Written answers

Monday, 17 July 2023

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle childcare issues faced by NHS staff.

    • Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce fragility fractures; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Fragility Liaison...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the...

      Diabetes: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with type 1 diabetes have access to new diabetes technology.

      General Practitioners: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2023 to Question 192213 on General Practitioners: Stockport, if he will start collecting data on the...

      General Practitioners: Halton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs retired before the age of 65 in the Borough of Halton in each year since 2015.

      Dental Services: Halton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dentist practices in the Borough of Halton are taking on new adult NHS patients.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many musculoskeletal first contact practitioners were working in general practice as of 11 July 2023.

      Primary Health Care: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of assaults against LGBTQ+ staff members in primary care settings in the last 12 months.

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing rates of childhood obesity.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on doubling dementia research funding by 2024-5.

      Social Services: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many assaults against LGBTQ+ staff members in social care settings there were in the last 12 months.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for children and adolescent mental health services in (a) Coventry, (b) the West...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a delivery strategy for (a) the retention proposals in and (b) other aspects of NHS Workforce Plan.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include musculoskeletal services in the Getting It Right First Time programme.

      Cancer: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cancer patients of St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust who received an urgent referral...

      MMR vaccine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children have been given the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination in each of the last three years.

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the length of waiting lists for mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 6 July 2023 to Question 192041 on Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination, when he expects to announce his policy...

      Mental Health: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on research into LGBTQ+ mental health in the last 12 months.

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet members of the Medcan Family Foundation to discuss the availability of advanced unlicensed medicinal cannabis for those...

      Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of IV fluid interventions on patients with Postural tachycardia...

      Restless Legs Sydrome: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of prescribed medications for (a) restless leg syndrome and (b) periodic leg movement...

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will takes steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy identifies Fracture Liaison Services as an exemplar of good practice...

      Endoscopy: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce endoscopy waiting lists in (a) Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System and (b) Basildon...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to review the workforce planning data in the NHS Workforce plan.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding provided for the NHS Workforce Plan will be for professional development of (a) medical staff and (b) non-medical staff.

      Endoscopy: Cumbria and South Tyneside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce endoscopy waiting lists in (a) the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System...

      Low Emission Zones: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of ultra low emissions zones on health outcomes.

      Transport: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to use transport emission data to inform public health interventions.

      Widnes Urgent Treatment Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for patients attending the Widnes Urgent Treatment centre in each month since January 2023.

      Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department planned timeline is for providers to deliver Perioperative Care Co-ordination teams.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's proposal that children, young people and their families and carers presenting to community-based mental...

      Strokes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients are admitted to a specialist stroke bed within 72 hours of a stroke.

      Health Professions: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the current time limit to complete Occupational English Tests on medical...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192253 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many Afghan Relocations...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the maximum level of Continuity of Education Allowance payments provided by his Department was for (a)...

      Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department provided advice to the Prime Minister on the Economic Activities of...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last made a statement calling on Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian territories.

      Land Mines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the development of safe means for defusing (a) landmines...

      Czechia and Poland: Holocaust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the Czech Republic and (b) Poland on compensation for...

      Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the risk of the use of nuclear weapons and (b) fulfil the UK's obligations...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times consignments of goods were returned to Great Britain from Northern Ireland because of a failure to...

      Multinational Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what account he takes of the interests of multinational companies with headquarters in the UK in setting his...

      Uganda: Homosexuality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to introduce (a) travel bans and (b) sanctions on politicians promoting the Anti-Homosexuality...

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking internationally to protect (a) children and (b) women from the impact of...

      Uganda: Homosexuality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on LGBT+ Rights has had with the Ugandan...

      Uganda: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Uganda on the safety of LGBT+ human rights activists in...

      Nnamdi Kanu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191531 on Nnamdi Kanu, what representations he has received on...

      Colombia: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of the work of the Conflict, Stability and Security...

