Written answers

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: September 2022, published 31 May...

    • Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: July 2022, published 31 May 2023,...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publications entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: July 2022 and August 2022,...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for April 2022, which teams in his Department...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: July 2022, published 31 May...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: October 2022, published 31 May 2023,...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: June 2022, published 31 May...

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has provided in support of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement.

      Treasury: Vodafone Group

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment their Department has made of the potential effect of the merger between Three and Vodafone on his Department's contracts with Vodafone.

      Treasury: Darlington

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds data on the number of Civil Servants that have re-located from Whitehall to the HM Treasury campus in Darlington.

      Mortgages: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of mortgage lenders passing on costs through early repayment fees on consumers.

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech on building a better future on 4 January 2023, whether it is still his Department's policy to halve inflation...

      Cash Dispensing: Enfield North

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help secure free access to cash (a) withdrawals and (b) deposit facilities in Enfield North constituency.

      Tourism: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s Tourism Recovery Plan Update on Delivery, published in March 2023, what assessment he has made of the impact of...

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been generated by the soft drinks industry levy in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and whether this funding has been...

      Retail Prices Index

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason is the Government abolishing the Retail Price Index by 2030.

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has guidance on whether debt collection companies can be sanctioned for not providing (a) suitable and (b) timely methods to contact...

      Cash Dispensing: Southend West

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help secure free access to cash withdrawals and deposit facilities in Southend West constituency.

      Voluntary Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to inform people that are eligible to add to their voluntary National Insurance contributions from April 2006 up to April...

      Life Sciences: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support the growth of the life sciences sector.

      Economic Situation: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the economy.

      Treasury: Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether i an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.

      Low Incomes: Enfield North

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of financially vulnerable people in Enfield North constituency.

      Digital Technology: Innovation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress he has made on implementing the recommendations in Sir Patrick Vallance’s Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review:...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Families: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department has provided to the Reducing Parental Conflict programme in each local authority.

    • Discretionary Housing Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2023 to Question 185576 on Disability, which of his Department’s commitments in the National Disability...

      Maternity Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding maternity allowance from the benefits cap.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claims were suspended under the Risk Review Process in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 182576 on Universal Credit: Deductions, if he will publish an updated version of Table...

      Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce (a) the time taken to process and (b) resolution times for outstanding Child Maintenance Service complaints;...

      Families: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme in supporting at-risk children of...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Carer's Allowance: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people lost their Carer’s Allowance because they had reached pensionable age in each of the last 20 years .

      Wind Power: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of safety incident data for the UK set out in the report by the G+ Global...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Covid Local Support Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to people who have been diagnosed with a...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure employers make the right adjustments for disabled people.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a recent equality impact assessment on the Personal Independence Payment in the context of the ethnicity of...

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to increase access to specialist assistive technology by disabled people using jobcentres.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches work for Jobcentre Plus by (a) region and (b) nation.

      Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with social landlords who are in the discovery areas of the managed migration to Universal Credit on...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of families in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency subject to the two child benefit limit.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers: Legal Costs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of the former ministers that have been given legal representation paid for by the public purse for (a) parliamentary and (b)...

    • Cabinet Office: Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.

      Bill Gates

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions (a) ministers and (b) officials held meetings with Bill Gates in each year since 2010; and what the reasons were for those...

      Office for Veterans' Affairs: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Office for Veterans' Affairs has spent on hospitality in each of the last four financial years.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the average pay increase for (a) civil servants and (b) other public sector workers who were (i) prohibited and (ii)...

      Older People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population of (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield, (c) London and (d) England is over 65.

      English Language

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population of (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield, (c) London and (d) England has English as their...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support the steel industry.

    • Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Investment to the debate on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill in...

      Department for Business and Trade: Access to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.

      Collective Bargaining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to increase the areas of the economy covered by sectoral collective bargaining.

      Conditions of Employment: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2023 to Question 184678 on Conditions of Employment: EU Law, if she will publish the cost of retrieving that...

      Delivery Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending Ofcom's regulatory role to include courier services.

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Public Procurement Note 04/23: Procuring Steel in Government Contracts, published 11...

      Fish: Animal Feed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce the tariff on fish feed imported from the Faroe Islands.

      Deep Sea Mining: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of granting deep sea mining licences on deep sea marine life.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Belarus: Cuba

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of allegations that Cuban nationals are undertaking military training in...

    • British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who are being held captive against their will abroad.

      Afghanistan: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Taliban regime to enable (a) women and girls to have a full education...

