To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Data and Digital Infrastructure of 14 June 2023 at Topical Questions, T7, Official Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention rate of teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Regional Department for Education Directors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of higher education providers under investigation by the Office for Students relating to breaches of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on vaping in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for publication of guidance for schools on matters relating to gender identity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy, published by her Department on 19 May 2023, when she plans to launch the Skills Dashboard.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish the 2023 report of the School Teachers Review Body.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish revised safeguarding guidance on transgender issues in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to improve learning outcomes for boys.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK skills base to support deep sea mining.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent careers advisers are employed to answer phone calls to the National Careers Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to address skills shortages in the construction industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of fatalities caused by asthma; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS England publication entitled Accelerating genomic medicine in the NHS, published on 12 October 2022, what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS waiting times.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a fund for ultra-orphan medicines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided guidance to (a) NHS Supply Chain and (b) other purchasing managers in (i) the NHS and (ii) social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188379 on Rabies: Preventive Medicine, whether he has made an assessment of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new hospitals have commenced construction since the beginning of this Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS Property Service Ltd. on its disposal policies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to reduce the FIT screening for bowel cancer threshold from 120 ug/g to 20ug/g.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access on access to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Your life and CF, published in June 2023 by Cystic Fibrosis Trust, if he will make an assessment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to negotiate a new voluntary scheme for branded medicines, pricing and access.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) size and (b) condition of NHS buildings on hospital waiting lists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the British Medical Association entitled Building the future - brick by brick, published in 2022, whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on convening a meeting between interested MPs and NHS England on recent NHS advice about contact...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 186387 on Cancer: Vaccination and with reference to the oral contribution of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187628 on Commission on Human Medicines, and with reference to the Summary of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of delays in international NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of emergency admissions to hospitals for people with neurological conditions in (a) 2020-21, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much government funding was allocated to dementia research in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of covid-19 booster vaccines for people who are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plan to publish the pre-exposure prophylaxis action plan prior to Parliament’s 2023 summer recess.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the risks posed to national security by political instability in Russia; and what steps he is taking to mitigate the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which year the Wedgetail surveillance planes will be operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's civilian fleet is comprised of electric vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of funding allocated to the defence nuclear enterprise in the spring budget 2023 his Department plans to allocate to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 June 2023, HCWS867, on Military Accommodation: Safety Inspections, how many individuals live in the 795...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 172977 on France: Minesweepers, whether the capability provided by the Maritime Mine Counter...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 172977 on France: Minesweepers, how many capability milestones there are in the Mine Hunting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the RAF has been deployed to intercept aircraft in Republic of Ireland airspace in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to promote Armed Forces Covenant among (a) businesses and (b) the general population.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a specialist counter-insurgency force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of UK participation in the Trident II Service- Life Extension programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost to the public purse of the nuclear replacement warhead programme as of 26 June 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on its Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when the capabilities to be delivered by the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon programme will be in service in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps with international counterparts to classify wrecks of warships as war graves.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held discussions with representatives of the retail sector on preventing attacks on staff working in shops.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any children under the age of 18 are currently detained in Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre; and whether any children under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of (a) the South Community Recovery Network in Glasgow and (b) other recovery communities...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that a Russian intelligence agent has entered the UK under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants who made applications while under the age of 18 have had their substantive interviews cancelled due to turning 18...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of classifying wildlife crime distinctly within crime statistics.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is for Sudanese nationals whose visitor visas are due to expire but are unable to return to Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data the Government held on the remediation of buildings that have non-ACM cladding safety faults as of 21 June 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will introduce a single, mandatory, legally enforceable code of practice for property agents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to regulate service charges by management agencies on leaseholders and freeholders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 177791 on Private Rented Housing: Sales, if he will take steps to ensure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he will make it his policy to reduce planning restrictions for new onshore wind farms in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2023 to Question 188909 on Land Registry: Applications, what the average time was for an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the review of voter ID changes following the May...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) increasing devolution in England and (b) giving...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of regional imbalance in the allocation of levelling up funding.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the expected level of public sector net debt in April 2024.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Governor of the Bank of England of 22 June 2023, what steps he is taking to help...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the criteria through which the UK would decline to pursue a tax claim made by an EU state against a UK national under the Mutual...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on changes in the level of illegal transactions using stolen cards in the 18 months (a) before and (b) after higher...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to small and medium-sized enterprises to help with costs in the context of the rate of inflation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of charging tax on (a) scooters and (b) other smaller petrol motor vehicles.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to support (a) first-time buyers and (b) people who have large capital balances on their mortgages.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help tackle inflation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Bank of England on the impact of interest rate changes on the level of inflation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tools his Department uses to assess the impact of the increase in the Bank of England base rate on mortgage holders.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of whether the economy will be in recession in the next 18 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Government’s economic policies during the covid-19 pandemic on the economy.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she has taken to help support British green-energy businesses to expanding into Indian markets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure trading standards representatives can access the information from (a) companies and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she had made of the potential implication for her policies of Vanguard Group Inc's decision to rescind on its commitments to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people on zero hours contracts in Stockport constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to publish the first biennial free trade agreement monitoring report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase of the Bank of England base rate to five per cent on high street...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much from the public purse was spent by each of his Trade Envoys in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on establishing a Clean Steel Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the people in the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search group were aged between 16 and 24 in total in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department provides to Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment assessment staff on the needs of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the Access to Work Scheme were outstanding as of 21 June 2023; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to young jobseekers in the Universal Credit Intensive Work Search group who are referred to a Youth Hub which is not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department offers autistic people exemption from repeated assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on 19 June 2023, column 565, in response to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff have received training on the communication needs of autistic people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department provides to Jobcentre Plus staff on the communication needs of autistic people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the Youth Employment Programme in each financial year since it was launched; and how much his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish details on the sixty-five scaled and transitioned automations created by the Intelligence Automation Garage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving in category (a) C and (b) D prisons have been in custody for 10 years or longer as of 21 June 2023.