      Climate Change: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department's climate finance budget was (a) reallocated from the Official Development...

      Climate Change: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK International Climate Finance Strategy, published on 30 March 2023, how much his...

      Climate Change: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department's spending on climate finance has been allocated to (a) mitigation and (b)...

      Nnamdi Kanu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191529 on Nnamdi Kanu, what discussions he has had with his...

      Ghana: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proposals for a bill restricting LGBT+...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the International Development Committee's Eighth Special Report of Session 2022–23,...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the use of food banks by former service personnel who were medically-discharged in...

    • Ministry of Defence: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on temporary staff in each year from 2015.

      Armed Forces: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund school places in the UK in 2022-23; and how many children...

      Armed Forces: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum level of Continuity of Education Allowance payments provided by his Department were for (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in the UK...

      War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the delivery of the War Pension Scheme.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

      Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department supports (a) training, (b) services and (c) activities of The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Veterans’ Places, Pathways...

      Ministry of Defence: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) members of the Armed Forces were based in Northern Ireland in each year since 1999.

      Armed Forces: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles within the armed forces are (a) currently electric (b) scheduled to be electric by 2030.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188871 on LE TacCIS Programme, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of...

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188871 on LE TacCIS Programme, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the...

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188871 on LE TacCIS Programme, what assessment he has made of the capabilities to be delivered by...

      Ministry of Defence: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the advertisement for Senior Responsible Owner - Armoured Cavalry Programme on the gov.uk website, whether this is the first time a...

      Ammunition: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British-made munitions which are exported are not used against civilians in any jurisdiction.

      National Security: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of climate change on national security.

      Armed Forces: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish its Major Projects Portfolio data for 2023.

      Ministry of Defence: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department's annual report and accounts for 2022-3.

      Germany: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to strengthen the UK’s defence strategic partnership with Germany since February 2022.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has the Government contributed to the NATO Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine as of 12 July 2023.

      Israel: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the agreement for military cooperation signed by the UK and Israel in December 2020.

      Ukraine: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Ukraine on the security impact of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

      Israel: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the security impact of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Diaries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) barristers and (b) other lawyers as part of the (i) litigation related to the First-tier Tribunal and (ii) freedom...

    • Public Sector: Pay Settlements

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria his Department has in place for appointing personnel to Pay Review Bodies.

      Ageing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181258 on Ageing, what assessment his Department have made of the adequacy of cross-government...

      Public Sector: Contracts for Services

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent public contracts being awarded to companies that blacklist workers.

      Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department supports (a) training, (b) services and (c) activities of grant recipients of the Armed Forces Covenant Trust’s Veterans...

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2023 to Question 191383 on Veterans: LGBT+ People, when he plans to publish the findings of the LGBT Veterans...

      Veterans: Advisory Services

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which organisations his Department provides funding to operate the Veterans' Gateway.

      Government Departments: Consultants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of spending on consultancy by Departments in each year from 2019 to 2022.

      Equal Pay: Greater London

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made of trends in equal pay in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.

      Government Departments: Discrimination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to review all Government documents to ensure that they do not contain (a) racist and (b) other prejudiced...

  • Wales Office

  • Home Office

    • Overseas Students: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on and (b) estimate she has made of the number of international...

    • Commission for Countering Extremism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Commissioner for Countering Extremism has (a) operational independence and (b) a remit covering (i) Prevent and (ii) other...

      Commission for Countering Extremism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the letter sent on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Sir Matthew Rycroft, reference TRO/0589899/23, dated 29 June 2023,...

      Police Custody: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the extent of the use of (a) intermediaries and (b) communications specialists for child...

      National Crime Agency: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of staffing levels in the National Crime Agency.

      Banque du Liban

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Crime Agency has assessed a dossier submitted by the right hon. Member for Barking in April 2021; and whether that...

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How much funding has the Government allocated to tackling cyber crime in the next twelve months.

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which charitable organisations (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have met with to discuss how to prevent trafficking for...

