Monday, 10 July 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to provide funding for the Inter Faith Network in the 2023-2024 financial year; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require landlords soundproof individual flats when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with disability rights groups on (a) the Disabled Facilities Grant and (b) access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of adapted housing for (a) adults and (b) children with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 189778 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of accessible housing stock available regionally for people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that Revenue Support Grant allocations are fair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support the delivery of nationally significant infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to reduce application processing times at the Land Registry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of the planning system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of the construction trade to deliver his Department's housebuilding targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of guarantor schemes for private rented properties that include...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Homes England on disposal and development of public land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to protect and enhance green spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of successful investor state dispute claims against the UK under the terms of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value of agri-food exports from Northern Ireland to Japan was in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what funding was (a) announced for and (b) allocated to Northern Ireland businesses by the British Business Bank in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in her Department have been tasked as part of the Red Tape Review with reviewing departmental archival holdings identifying EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications have been made to UK Export Finance for projects relating to green energy in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure UK businesses benefit from the rules of origin requirements in the Comprehensive and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on industry of delaying the British Industry Supercharger scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with brick manufacturers on the future economic performance of the ceramics industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the construction industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2023 to Question 187961 on The Department of Business and Trade: Taiwan, if she will identify which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with which states in the United States of America her Department is negotiating a memorandum of understanding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations on seafarers and the Accommodation Offset.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the extent to which the Royal Mail is meeting its universal service obligation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will hold discussions with representatives of delivery companies on delivery delays and potential impacts on businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the (a) number and proportion of hotels that charge and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance her Department issues on the domestic employment laws applicable to (a) seafarers and (b) other workers carrying out work on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to take steps to review (a) the safety and (b) regulating the sale of e-bike batteries.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential merits of housing asylum seekers in (a) dispersal and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued by her Department on the weight expected to be given to (a) family ties, (b) culture and (c) language when deciding...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is to return foreign offenders to their country of origin under the Facilitated Return Scheme; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department decides when to action deportation orders to remove foreign criminals from the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing biometric residence permit holders to use e-gates at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure that people in Sudan who made successful visa applications before the continuing crisis...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2019 to Question 4944 on Passports: Republic of Ireland, how many passport applications from residents...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the levels of cross-channel food smuggling in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle delays in issuing licences by police firearms departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have settled in the UK with a British Nationals (Overseas) visa in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to provide lessons in (a) English and (b) Welsh to asylum seekers in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of pay for police officers on levels of corruption.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to the Metropolitan Police on handling climate protests in accordance with the Public Order Act 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held recent discussions with Chief Constables on police officers (a) facing in-work poverty and (b) making use of food banks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to provide independent inspections of the (a) accommodation and (b) support for asylum seekers in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff vacancies were there for the Border Force in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff worked for the Border Force in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 9 May, 7 and 21 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL15425.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July to Question 190603 on Cabinet Office: Members, what the deadline to respond to correspondence set by each Government...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of 22 June 2023 by the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Official Report, col. 1005, when...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure veterans can access well-paid employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2023 to Question 191251, if he will direct Public Health England to estimate the number of people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of dementia research funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan on staff recruitment and retention in hospices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) charitable hospices and (b) other voluntary sector organisations are represented...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to give integrated care systems flexibility to (a) organise and (b) deliver bespoke vaccination...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of seasonal flu vaccinations delivered by (a) community pharmacies, (b) general...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which integrated care boards are (a) meeting and (b) not meeting the NHS target of completing 75 per cent of annual health checks for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS staff absence rate was in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the contract with Valneva for covid-19 vaccinations; when this contract was ended; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Women's Health Strategy for England, published 30 August 2022, what recent steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce racial disparities in maternal deaths.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) tetanus, (b) polio, (c) diphtheria and (d) meningococcal vaccinations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision not to renew the 50 to 64-year-old flu vaccination...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make (a) an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS (i) capacity and (ii) capability to diagnose Lyme disease and (b) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for trends in the level of demand for hormone replacement therapy medication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on levels of (a) dependence on and (b) treatment for dependence on prescribed drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of mental health nurses in inpatient mental health hospitals in the context of patient safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the World Health Organization declaring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff worked in the National Food Crime Unit in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff have been employed by the Food Standards Agency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to review the NHS Business Services Authority policy on prescription penalty charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made assessment of the implication for its policies of Lloyds Pharmacy plan to sell pharmacy branches and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason NHS dentists are required to have an extra year of training compared to private dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to provide support for people with (a) Corticobasal Degeneration and (b) Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide patients with access to palliative care specialists when patients receive life-limiting or terminal diagnoses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish comparative data on (a) anticipated NHS workforce retirements and (b) the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan; and if will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is providing funding to the Brighton and Sussex Medical School to develop a treatment for Motor Neurone Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) therapies and (b) treatments his Department is funding to treat Motor Neurone Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has had from (a) medical professionals and (b) patients groups on access to free lateral flow tests for (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of functional neurological disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the NHS Children's Hospice Grant into the 2024-2025 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the treatment offered by the NHS in (a) Slough and (b) England to patients diagnosed with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, what funding his Department has allocated to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional mental health nurses the NHS plans to recruit in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, what steps he is taking to help improve staff retention...