Written answers

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Wirral West and the Leader of...

    • Rented Housing: Northumberland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help improve the quality of (a) social and (b) private rented housing in...

      Retail Trade: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of proposals for high street rental auctions on community amenities in...

      Public Houses: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of proposals for high street rental auctions on pubs.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on changes in the levels of projected housebuilding in each local authority area...

      Cultural Heritage: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating protections for landscapes featured in classic works of...

      Housing and Rehabilitation: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department makes assessments of the effectiveness of charities commissioned by local authorities to provide...

      Supported Housing: Care Leavers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to recruit more supported lodgings hosts to care for teenagers and care leavers...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what resources her Department provides to (a) its chemicals division and (b) the Health and Safety Executive for...

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to establish an alternative model of registration for UK REACH; and what steps she plans to take to ensure...

      Chemicals: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to consult with relevant external stakeholders on her Department’s proposals for replacing retained...

      Waste: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help tackle waste crime in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

      Game: Special Protection Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of shoots that are likely to be affected by the decision to remove special...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2023 to Question 186320 on Water: Standards, how many and what proportion of samples did...

      Waste Disposal: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent unlicensed waste disposal companies using social media to advertise their...

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account development of policy on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances will take of the environmental principles policy...

      Game: Special Protection Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her decision to withdraw GL43 licences from special protection areas, what steps she is taking to protect...

      Sewage: Water Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that improvements to sewage treatment are paid for from profits made by the water...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Global Tobacco Regulators Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2023 to Question 186145 on Global Tobacco Regulators Forum, what issues were discussed at that Forum;...

    • Rheumatology: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of pharmacists working within rheumatology services.

      Rheumatology: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of pharmacists working within rheumatology services.

      22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will add 22q11.2 Syndromes to the standard blood screen test for new-borns.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) NHS England and (ii) other bodies on raising public awareness of HRT...

      Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the trend in the level of excess deaths in the last 12 months.

      Medical Records: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS trusts have electronic patient records in place.

      NHS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to verify the environmental claims of companies that the NHS procures products from.

      NHS: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to roll out NHS training and development available to doctors to all NHS staff.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial implications for his policies of trends in the retention rates of experienced NHS staff; and...

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on support imaging networks to help develop IT systems and image-sharing technologies.

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the criteria used by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in granting...

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Global Radiologists Programme in filling NHS radiology vacancies.

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) funding for and (b) number of specialty training posts in line...

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment into the change in the law allowing women to take abortion bills at home.

      Medical Treatments: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure people from low-income backgrounds have access to advanced therapies for (a) rare, (b) genetic...

      Eating Disorders: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support young people in danger of developing an eating disorder.

      Health Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission research on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on (a) diagnostics, (b) health economics and...

      Mental Illness: Community Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many crisis houses are managed by the NHS as of June 2023.

      Taplow Manor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients at Taplow Manor Hospital receive adequate care.

      Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS plans to use low carbon propellants treatments for asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients promptly...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying the Scandinavian model of career breaks to workforce planning and...

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will take steps to improve continuous professional development programmes for clinicians.

      Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the total number of years' experience held by all NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors in each year...

      Doctors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take in the workforce plan to improve the retention rate for doctors.

      National Clinical Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) human resources support is allocated to each NHS National Clinical Director.

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ Workforce Census Report 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of aligning the (a) pay and (b) terms and conditions of staff on the Agenda for...

      Neurology: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many neuroscience staff are employed by the NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board; and what the vacancy rate was for...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide incentives to improve the retention rates of NHS staff prior to their retirement to support the development of skills...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that clinical supervision is supernumerary in the NHS workforce plan.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to consult with professional bodies on the future Workforce Plan.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing NHS staff to take research breaks and then to return to clinical work.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) viability and (b) effectiveness of applying the proposals for the early careers...

      Nurses: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses currently work (a) permanent (b) bank and (c) permanent and bank work patterns.

      Sunscreens: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that families on low incomes have access to adequate sun protection products; and if he will ensure...

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy in negotiations on a pandemic preparedness treaty that responsibility for the (a) planning and (b)...