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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to  increase the availability of legal aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department routinely undertakes assessments of the potential impacts of restrictions to water for the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report entitled Report of the Special...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in negotiations with the European Commission on awarding Great Britain Part 1 listed status to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on vaccinating badgers to tackle the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility on food...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring dogs to be on a leash when on agricultural land.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 184463 on Glass: Deposit Return Schemes, whether her Department has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 184463 on Glass: Deposit Return Schemes, whether she has considered the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to increase glass recycling rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that fluoroquinolone antibiotics are not used on imported meat.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been collected through Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment compliance charges in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to allocate a proportion of the fees collected through the Waste Electrical and Electronic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has provided to Material Focus in each of the last three years; and if she will provide a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help encourage the use of canals and rivers; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on legislative proposals to prevent pet smuggling; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much chicken treated with fluoroquinolone antibiotics was imported in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £143m of aid announced on 24 May for the Horn of Africa was additional to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help improve resilience in countries in the Horn of Africa to impacts of climate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 January 2023 to Question 108129 on Nigeria: Armed Forces, what recent assessment he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has received on (a) the humanitarian situation in Western Tigray, (b) reports of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, published by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has offered (a) police support, (b) legal support and (c) other technical support to the International...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to commission a new Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment for the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance the UK is providing to South Sudan through the UNHCR programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid his Department has provided to Afghanistan in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) prevent intimidation and (b) encourage free and fair political...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recommendations the Government plans to make to the UN Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic Review...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will (a) review sanctions on the Allied Democratic Forces leadership and (b) make an assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of how the UK's contribution to the reconstruction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support the development of Ukraine's tourism industry following its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Seafarers Reform Oversight Group last met; and when the group plans to meet next.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of disabled people currently hold a driving licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce waiting times for drivers to take practical tests and (b) license new driving test centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to require bus operators to install air conditioning systems on their fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Transport, which (a) Department and (b) Minister is responsible for civilian and tourist submarines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to extend the requirement for all publicly-funded buses to have additional flexible space for a second wheelchair user or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the car insurance industry on insurance premiums and their impacts on policyholders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to provide ring-fenced funding for (a) cleaning, (b) maintenance and (c) repair work for the Stockport viaduct.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to reduce the total number of rail ticket offices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department’s planned timetable for is developing a national action plan for implementation of each of the six...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 105545 on Energy Charter Treaty, whether his Department has undertaken a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to review the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a strategy on retrofitting homes and training and recruitment for that labour force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support businesses with energy costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with energy providers on steps being taken increase flexibility for small businesses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the adequacy of levels of flexibility in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps he has taken to support the long-term energy needs of hospitality businesses in Meriden constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of her Department's spending on supporting music goes to (a) gospel music and (b) other individual music genres; and...

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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the support provided by the BBC for local radio in the Scottish Highlands.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which those taking the economic risk will be rewarded under the Environmental Land Management Schemes.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have set a target for the time between a local authority agreeing that noise from residential premises constitutes a statutory nuisance and the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to maintain the quality and quantity of horticulture research previously funded by the statutory levy of the Agriculture and...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are on track to meet the target of halting the decline of species abundance by 2030; and what steps they are taking to ensure the target is met.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the policy paper by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Charging arrangements at government-run Border Control Posts -...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of bovine tuberculosis reducing at the same rate in England and Wales, in the light of the absence of badger culling in Wales.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether data shows that transmission of bovine tuberculosis is higher (1) from badgers to cattle, or (2) between cattle.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan concerning its record on (1) freedom of expression, and (2) freedom of religion or belief.

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan regarding the case of Noman Masih who has been sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the report of the APPG on Sudan and South Sudan in April, what is their assessment of the situation in Darfur.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to Sudanese women and girls, if any, amid reports of sexual violence in the conflict in Bahri and Khartoum.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their understanding of the current security situation in Sudan, following reports that fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to the people of Darfur by securing a safe passage of aid from Port Sudan to the...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assist with the provision of (1) protection for currently displaced people and new waves of displaced people who are without...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential causes of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the issue of 'ecocide' as defined under Ukrainian Criminal Code as "mass destruction of flora and fauna, poisoning of air or...

To ask His Majesty's Government what their priorities are for discussion at the NATO Summit to be held in Vilnius on 11–12 July.

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are giving to shared-ownership leaseholders in buildings requiring remediation.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to curb the decline of the High Street in many towns and cities.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have been served a section 21 eviction notice since December 2019.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have implemented the recommendations of the Save the Children 2016 report The Lost Boys; and if not, whether they plan to do so.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the uptake of the seasonal influenza and pertussis vaccine among healthcare workers.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 May 2016 (HL7950), and the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 6 June (HL7725), whether any...

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of prescribing the heroine substitute drug methodone in (1) 2005, (2) 2010, (3) 2015, and (4) 2020.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the potential impact of the use of digital evidence in the enforcement around insecure roads of litter laws upon (a) road safety,...

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the effectiveness of current litter performance indicators pertaining to value for money and customer satisfaction with highway...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enforce legislation pertaining to littering on slip roads off roads managed by National Highways.