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has held with with (a) charitable hospices and (b) other voluntary sector organisations on the potential impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2023 to Question 186357 on Incontinence: Products, how the most economically advantageous tender...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the amount of statutory funding for hospices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the establishment of wholly-owned subsidiary companies by (a) NHS trusts and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to increase the range of health services provided by Bridlington Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to prevent patient data from being accessed by website trackers on (a) the NHS North Bristol Trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the levels of violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost of accommodation and meals was for (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the EU on lengthening the duration of Schengen Area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he has had with the Honorary Consuls of nations situated within the Pacific Island region over the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions has he had with international counterparts on the issuing of arrest warrants for Hong Kong...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions has he had with international counterparts on (a) strengthening and (b) supporting the mandate of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the level of third-country military support to the Junta in Myanmar; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the AUKUS partnership; and what plans the Government has for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Tunisia and (b) other international partners on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 June 2023 from Members of both Houses of Parliament on concerns over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to agree a critical raw materials agreement with the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he met representatives of the Principality of Liechtenstein in the past 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of the tourism industry in Montserrat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic assistance his Department is providing to the UK Overseas Territories in their engagement with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing assistance to economic diversification in Bermuda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter of 13 June 2023 from the Minister for Development and Africa to the Chair of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter of 13 June 2023 from the Minister for Development and Africa to the Chair of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new independent complaints mechanism...
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, how much British International Investment paid DP World between (a) October 2021 and March 2022 and (b) March 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if he will support the agenda item proposed by France, Chile, Palau and Vanuatu, entitled Establishment of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impacts of actions of (a) Rapid Support Forces and (b) the Sudanese...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 2.7(m) of the minutes of the Social Security Advisory Committee meeting held on 25 January 2023, what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference his Department's document entitled The gender pensions gap in private Pensions statistical release on 5 June 2023, what steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Gender Pensions Gap in Private Pensions statistical release on 5 June 2023, whether his Department plans to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing local housing allowance rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022 on Security Update on Surveillance Equipment, WMS 386, whether they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question187662 on Universal Credit: Deductions, what the (a) number and (b) total amount of debts to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187982 on Jobcentres: Staff, for what reason the number of full-time equivalent work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to support those on a British National (Overseas) Visa to enter work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190908 on Universal Credit: Childcare, whether the introduction of upfront payments for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of compensation from the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pension Scheme have had their payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches his Department plans to (a) recruit and (b) train in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) recruit and (b) train extra work coaches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure people on transitional Severe Disability Premium are not adversely financially affected as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many internal process reviews her Department has (a) started and (b) completed on incidences of (i) death or (ii) serious harm between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2023 to Question 186107 on Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses, whether his Department is undertaking further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing systems to compare energy suppliers' standing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the investor state dispute settlement clauses in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the effect on carbon emissions of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund up to 4 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of linking the energy suppliers standing charges to number of units of energy used.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes in energy suppliers standing charges on the use of energy in low-income households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many boiler upgrade installers there were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June to Question 188651 on Electricity: Storage and with reference to the Government response to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a cap and floor mechanism as an option to enable investment in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the sale of 2.4GW of UK offshore windfarm assets by Macquarie...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the recommendations made in the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made on implementation of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support people and businesses to switch to low carbon fuel alternatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July to Question 191670 on Energy: Meters, whether her Department plans to take steps to provide access...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of how many retrofit professionals working on (a) maintaining and (b) upgrading homes are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on how many retrofit professionals have been working on (a) maintaining and (b) upgrading...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of boiler upgrade installers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support community energy schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to provide support for energy costs associated with the use of domestic medical equipment before April 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what business appointment and governance rules apply to senior managers within Ofgem seeking to take up senior positions within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps he has taken to help decarbonise the Humber industrial region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his New Zealand counterpart on defence cooperation in the Pacific region between the UK and New Zealand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made any payments to P&O Ferries between 17 March 2022 and 1 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people had a neurodiverse condition in each armed service in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many COBR meetings he (a) attended and (b) missed in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188871 on LE TacCIS Programme, what recent estimate he has made of when (a) discussions with General...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK Government ministers will be attending the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius this month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials from his Department will be attending the 2023 Vilnius NATO summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of serving Armed Forces that have used food banks in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of task lines (a) available and (b) utilised per aircraft was in the (i) C-17 Globemaster, (ii) C-130J Hercules and (iii) A400M...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July to Question 191735 Ukraine: Military Aid,, when he expects contracts to be placed as part of Urgent Bidding Round 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Report of the Armoured Cavalry Programme (Ajax) Lessons Learned Review by Clive Sheldon KC, published ion 19 May 2023, which of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been evacuated from Afghanistan following applications by family members for leave outside the rules through the Afghan Relocations...