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many products in the D150 submission category have been waiting for Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approval for...

      Strokes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the potential closure of the Stroke Recovery Service in Portsmouth on treatment...

      Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2023 to Question 186059 on Protective Clothing, whether his Department has considered the potential...

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to reduce backlogs in D150 applications.

      Clinical Trials: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to facilitate data sharing and improve access to clinical trials in Scotland.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 25 May 2023 from the hon. Member for Tooting on the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government response to the petition entitled Owen's Law - Change the law around allergy labelling in UK...

      Air Pollution: London Underground

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential impact of air pollution levels on the London Underground on...

      Endometriosis

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

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided to Havering Council through school condition allocations.

    • Department for Education: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, which of her Department’s commitments in that strategy that have...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent trends in child poverty in Portsmouth South constituency.

      Sign Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents of deaf children participated in British sign language courses that were funded through the adult education budget in Kent and Medway...

      Children: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Family Hubs will identify children and parents who need support with reading; and how Family Hubs will strengthen bonds between parents and children.

      Children: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to help ensure that parents have support to read with their children.

      Special Educational Needs: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ratio of special educational need and disability teaching staff to pupils.

      Special Educational Needs: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for the testing of special educational needs.

      Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the total number of years' experience held by all state (a) primary, and (b) secondary teachers in each...

      Children: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to ensure that all schools have access to high-quality books for children.

      Secondary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary schools have a two-year key stage 3.

      Pupil Numbers: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in number of pupils at schools in London since the pandemic.

      History: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking through the national curriculum to ensure that adequate time is provided for teaching British history at key stage 3.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Cameroon: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on investigating alleged...

    • Nigeria: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the new Nigerian administration on (a) security cooperation in...

      China and Iran: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of China’s provision of...

      Home Office: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his...

      Iran and Syria: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of 2022 Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre...

      Middle East: Minority Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help strengthen the rights of indigenous (a) Kurdish, (b) Yazidi and (c)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether an Access to Work scheme has been implemented in their Department.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, which of his Department’s...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the letter of 26 May 2023 from the hon. Member for Glasgow North West on arranging a meeting to discuss...

    • Trading Standards: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trading standards staff were employed in each local authority in (a) 2023 and (b) 2010.

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to support business activities which (a) improve the climate, (b) reduce poverty and (c) reduce...

      Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small businesses opened in the last (a) 3, (b) 6, (c) 12 and (d) 24 months.

      Small Businesses: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small businesses went bankrupt in the last (a) 3, (b) 6, (c) 12 and (d) 24 months.

      Small Business Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving investigatory powers to the Small Business Commissioner.

      Department for Business and Trade: Taiwan

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

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • State Retirement Pensions: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to prevent people falling into poverty as a result of increases in the state pension age.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of by how much the child maintenance upper weekly limit of £3,000 gross income set in 2012 under the Child...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of housing benefit in the context of trends in the level of average rents.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of increases in child poverty levels in Preston constituency.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were (a) made and (b) granted to parents with care for a top-up maintenance order under the Children Act 1989 Schedule 1...

      Cold Weather Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness and targeting of Cold Weather Payments.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Access to Work Programme

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

      Pension Credit: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest period between receipt and approval of an application for Pension Credit was in each region of the UK in the last 12 months.

      State Retirement Pensions: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the state pension age on the financial situation of...

      Universal Credit: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185575 Universal Credit: Self-employed, how many and what proportion of (a) households with...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to end the two-child limit for benefit payments.

      Universal Credit: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that legacy benefit claimants (a) are aware of and (b) have access to managed payments to...

      Universal Credit: Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding any legacy benefit claimant due to qualify for Pension Credit before...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to amend Universal Credit regulations to allow claimants of legacy benefits to be eligible for transitional protection if...

  • Treasury

    • Income Tax: Exemptions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses utilised the exemption provisions in Section 317 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 in the latest period for which...

    • 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, (a) for which individuals and (b) for how many...

      Taxation: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that the British National (Overseas) holders residing in the UK are aware of their right to have their tax...

      Revenue and Customs: Complaints

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints HM Revenue and Customs received in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those were upheld.

