Written answers

Thursday, 22 June 2023

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Youth Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Hub work coaches are employed by his Department as of 19 June 2023; and how many were employed on the same date in (a) 2022 and...

    • Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Youth Hubs in each financial year since they were launched; and how much his Department is forecast to spend...

      Youth Services: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of Youth Hub locations in Great Britain as of 19 June 2023.

      Youth Services: Unemployed People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers (a) were referred to and (b) engaged with Youth Hub services (i) in 2021-22, (ii) in 2022-23 and (iii) between 1 April...

      Jobcentres and Youth Services: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Youth Hub and (b) Jobcentre support in helping young jobseekers into...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the spare bedroom subsidy on levels of spending on (a) housing benefit and (b)...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a review of the under-occupancy penalty.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of the suspension period was for benefit claimants who had their benefits suspended and then reinstated by the Risk...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessments were carried out (a) face-to-face, (b) remotely and (c) on paper in...

      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 (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London that...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on undertaking a review of voter ID.

    • Local Government: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will meet council representatives from Cheshire and Warrington to discuss devolution for the area.

      Levelling Up Fund: Strangford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated to rugby clubs in Strangford constituency as part of the Levelling Up Fund in the last 12...

      Investment Zones: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Economy on an investment zone in Northern Ireland; and when he...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 128 of the Levelling Up White Paper, published on 2 February 2022, CP 604, what progress he has...

      Conditions of Employment: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to encourage (a) businesses and (b) organisations in Greater Manchester to sign up to the...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Vodafone Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment their Department has made of the potential effect of the merger between Three and Vodafone on their...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Access to Work Programme

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

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Afghan refugees who are in hotels can apply for homelessness with any local authority.

      Boilers: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the consultation on the technical specification of the Future Homes Standard on the use of...

      Regional Planning and Development: Aarhus Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Right to Build legislation on demand for self and custom build...

      Leasehold: Pets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals affecting (a) master-leases, (b) all ownership master-leases and...

      Students: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the exemption in the Renters Reform Bill to allow fixed...

      Tenants' Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings he had with tenants unions and associations in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

      Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the average cost of housing a person evicted under a section 21 notice for (a) each local...

      Prisoners' Release: Housing

      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...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, which of his Department’s commitments in that strategy...

    • Contraceptives: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the women’s health ambassador for England on disparities in birth control prescriptions.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus

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

      Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is taking steps to investigate the potential effect of valproate on men...

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many participants were recruited to industry-sponsored clinical trials in each of the National Institute for Health and Care...

      Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Gender Identity Development Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the last new paediatric patient attended their first appointment at the Tavistock and Portman NHS foundation trust gender and...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the effectiveness of the operation of Section 178 of the Health and Care Act 2022 on the early medical termination of...

      NHS: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to (a) release funding for winter planning and (b) set out priorities for winter pressures for the NHS in 2023-24.

      Health Professions: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department has removed health impairment as a head of impairment in fitness to practice proceedings before...

      Coronavirus: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nightingale hospitals were constructed during the covid-19 pandemic; and what the total cost was of those facilities.

      Earwax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of ear syringing treatment through the NHS in West London; and if he will...

      Rheumatology: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the skill mix in primary care to (a) diagnose, (b) treat and (c) manage (i)...

      Rheumatology: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the mix of skills in primary care to help diagnose, treat and manage musculoskeletal...

      Care Homes: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the impact of the cost of living on people in receipt of Personal Allowances to purchase care.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve management of delayed discharges.

      Social Services: Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of integrated care boards on the quality of social care.

      Better Care Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing funding for the Better Care Fund on integration between health and...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many parents of children eligible for Healthy Start vouchers there are in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) Enfield North...

      Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to support research into developing low carbon propellant inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive...

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to fill vacancies in clinical radiology as part of the long-term workforce plan.

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of clinical oncology and clinical radiology specialists in training after the...

      Neurology: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) incidence and (b) prevalence of neurological conditions in the population of...

      Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of climate change on trends in the level of excess deaths.

      Chromosome Abnormalities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to add to the guidance accompanying the Down Syndrome Act 2022 to address 22q11.2 Syndromes and other chromosomal disorders.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Special Protection Areas: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the average number of days taken for individual licences to be granted by Natural England...

    • Special Protection Areas: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she made an assessment of the potential merits of consulting on the withdrawal of GL43 licences from special...

      Special Protection Areas: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of withdrawing GL43 licences from special protection areas...

      Leighton Hall: Gun Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Leighton Hall Estate has been granted an individual licence to shoot.

      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) cautions (b) prosecutions and (c)...

      Animals: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186538 on Animal and Plant Health Agency: Port of Dover, if she will...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 186536 tabled by the hon. Member for Penrith and the Border on 23 May for answer by 5 June...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds searchable IT archives (a) on Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation...

  • Home Office

    • Stop and Search: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and searches per 1,000 people by ethnicity were recorded in Wales in 2021-22.

    • Health Services: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the the impact of housing of an increased number of asylum seekers in Shrewsbury on the local...

      Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2023 on Regulation Update, UIN HCWS779, whether the review of the legal framework for the...

      Asylum: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential occupational health impacts of the proposed increases in housing for asylum...

      Asylum: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of arrangements for the housing of an increased number of asylum seekers in Shrewsbury.

      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...

      Chemicals and Cosmetics: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with interested parties to assess the potential merits of updating the cosmetics and chemicals...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average time taken to process asylum applications in May (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people the police have detained under section 1365 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last 24 months.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve the efficiency and (b) maintain the thoroughness of the asylum application process.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission the creation of a digital tool to enable asylum seekers to be provided with updates on their case.

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many leave-to-remain applications cannot be progressed because of a technical issue.

      Asylum: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187651, how many asylum seekers lived in Newcastle upon Tyne in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c)...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that case managers provide comprehensive updates to case requests through the MP hotline for visa and...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of full time equivalent staff working on processing Windrush Compensation...

      Drugs: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the requirement for drug testing charities to obtain licenses from her Department for back of house drug testing in the...

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Sunscreens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing free sunscreen products in schools for children.

    • Schools: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the re-inspection of schools is carried out by the original assessor where practicable.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that teachers are trained to identify signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as early as possible.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187808 on Special Educational Needs, and with reference to her Department's guidance Summer born...

      Free School Meals: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what were the savings to the public purse of unspent free school meal allowances in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial years; and...

      Department for Education: Access to Work Programme

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

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with US counterparts on the transfer of the British Indian Ocean Territory...

    • Pakistan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on (a) allegations of arbitrary detentions, (b)...

      Pakistan: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Pakistani Governmental authorities on the operation of free, fair and...

      Pakistan: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Pakistan on the safety of (a) domestic and (b) foreign...

      North Korea: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment for the implications of its policies of recent reports of the...

      Afghanistan: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the treatment of LGBT+ people in Afghanistan by (a) the Taliban Government,...

      Ukraine: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether devolved spending on asylum seekers, refugees and people from Ukrainian is included in Overseas...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Israel to stop evictions, displacement and forcible transfers...

      Libya: IRA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to compensate victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism.

      Shadi Shahidzadeh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Iranian authorities on the loss of contact between Shadi...

      Israel: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of relocating the British Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policy of the support to Bahrain's...

      Deep Sea Mining: G7

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to hold discussions with G7 counterparts on memorandums of understanding for deep sea mining.

      Malaysia: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit Malaysia.

      Malaysia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Malaysian counterpart on strengthening UK-Malaysian relations.

      Sri Lanka: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to work with the international community to help reduce poverty in Sri...

      Diplomatic Relations: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) efficacy and (b) potential value of using artificial intelligence in...

      Australia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187058, whether Ministers in his Department plan to meet with...

      Disease Control: Innovation and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK funding for research on treating and preventing (a)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of adherence by the Russian Federation to its legal responsibilities towards...

      Peru: Dengue Fever

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Peru following the recent outbreak of dengue fever.

      Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide support to the Ministry for Indigenous Peoples in...

      Guatemala: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Guatemalan counterpart on (a) the sentencing of José Rubén Zamora,...

  • Cabinet Office

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Baby Care Units: Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for the entitlements set out in the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act who will...

    • Public Sector: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has plans to ensure that outsourced staff in the public sector receive (a) at least the Living Wage and (b) certainty over hours...

      Public Sector: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has plans to ensure every public sector employee receives at least the Living Wage.

      Billing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to require all businesses to provide paper bills to people over the age of 70.

      Strategic Trade Advisory Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the Strategic Trade Advisory Group has not met since June 2022; and when the Group is next planned to meet.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Radio: Local Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has held with the BBC Board on conducting equality impact assessments on changes to BBC local radio...

    • Advertising: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle greenwashing in advertising.

      Music Venues: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing the same level of funding to grassroots music venues that host...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Disability

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

      Tourism: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Tourism Recovery Plan: Update on Delivery published by her Department in March 2023, what recent progress she has...

      Public Holidays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with other Government departments on the potential effect of additional public holidays on the tourism...

  • Treasury

    • Mortgages: Defaulters

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of mortgage defaults in Wales in each of the next 12 months.

    • Mortgages: Refugees

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of mortgages for Ukrainian refugees with a time limited permission to stay in the UK.

      Cash Dispensing: Meriden

      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 Meriden constituency.

      Low Incomes: Meriden

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to people on lower incomes in Meriden constituency.

      Small Businesses: Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals in the Prudential Regulation Authority Consultation CP 16/22 on the Implementation...

      Mortgages: Pensioners

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of changes in the costs of the average mortgage on pensioners.

      Leasehold: Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the levels of mortgage interest rates on (a) leaseholders and (b) people in...

      Revenue and Customs: Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of HM Revenue and Customs' (a) customer service standard and (b) response times.

      Revenue and Customs: Complaints

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that HM Revenue and Customs responds to enquiries and complaints within standard response times.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Carbon Emissions: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average time taken by his Department was to reach a decision on granting planning permission for low carbon infrastructure...

    • Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to increase levels of private investment in industrial decarbonisation projects.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to increase the rate of installation of energy efficiency measures under ECO4.

      Energy: Owner Occupation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandatory energy efficiency standards for the owner-occupied homes.

      Energy Company Obligation: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of delivery of the Local Authority Flexibility aspect of the ECO4 scheme.

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department will take a one or two-phase approach to Track-2 cluster sequencing for carbon capture.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for consulting on options for a new approach to consumer protection in energy markets after April 2024.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to retrofit homes at risk of fuel poverty.

      Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to decouple electricity and gas prices.

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May to Question 186184 on Energy Charter Treaty, how many meetings officials in his Department have...

      Energy: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question 186793 on Energy: Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Energy: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with energy companies on potential linage between the costs of green energy and of fossil...

      Energy: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the level of residential energy customer debt; and if he will make a comparative...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to encourage energy companies to ensure that retail prices reflect wholesale prices.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for phase 2 of the veterans' recognition scheme roll-out.

    • Ministry of Defence: Access to Work Programme

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

      HMS Iron Duke

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the 2018 to 2023 refit of HMS Iron Duke.

      Hercules Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for C130J Hercules following its retirement.

      Army: Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tanks are in service with the Army.

      Army: Horses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many horses are in service with the Army.

      Nato

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries UK personnel are deployed with NATO; on which (a) NATO and (b) domestic bases are they stationed; and at what levels.

      Afghanistan: Interpreters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to (a) recognise the contribution of civilian interpreters who worked for the Armed Forces in Afghanistan and (b) commemorate those...

      Ministry of Defence: EU Law

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

  • Department for Transport

    • Public Transport: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of public transport services operating between Greater Manchester...

    • High Speed 2 Line: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a provision for a break clause in the HS2 Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner contract; and if he will make a statement.

      Manchester Airport: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-introducing the Stockport station to Manchester Airport station railway service.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Technology: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the Intellectual Property Office review of the standard-essential patent...

    • Three: Vodafone Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions the Government has had with Ofcom on the potential merger between Three and Vodafone.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Access to Work Programme

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

    • Ministry of Justice: Disability

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

      Social Security Benefits: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has issued on the use of unlicensed doctors in his Department's tribunals.

      Weddings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law published by the Law Commission on 18 July 2022, HC 557, what steps the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the seasonal flu immunisation programme letter on 25 May, what steps they are taking to ensure that there is a multi-supplier...

    • Social Services: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, if any, to increase funding for social care.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 25 May (HL Deb col 1032), whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currently...

      Mental Illness: Police Custody

      To ask His Majesty's Government what, if any, actions they intend to take to ensure that people suffering from mental health crises are not taken to a police custody suite.

      Respiratory System: Diseases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent respiratory illnesses, such as respiratory syncytial virus, in babies and infants this winter to free up paediatric elective care.

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Babies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the death of babies under six months of age from respiratory syncytial virus.

      Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 11 April (HL6530) and 12 April (HL6941), in which he stated that the DHSC will continue to fund and provide...

      Ivf

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 6 June (HL7725), how the implantation failure rate for pronuclear transfer compares to that for all other...

      Corticobasal Degeneration

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support is available for people suffering from corticobasal degeneration.

      Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support is available for people with progressive supranuclear palsy.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Home Builders Federation Planning for Economic and Social Failure, published in March 2023, and its finding...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Transgender People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to schools on disciplinary action associated with teachers who refer to transgender pupils by their legal and biological sex.

    • Arabic and Religion: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 15 May (HL7542), what assessment they have made of any implications for national security arising from the...

      Primary Education: Free School Meals

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will change the conditions on which Universal Infant Free School Meal grants are made to ensure that the grants are expended solely on improving the...

      Oak National Academy: Publications

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the impact on the educational publishing export market of not including geographical restrictions in the licensing structure for Oak...

      Oak National Academy: Publications

      To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they sought, and from whom, when considering the licensing model for Oak National Academy resources.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Kosovo: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) political, and (2) security, situation in Kosovo, following the recent unrest in that country; and what discussions...

    • Iran: Freedom of Religion

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any comparison of the freedom of religion of UK subjects in Iran with the freedom of religion of Iranian citizens in the UK.

      Ukraine: Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for a more sustainable security solution for Ukraine, including for basic infrastructure.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to the government of Ukraine to ensure that their shelters in (1) Kyiv and (2) other parts of Ukraine, are adequate, in...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current value of Government departments' directly procured construction contracts where project bank accounts are being used, as recommended in the...

  • Treasury

    • Windows and Doors: VAT

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their consultation VAT energy saving materials relief – improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions, which closed on 31 May,...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to allow asylum seekers the right to work while waiting for their asylum claims to be resolved.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Electricity: Heating

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that the cost of using electricity to heat homes and buildings will fall below the cost of using hydrocarbons.

    • Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to extend the Energy Price Guarantee beyond June 2023.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Music Venues: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the potential merits of a ticket levy on large music events and arenas to increase funding for grassroots music.

What is this?

The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.

June 2023
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930