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to implement trader support service declarations for movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent financial institutions ending financial contracts on the basis of their clients' beliefs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress his Department has made with Fair4All Finance on rolling out a no-interest loan scheme in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) customers using buy now pay later products, (b) buy now pay later loans taken out and (c) the number...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department is taking to help ensure vulnerable groups have access to cash and in-person banking services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of businesses not accepting cash payments on rural areas.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring savings account providers to pass on interest rate rises in full to savings customers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which providers he has held recent discussions on uprating of savings rates; and when these discussions took place.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with mortgage providers on the potential merits of allowing their customers to adjust their fixed rate mortgages before their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a windfall tax on banks to account for excess profits in the banking sector generated by the interest rate rise on 22 June 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of new mortgage prisoners since September 2022; and if he will make an estimate of the number of mortgage prisoners...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that mortgage lenders do not make excessive profits.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June to Question 191011 on Bank Cards Fraud, what estimate he has made of when UK Finance will publish data on payment...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s financial sanctions regime.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff work in the Devolved Countries Unit as of 1 July 2023; and if he provide the respective pay grades of the staff in that unit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2023 to Question 188928 on Employment: Finance, if he will publish further details on what comprises (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how frequently the delivery boards for (a) education investment areas and (b) priority education investment areas are provided with data on pupil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Condition of school buildings published on 28 June 2023, whether her Department plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of apprentices (a) studying for roles in health and social care and (b) other roles who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the reason behind pupil absence numbers in the academic year (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering apprenticeships which provide Level 5 and Level 6 planning qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190584 on Apprentices: Taxation, how many students were studying at Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 and above...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to deliver on the commitment of the former Secretary of State for Education at COP26 on the integration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of school rebuilding programme projects that have experienced construction delays of more than one month...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact the £2 bus ticket cap has had on bus usage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2023 to Question 191230 on Railway Stations: Disability, when he expects the Great British Railways Transition Team...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that train operators have enough staff to cover rotas without relying on voluntary overtime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that blind and partially-sighted people continue to have access to ticket offices at railway stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department are taking to help recruit train operators from outside of the industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 134387 on Southeastern Trains: Directors, how many (a) managers and (b) members of the board...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the condition of the Mid Cheshire Railway line and (b) potential merits of increasing the speed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria of the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme to include new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191486 on A66: Repairs and Maintenance, what updates he has received from officials in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the impact of 20mph zones in London on the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Sefton Central of (a) 13 February and (b) 16 May 2023 on partially sighted people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice of 16 May 2023, Official Report, col 695, when his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a facilities taskforce for HGV drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s Offshore Wind Skills Intelligence Report 2023 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to tackle the use of car exhaust outputs which go over the legal noise limit of 74 decibels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2023 to Question 191207, if he will publish further details of his Department's engagement with the insurance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the extent to which local authorities adhere to his Department's guidance on setting local speed limits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's planned timescales are for when the 2022-23 Traffic Commissioners' annual reports will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of stations do not have contactless ticketing capability in (a) each region and (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the Gambling Commission has sufficient resources to implement the proposals in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022 on Security Update on Surveillance Equipment, WMS 386, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with Ofcom on mobile phone providers raising awareness of the availability of discounted social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether business appointment and governance rules apply to senior managers within Ofcom who are seeking to take up senior...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2023 to Question 191637 on Livestock: Vaccination, what the Veterinary Medicines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 6 of Annex 1 of the Full Minutes of the meeting of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides on 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022 on Security Update on Surveillance Equipment, WMS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to set a target for a reduction in the use of chemical pesticides.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision in (a) public spaces and (b) male public toilets for men who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on (a) inflation, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of pursuing an agreement with the EU on data access to reduce the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing fees for UK Regulation, Evaluation and Authorisation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of a ban on wet wipes containing plastic using section 140 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce the charges to be levied under the extended producer responsibility scheme for packaging; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the information provided to businesses on preparing for the extended...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of delaying the implementation of (a) reporting requirements and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the management of fly tipping in Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with (a) OFWAT and (b) water companies on (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the length of water abstraction licences to incentivise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's expected timescale is for (a) opening and (b) closing its consultation into banning plastic in wet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of duty solicitors in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency, (b) West London and (c) Greater London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2022 on Security Update on Surveillance Equipment, WMS 386, whether they have (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on flying flags other than the Union flag on court buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the (i) Scottish Government and (ii) the Scottish Legal Aid Board on potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff vacancies there are in each Probation Delivery Unit in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer vacancies there are in each pay band in each establishment in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a duty on (a) Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) other relevant authorities to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve commissioned support services for child victims of crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of polygraph testing in high-risk domestic abuse cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been bought under section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to the resale of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population rate per 100,000 people is in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the physical condition of court buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of children affected by parental imprisonment.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023, to Question 187338 on Guide Dogs: Business Premises, whether she plans to provide guidance to businesses on...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 22 June (HL8363), which stated "There are various safe and legal routes for those seeking...