      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: 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 of government procurement card spending over £500, what was the (a) nature and (b) purpose of the...

      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: January 2023, 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: February 2023, 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: November 2022, published 31 May 2023,...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Hospitality Industry: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received in VAT receipts from the hospitality sector in each quarter since the temporary reduced VAT rate which applied to tourism and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to reply to the emails from the Rt Hon Member for Leeds Central of 12 April and 9 May about his constituent Mr MW and his...

      Wealth: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact on tax receipts of the introduction of an annual wealth tax.

      Voluntary Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to take steps to update taxpayers' personal HMRC pages to reflect the decision to extend the deadline to 2025 for voluntary pension...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of procurement card spend greater than £500, for (a) which individuals and (b) how many nights...

      Treasury: EU Law

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) on Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term...

      Committee of Privileges: Legal Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department approved the cost of legal advice provided to the former Rt hon. Member for Uxbridge for the investigation into his conduct by the...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children were accommodated in Home Office operated hotels in each month since October 2022 by age.

    • 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...

      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...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time civil servants above Grade 7 have worked on the Windrush compensation scheme in each financial quarter since the scheme...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the total budget for the Windrush compensation scheme has been allocated.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average time taken to complete an application for the Windrush compensation scheme in the most recent...

      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: Judicial Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the public purse of judicial review cases brought by campaign groups representing asylum seekers in each of the past...

      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...

      Home Office: Grants

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

      Crimes of Violence: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps police forces are taking to monitor breaches of exclusion zones relating to (a) domestic abuse and (b) other violent crimes.

      Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of hate crime laws for protecting LGBTQ+ people from hate crime; and if she will...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places were occupied by prisoners born overseas since 2021; and what steps his Department is taking to deport these people to their...

    • Abortion: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on decriminalising abortion after 24 weeks.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Carbon Capture and Storage: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department allocated to the Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation Infrastructure Fund in each year since...

    • Hydrogen and Wind Power: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Scotland's Statutory Independent Undertakings converting curtailed wind...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an announcement on the allocation of Track 2 status for carbon capture utilisation and storage projects.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reopening applications to the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding.

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulatory arrangements for the price of wholesale electricity.

      Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to assess unused potential for solar energy on (a) domestic and (b) commercial roof space; if he will...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria his Department used to allocate expenditure to projects through the Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland

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

      Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding was allocated from the Energy Transformation Fund (a) in total and (b) to projects in Scotland in each year of its...

      Natural Gas: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of households which use the natural gas network in (a) the UK, (b) Great Britain, (c)...

      Solar Power: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps his Department has taken to support research into floating solar panels.

      Energy Supply: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in what time frame energy consumers in Northern Ireland can expect to receive replacements for stolen vouchers.

      Energy: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the (a) total and (b) average credit balance that has been accrued to energy companies as a result...

      Energy: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to regulate energy companies to (a) require them to automatically refund surplus credit to consumers...

      Energy: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has held discussions with executives from (a) British Gas, (b) EDF Energy, (c) E.ON, (d) RWE npower, (e) Scottish Power...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Billing

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of requiring all (a) utility, (b) banks and (c) other companies to...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Fairtrade Initiative

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June to Question 186759 on House of Commons: Fairtrade Initiative, if the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: EU Law

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Innovate UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps Innovate UK has taken to ensure its grants are accessible to under-represented groups.

    • UK Research And Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding was allocated to Havering Council as part of the UK Research and Innovation Innovate Scheme in 2021-22.

      Innovate UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps Innovate UK has taken to encourage (a) businesses and (b) universities to collaborate with each other.

      Life Sciences: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial effect of the £650 million Life Sci for Growth...

      Science: Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has any targets on (a) the number and (b) the economic value of research collaborations with Africa.

      Counter Disinformation Unit: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether online content flagged for removal by the Counter Disinformation Unit can include lawful expression.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Vodafone Group

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

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Devonport Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the contract for HMNB Devonport - 3 Basin Rehabilitation of Vessel Entry Point.

    • Devonport Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the award of a contract for HMNB Devonport - 3 Basin Rehabilitation of Vessel Entry Point, published on 19 May, will affect any of the timelines...

