2023–24 financial year.

      Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the most recent annual credit to Northern Ireland as a result of the Barnett Formula.

      Financial Institutions: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing were (1) reported, and (2) investigated, by the Prudential Regulation Authority in (a) 2020 (b) 2021, (c) 2022, and (d) 2023.

      Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of whistleblowing were (1) reported, and (2) investigated, by the Financial Conduct Authority in (a) 2020 (b) 2021, (c) 2022, and (d) 2023.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many companies in England paid the apprenticeship levy in 2021–22.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide a full breakdown of what the £3.2 billion raised by the apprenticeship levy in 2021–22, as reported by HMRC, has been spent on.

  • Department for Transport

    • Public Transport: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop public transport infrastructure in rural areas; and what assessment they have made of the impact this will have on the mental...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Bees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the health of the bee population in the UK.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Local Criminal Justice Boards

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Local Criminal Justice Boards there are in (1) England, and (2) Wales.

    • Local Criminal Justice Boards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the date of the last two meetings of each Local Criminal Justice Board.

      Criminal Justice Board

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the last Criminal Justice Board meeting took place; and when the next one will take place.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Electricity: Standing Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increase in standing charges on household electricity bills on households; and the extent to which this...

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce an energy price guarantee for the average household to replace Ofgem’s energy price cap.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Immunotherapy and Transplant Surgery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending the Warm Home Discount Scheme to all stem cell transplant and CAR-T therapy recipients, who require a warm...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Property Development: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time taken for planning decisions to be made for significant development projects.

    • Raw Materials: Planning Permission

      To ask His Majesty's Government to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the British Geological Survey, Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in...

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