      Syria and Turkey: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the humanitarian aid provided to (a) Turkey and (b) Syria...

      Montserrat: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on the project to develop the port and town of Little Bay in Montserrat.

      Turks and Caicos Islands: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to provide support to help border forces in Turks & Caicos Police and Border to...

      St Helena: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing assistance to help reduce freight costs to St Helena.

      Montserrat: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to improve road transport infrastructure in Montserrat.

      Nova Scotia: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he will plans to provide support to the Government of Nova Scotia to help tackle wildfires.

      Sudan: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the African Union Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of Sudan, published...

      Migration: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June to Question 187866 on Migration: Climate Change, what the outcomes of the...

      Iran: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of Iran's influence on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

      Iran: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of Iran's ballistic missile capabilities.

      World Health Organisation: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that (a) stakeholders and (b) the public are able to feed into (i)...

      Sudan: War Crimes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to support (a) evidence preservation and (b) international investigations relating to...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181199 on Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine, if his...

      Serbia: Abduction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the alleged kidnap of three Kosovan Police...

      Haiti: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing overseas assistance to Haiti to help tackle flooding in that country.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent staff his Department employs in communications roles.

    • Accident and Emergency Departments: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services, published on 30 January 2023, what...

      Rheumatology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will include specific plans to increase the number of (a) rheumatology consultants (b)...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services.

      Nurses: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of ethnic minority nurses at band 8a or above.

      Care Quality Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hours of Time Off In Lieu accrued by staff working in the Regulatory leadership...

      Disease Control: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the implications for his policies on preparing for pandemics of public inquiries into covid-19...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people using hormone replacement therapy prepayment certificates in (a) Enfield North...

      Care Quality Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Care Quality Commission's independent review on Listening,...

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Long Covid: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to confirm whether he plans to ringfence funding for long covid clinics after April 2024.

      Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that information on the importance of hydration in hot weather is communicated to the public.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of take-up of HRT prepayment certificates in (a) England and (b) Leicestershire.

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of eating disorders.

      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)...

      Mental health services: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) mental health and (b) well-being support for people affected by...

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding for suicide prevention and bereavement services in the NHS Long Term Plan has been spent on...

      Antidepressants: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people aged over 50 who have been newly prescribed anti-depressants since the start of the...

      Contraceptives: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to birth control for women.

      Surrogacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Law Commission in its report on Building families through surrogacy: a new law and the...

      Taplow Manor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of blocking the admission of new patients to Taplow Manor Hospital until a review...

      Taplow Manor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of reopening Taplow Manor Hospital for adult patients.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims have been received by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in respect of adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines; and how...

      Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims have been received under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme on behalf of someone who has died; how many such claims were...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many independent medical assessors have decided claims made under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in respect of adverse reactions...

      Endometriosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on (a) the number of people with (i) endometriosis and (ii) adenomyosis and (b) the average waiting time...

      Incontinence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of value-based procurement by (a) NHS and (b) social care services in...

      Rabies: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis for UK residents travelling abroad as...

      Rheumatology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of NHS staff providing rheumatology care in (a) North West London and (b) England.

      Rheumatology: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of NHS staff providing rheumatology care in (a) North Central London Integrated Care...

      Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for eye treatment and surgery.

      Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of NHS bed capacity in each month (a) since January 2023 and (B) until January 2024.

      Mount Vernon Cancer Centre: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what avenues for new capital funding are available for the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre; and if he will make a statement.

      Protective Clothing: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May to Question 184825on Protective Clothing: China, how many items of personal protective equipment held in...

      Health Services and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to para 122 of the report entitled Expert Panel: evaluation of Government’s commitments in the area of the health...

      NHS: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the British Medical Association's 2022 report entitled Building the...

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how priority conditions are determined when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency considers applications for licensing...

      Finerenone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients that have been given finerenone since it was introduced to the NHS.

      Health Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health and Safety Executive has (a) issued guidance and (b) provided other advice to his Department on the use of face...

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to be able to process all D150 submissions within the 150...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 182258, tabled by the hon. Member for Shipley on 24 April 2023.

      Health Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) Council leaders on Unite the Union's pay dispute for...

      Nurses: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses (a) are only employed on permanent contracts, (b) work both on a permanent contract and bank shifts and (c) only work...

      Diets: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing stronger regulations for businesses that...

      Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Accessible Information Standard across healthcare services.

      Drinking Water: Pupils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for (a) Education and (b) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential...

      Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people to increase the amount of exercise they take over the summer.

      Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publicise the scope and timing of the proposed consultation on proposals to expand water fluoridation in the North East; what...

      Medical Treatments: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities for people with (a) rare, (b) genetic and (c) undiagnosed...

      Out-patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the target in NHS England's publication entitled Implementing patient initiated follow-up: Guidance for local health...

      Diabetes: Hornsey and Wood Green

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on ensuring those with (a) Type 1 and (b) Type 2 diabetes receive the health checks they need to...

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) NHS England on increasing funding for the clinical...

      Breast Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2023 to Question 185884 on Cancer: Drugs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of current...

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 30 May 2023 to Questions 186514 on Radiotherapy: Medical Treatments and 186513 on Radiotherapy: Reform, what...

      NHS: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard 2022 data analysis report for NHS trusts, published 22 February 2023, what...

      Kidney Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of increases in the prevalence of comorbidities in people with chronic...

      Kidney Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including chronic kidney disease in the Primary Care Network Contract Directed...

      Kidney Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the work of the London Kidney Network on outcomes for patients with chronic...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Public Service Broadcasting: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to improve regional diversity in public service broadcasting.

    • Public Service Broadcasting: Digital Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to seek public feedback on the adequacy of public service broadcasting platforms for accessing...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.

      Digital Broadcasting: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that people are able to access digital radio content.

      Public Service Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure Public Service Broadcasters meet public service broadcasting obligations on reaching audiences.

      Charities: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help increase funding for (a) charities and (b) other good causes.

      Rugby: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the financial stability of Premiership rugby clubs.

      Lotteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received recent representations on (a) raising and (b) removing the (i) £50 million limit on ticket sales and (b)...

      Lotteries: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the amount of funding generated by society lotteries for charities and causes in each parliamentary...

      Sports and Youth Organisations: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department provides financial assistance to (a) uniformed youth organisations and (b) youth sports teams to enable them to...

      Culture: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department holds on access to arts and culture for children and young people with a disability.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to help housing associations fulfil their new responsibilities under the Social Housing...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, which of his Department’s commitments...

      World Heritage Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Sites tentative list.

      Social Rented Housing: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on trends in the level of demand for social...

      Social Rented Housing: Newcastle Upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with local authorities in Newcastle on delays to repair work on social housing.

      Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to help people living in supported housing; and whether his Department monitors how...

      Disclosure of Information: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has...

      Local Government: Pay Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) council leaders on Unite the Union's...

  • Home Office

    • Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the UK Commission on Bereavement entitled Bereavement is everyone's business, published in October 2022,...

    • Safer Streets Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to open another round of funding for the Safer Streets Fund.

      Driving Offences: Fixed Penalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the amount paid in penalty charges for speeding in (a) the last year for which data are...

      Emergency Calls: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential (a) risks to and (b) impact on outcomes for people with mental health challenges of implementing...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to public purse of services provided by the We Are Digital company for the Windrush compensation scheme as of 15 June...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme have died while waiting for a decision on their application.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's policy started to require Hon. and Rt Hon. Members to provide a Letter of Authority when raising cases relating to the...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unsuccessful claims for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme have been subject to appeal up to 1 June 2023.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the number of people who are eligible for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's policy started to require Hon. and Rt Hon. Members to provide a Letter of Authority when raising cases relating to the...

      British Nationality: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship applications that were not considered straightforward were completed within six months of the application being made in...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation under the Windrush compensation scheme have been awarded as of 15 June 2023.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of cases where her Department breached General Data Protection Regulation by accepting Homes for...

      Home Office: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set timescales for (a) the processing of applications and (b) making travel arrangements for Afghans who are entitled to...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of unaccompanied asylum seeking children who went missing from hotel accommodation remain unaccounted for.

      Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many submissions to the Truth Project set up by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have been processed in each of the last 12 months for which data is available; and what proportion that figure...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on moving asylum seekers from unsuitable temporary hotel accommodation; and if she will make a statement.

      Thomas Roberts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 23 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children,...

      Home Office: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who went missing from hotels in England have subsequently been found...

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what estimate her Department has made of the average number of days...

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what the average number of days taken to make a (a) full Immigration...

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current average wait time for a decision to be made on a modern slavery case under the National Referral Mechanism.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Vodafone: Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of Vodafone broadband outages on 10 April 2023.

    • Online Safety Bill: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including a Violence Against Women and Girls Code of...

      Pornography: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential effectiveness of the Online Safety Bill in tackling online access to...

      Internet: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have access to the internet in Enfield North constituency in the...