      Trident Submarines: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where he plans to store the first Vanguard-class submarine awaiting decommissioning; and in what timescale.

      Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188464 on Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships: Procurement, when he plans for the second vessel...

      Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise was in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

      Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry battalions the Army has; and how many of them have (a) protected and (b) unprotected armour.

  • Department for Transport

    • Network Rail: Derelict Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Network Rail on releasing unused brownfield sites for housing.

    • Eurostar: Amsterdam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with representatives of Eurostar on the decision to end direct services between London and Amsterdam.

      Eurostar: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with representatives of Eurostar on re commencing services at (a) Ashford and (b) Ebbsfleet International.

      Railways: Darlington and Stockton on Tees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to commemorate the bicentenary of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 2025.

      Shipping: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on the potential merits of a global levy on greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping...

      Freight: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of potential changes in the revenue generated by the haulage industry due to EU rules on cabotage since the UK left the EU.

      Buses: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187276 on Buses: Carbon Emissions, what discussions Ministers from his Department had with Ministers...

      Driving Licences: Welsh Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring further traffic commissioner functions relating to licence applications to the...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Television Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to review the BBC licence fee.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b)...

      BBC

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Director General of the BBC on the BBC report entitled Across the UK, published March 2021.

      Athletics: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether oversight structures are in place to regulate the standard of running tracks (a) operated and (b) owned by local authorities in...

      Swimming Pools: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many council-run swimming pools were open in the North West in (a) December 2019 and (b) June 2023.

      Outdoor Recreation: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Guide Association on Government support for outdoor adventure centres in (a) Waddow...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Vladimir Kolokoltsev

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Saudi Arabia concerning the reported visit by the Russian interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev to Jeddah on...

    • Nagorno Karabakh: Peace Negotiations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current status of peace talks between the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding the region of...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, given that assistance by the Red Cross is limited...

      India: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of India on the impact on freedom of religion of legislation by states of that country prohibiting religious...

      Egypt: Copts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the freedom of religion enjoyed by the Copts in Egypt.

      North America: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken following the fires in North America to offer to give assistance, and in particular drinking water, to Canada.

      India: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of India on the importance of pluralism and human rights, including freedom of religion; and what assessment...

      Uganda: LGBT+ People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Uganda following the signing into law by that government prescribing the death penalty for "aggravated...

      India: Non-governmental Organisations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of India’s Financial Contribution Regulation Act on UK non-governmental organisations working in that country.

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Overseas Students

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 25 May (HL Deb, col 1063), what plans they have to reform the application process for student visas for...

    • Passports: Visual Impairment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure the accessibility of printed passport renewal forms, with particular regard to the impact of the choice of colour on those...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 5 April (HL6529), where the National Institute for Health and Care Research rapid study on those that remain...

    • Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cancer patients received radiotherapy treatment within the 62-day referral to treatment target in the most recent year for which data are available.

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent progress they have made towards reducing health inequalities; and what further steps they intend to take in the future.

      Hospital Beds

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the commitment by the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Thérèse Coffey on 22 September 2022 (HC Deb, col 830), how many of...

      Corticobasal Degeneration

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were diagnosed with corticobasal degeneration in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure a free trade agreement with India.

    • Small Businesses: Takeovers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect smaller UK firms from being taken over by foreign companies as a result of rising interest rates.

      Exports and Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to encourage optimism among (1) UK exporters, and (2) inward investors into the UK.

      Eastern Powerhouse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the Eastern Powerhouse to support the improvement of connectivity, infrastructure, and economic activity in the East of England.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Sports: Harassment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with international partners about the creation of a global safe sports entity and framework for the elimination of all forms of...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Service: Disclosure of Information

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

  • Treasury

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what factors have led to the delay in establishing the National Regulator for Construction Products since it was announced by the Office of Product Safety and...

    • Church of England: Grants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what grants they provided to the Church of England in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the next six-monthly report to Parliament on HS2 will provide information about the scope of delays and relevant cost changes caused by the recent pause in...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement by the Prime Minister on 7 June regarding plans for the UK to host the first major global summit on AI safety, what steps they are...

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