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in dealing with compensation claims by Windrush victims.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any increase in the number of immigration staff that are being investigated and suspended as a result of violence and racism...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will appoint a representative of Northern Ireland to the BBC board.
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect on dependence on prescribed drugs and treatment for such dependence.
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made, if any, of the safety of vaping; and what action they propose in consequence.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the upcoming workforce strategy for social care will implement recommendations contained in the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care,...
To ask His Majesty's Government how much resource has been expended on NHS Nightingale Hospitals.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase clinical awareness of sepsis.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the incidence of sepsis in the UK in 2022; and what were the mortality rates for sepsis in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of Min Cui, Bang Shen and others in their article ‘Animal diseases and human future’, published in Animal...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, if any, following official US and EU reports that the government of Rwanda is arming and supporting the M23 militia, who are...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure a safe educational environment at the Lhubiriha Secondary School in Uganda after reports that many schools in that region are...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5827), how many of the 32 individuals convicted of terrorism offenses were...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that independent persons observe the forthcoming trial in Andrew Tate, a British-American dual national, his brother, and others,...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will press for immediate access to all Ukrainian prisoners, whether military or civilian, and whether or not they have been sentenced, for the...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to assist with the detailed recording of all cases of torture or inhumane treatment of prisoners by both Russia and Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government how, if at all, they are promoting the 'One Health' approach in multilateral policy processes, such as through the World Health Organisation's...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to call for the immediate release by Russia and Ukraine of all medical personnel being held captive.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to strengthen (1) support, and (2) protection, for (a) human rights defenders, and (b) civil society, in Zimbabwe.
To ask His Majesty's Government what they consider may be effective means for securing the release of British citizen Mr Vladimir Kara-Murza, currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their current assessment of the number of fast jet pilots now coming out of training.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many incursions into the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone have been made by ships of the Russian Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research during the past two years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what Royal Navy (1) ships or boats, and (2) aircraft, are allocated for security and enforcement operations in the UK's Territorial Seas and Exclusive Economic Zone.
To ask His Majesty's Government when HMS Prince of Wales will start sea trials after defect rectification work.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many highway authorities have applied to the Department for Transport for civil enforcement of moving traffic offences, as set out in Part 6 of the Traffic...
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the criteria necessary for the (1) erection, and (2) display, of brown road signs to denote locations of cultural and historical significance; and whether...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to return smart motorways to ordinary motorways in the interests of safety.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the penalties for cycling offences, such as riding on a pavement in circumstances where a cycle lane exists.
To ask His Majesty's Government which energy efficiency measures are included in the "fabric-first approach to decarbonising buildings" set out in the Heat and Buildings Strategy (CP 388).
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that membership of the Energy Efficiency Taskforce includes representation from all parts of the energy efficiency sector,...
To ask His Majesty's Government why the green levy on energy bills will be introduced from 1 July after a six-month interval rather than after a two-year suspension as per their previous stated...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to providing additional resources to fund places for looked after children to boarding schools; and what assessment they...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many students enrolled at Further Education Colleges at the ages of 14 and 15 in the years (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, (5) 2022, and (6) 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the levels of youth unemployment in the most recent period for which data are available.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce updated regulations following the consultation Sprinklers in care homes, removal of national classes, and staircases in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a non-qualifying leaseholder's ability to pay for building safety remediation, given that developers must meet an annual profit...
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