      Digital Broadcasting: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to help provide access to digital audio content for (a) people from disadvantaged backgrounds, (b)...

      Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to her Answer of 8 June to question 187868 on Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences: Research, what proportion...

      Science: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to collaborate with businesses in the Scottish life sciences industry to meet the...

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department (a) is taking steps to (i) monitor and (ii) regulate and (b) has made a recent assessment of the...

      Innovate UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps Innovate UK is taking to provide opportunities to people from under-represented groups (a) within its own...

      Science: Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Taiwan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had discussions with representatives of the Government of Taiwan in each of the last five years.

      British Institute at Ankara: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the British Academy's future funding plans for the British...

      British Institute at Ankara: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to the British Academy to support the...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • National Grid: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with businesses in the electricity supply chain on the construction of national grid...

    • Infrastructure: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase the speed of (a) granting planning permission and (b) approving low carbon and network...

      Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of the fourth carbon budget that will be taken up by blocks of scope (a) 1, (b) 2 and...

      Hydrogen: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much revenue support has been allocated to (a) developers and (b) investors in electrolytic hydrogen projects through the...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of households that were previously in receipt of the Warm Homes Discount did not qualify for the...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department has allocated to carbon capture utilisation and storage projects through the Carbon Capture...

      Hydrogen: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Scottish Government and (c) local authorities on planning...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) recent discussions he has had with and (b) representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the potential...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with the Scottish Government on the potential role that existing oil and gas infrastructure...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the high energy cost threshold for qualification for the Warm Homes Discount (a) is and (b) has been in each of the last 12 months.

  • Department for Education

    • Education: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the gender pay gap in the education sector.

    • Physics: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage underrepresented groups of young people to study physics.

      Physics: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to meet its target of recruiting 2,820 specialist physics teachers in 2023.

      STEM Subjects: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to attract STEM teachers to schools in Devon.

      Office for Students: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the terms and conditions are for post of the Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom, including the (a) annual salary, (b) pension...

      Free School Meals: Academic Year

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of free school meals outside of school term time on levels of child poverty.

      Suicide: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing suicide prevention as a compulsory part of the personal, social, health and...

      Physics: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of specialist physics teachers in schools.

      Teachers: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of violent assaults against teachers in schools.

      Sports: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers who coach pupils in a sport are trained in treating and preventing concussion.

      School Teachers' Review Body

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects the School Teachers Review Body 2023 report to be published.

      Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Mental Health Support Teams there were in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London in each year since...

      Tourism: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) local authorities and (b) businesses in the North East on the decision to stop funding for Level 3 tourism...

      Apprentices: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to respond to the recommendations on Apprenticeship pay rates in Low Pay Commission's annual report for 2022.

  • Department for Transport

    • Buses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many zero-emission buses have been delivered as part of the Government’s target to provide 4,000 zero-emission buses by the end of 2024 as...

    • Active Travel and Roads: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money of public funding in (a) active travel schemes and (b) road schemes; and if he will make a statement.

      Active Travel: Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Levelling Up Fund bids have been given a design assessment by Active Travel England.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of...

      Freight: Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to help the road haulage industry to transition to net-zero through adopting (a) Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil and (b) other...

      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the merits of the UK’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation and that deployed in the Republic of Ireland.

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the development of sustainable aviation fuels.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of length of time it will take for battery technology to become sufficiently advanced to power Heavy Goods Vehicles.

      Department for Transport: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, which of his Department’s commitments in that strategy that have not...

      Shipping: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2022, published on 10 May 2023, whether he plans to...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Vodafone Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the merger between Three and Vodafone on her Department's contracts with Vodafone.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2023 to Question 122045 on National Security: Cybersecurity, whether he has revised the whole-life cost for the...

    • LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress made on the Morpheus programme.

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the Joint Crypt Key programme.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether weapons systems on the Capability Drop 1 Ajax vehicles have been fired successfully during vehicle movement.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when his Department will take delivery of the first Capability Drop 3 Ajax vehicles.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities will be acquired through the Protected Mobility Pipeline programme.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Foxhound and (b) Mastiff vehicles are in service with the Army.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the LE TacCIS programme.

      Ministry of Defence: Quantum Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department invested in the research and development of quantum technology each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department invested in the research and development of artificial intelligence technology each year since 2010.

      Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK does not risk falling behind in (a) defence and (b) military-related advancements in (i) drone technology and...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has processes in place to support people affected by repair works on military accommodation property taking longer than two weeks...

      Guided Weapons: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department invested in the research and development of hypersonic technology each year since 2010.

      Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many combat support enablers the Army has.

      Royal Military Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the provision of welfare support at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure the consistent implementation of adequate risk management processes for vulnerable service personnel.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to publicise the ability to join the Self and Custom Build...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent trophy hunters bringing hunt souvenirs into the United Kingdom through...

    • Tree Planting: East Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of trees planted in East Devon constituency since 2010.

      Animals: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department plans to consult on the proposed Target Operating Model for non-commercial imports of live animals.

      Water Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2023 to Question 186322 on Water Companies, how many (a) fines and (b) legal instruments...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has contingency plans in place to ensure the continued operation of (a) water supply and (b) sewage...

      Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains her policy to ban the non-commercial import of pregnant dogs in the last 30 per cent of their gestation...

  • Restoration and Renewal Client Board

    • Victoria Tower

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what options are being considered for the occupation of Victoria Tower after the exit of the...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Candidates: Vetting

      To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what checks are undertaken to ascertain whether candidates for election to...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Youth Offending Teams: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of...

    • Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many multi-agency public protection arrangements lay advisers there are in post.

      Personal Names: Deed Poll

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people waiting to change their legal name by deed poll.

      Magistrates: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage a higher number of younger people to become magistrates.

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of section 21 evictions was in each region of England in each of the last 12 months.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban conversion practices.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to have further roundtable discussions with party leaders in Northern Ireland on taking steps to help restore the Northern...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dementia: Incontinence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they give to health and care providers to ensure that patients with dementia who need absorbent pads to manage incontinence are able to access (1)...

    • Corticobasal Degeneration: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much money they are directing annually to research the (1) causes, and (2) treatment, for corticobasal degeneration.

      Food

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the trends in the past three years relating to the consumption levels of high fat, salt and sugar foods in the UK, particularly...

      Primary Health Care: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any inequality of access to primary care.

      Progressive supranuclear palsy

      To ask His Majesty's Government, for each year since 2017, how many people have been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.

      Independent Review of Integrated Care Systems

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to The Hewitt Review: an independent review of integrated care systems, published on 4 April, what plans they have to implement the recommendation...

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that patients are not digitally excluded from making choices about their care as the Patient Access Plan is rolled out.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Construction: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made to move to zero retentions by 2025, as outlined in the Build UK Roadmap to Zero Retentions, endorsed by the Construction...

    • Construction: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are committed to pursuing targets of a 33 per cent reduction in both the initial cost of construction and the whole life cost of built assets, and...

      Carillion: Insolvency

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the final accounts for Carillion plc to be published by the Official Receiver following its liquidation in 2018.

      Government Departments: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to trial insurance-backed alliancing for Government construction projects in the light of the successes achieved by the use of this method of...

      Small Businesses: Trade Promotion

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their potential for doing more than is currently being done to support SMEs in promoting goods and services overseas.

      Small Businesses: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what feedback they have received from SMEs about export support provided by His Majesty's Government.

      Small Businesses: Trade Promotion

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support is being requested from SMEs from His Majesty's Government for promoting goods and services overseas.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Home Office

    • Frontier Workers: Work Permits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the eligibility criteria of the Frontier Worker Permit on shipping crew availability for UK vessels in (1)...

    • Julian Assange

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for the UK's commitment to human rights of their support for the extradition of Julian Assange to the United...

  • Treasury

    • Children: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support disabled children going without electricity or heating due to their families being impacted by the increased cost of living.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: WiFi

      To ask His Majesty's Government with reference to business plan commitments and service agreements incorporated in franchise agreements with various train operating companies which include...

    • Railways: WiFi

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Transport on 25 May (186185), what options they are considering regarding the benefits of free...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of public chargepoints (1) in operation, and (2) planned, that are suitable for commercial vehicles including...

      Shipping: Frontier Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency planning they have undertaken to manage any disruption to the availability of goods resulting from a lack of shipping crew eligible...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Logistics: Electric Vehicles

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional electricity generation that will be required by (1) 2030, (2) 2040, and (3) 2050, to enable the introduction...

  • Wales Office

    • Welsh National Opera

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Wales will meet with the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to discuss reductions to the budget...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the budget for education purposes provided to each prison during the last year for which figures are available.

    • Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the past year, what proportion of immigration legal aid providers have (1) opened no new legal aid cases, and (2) opened no more than 30 new legal aid cases.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Import Controls: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency planning has been undertaken to manage any disruption to imports to the UK resulting from any potential problems with the implementation of the...

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