      Human Trafficking: Exploitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 2.2.11 of the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery, how much funding was provided for prevention work to raise...

      Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme evaluation's final report.

      Home Office: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support Afghan refugees who are not able to secure housing before their bridging hotels close in...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have absconded from hotels or other similar accommodation since 1st January 2023; and in how many of those cases her...

      Prostitution: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, what discussions her Department has had with Adult...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to facilitate family reunions for asylum seekers who are sent to Rwanda.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that refugees who have used safe and legal routes of entry are not inadvertently deported to Rwanda.

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191940 on Offenders: Deportation, for what reasons her Department do not hold data on the...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Court of Appeal's decision of 29 June 2023 on the UK’s migration and economic development partnership with...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of appealing the decision in the case of AAA and others v. the Secretary of State...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made in the last 12 months related to the sale of illegal vapes.

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to collaborate with devolved Governments on tackling illegal migration.

      Short-term Holding Facilities: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 1 of Annex B: Service Improvement Plan to HMIP Report on an unannounced inspection of STHFS Western Jet Foil, Manston...

      Short-term Holding Facilities: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 1 of Annex B: Service Improvement Plan to HMIP Report on an unannounced inspection of STHFS Western Jet Foil, Manston...

      British Nationals Abroad: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to enable British citizens who have been evacuated from Sudan to be reunited with family members who...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Imports: Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a ban on importing goods produced in Israeli settlements which the UK...

    • Cetaceans: Faroe Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Faroe Islands on the hunting of whales and dolphins; and whether she plans to take...

      Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the largest number of companies registered to a single address in the UK.

      Environment Protection: Export Credit Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were received by UK Export Finance for green energy projects in (a) 2022 and (b) each of the previous four years; and...

      Trade: Southern African Development Community

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps she has taken to increase trade with countries in the Southern African Development Community.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it remains his policy for the hydrogen economy to develop large cluster networks, large scale storage and integration with...

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has prepared for energy suppliers when a customer declines a smart meter installation on multiple...

      Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress has been made on the Morocco-UK Power Project; and how many hours staff in his Department have spent working on the...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Questions 191725, 191726 and 191727 on Hydrogen, what the additional considerations...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the civil service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 6 July 2023, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, How much of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has been allocated to the manufacturing industry in the last 12 months.

      Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.

      Industrial Energy Transformation Fund: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund has been invested in Scotland.

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy on levels of domestic carbon...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much time an operator has to return an overallocation of free carbon allowances.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the process is for amending the allocation of free carbon allowances to operators when they change their inputs and outputs.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government has made any amendments to the EU Emissions Trading System installation cessation rules since setting up the...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what regulations cover the sale of free carbon allowances by installations that have been offline for a calendar year.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there is an obligation on an installation to return unused carbon allowances when the facility is inactive.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there is an obligation on an installation to report to his Department on the (a) retention and (b) sale of free carbon...

      Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the number of supply chain jobs that will be created in (a) Devon and (b)...

      Energy: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of the social energy tariff system in Italy with the UK energy market.

      Euratom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of seeking association with the Euratom Research and Training Programme.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish disaggregated data on the number of Gypsies and Travellers living on sites who have (a) applied for and (b)...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils and Students: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the potential merits of providing additional financial...

    • Degrees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of students graduating from universities without receiving their degree classification.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.15 of the Condition of school buildings report, HC1516, published by the National Audit Office on 28 June 2023, whether...

      Schools: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the average time taken to register a new school; and whether she is taking steps to reduce processing...

      Sign Language: Adult Education

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

      Holiday Play Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the participation of young people in (a) summer schemes and (b) clubs during the school holidays; and...

      Sign Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to help parents of deaf children to be able to learn sign language; and if her Department is coordinating work with...

      Postgraduate Education: Stem Subjects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) cost and (b) eligibility of childcare on the diversity of PHD candidates...

      Schools: Cricket

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of state schools that offer cricket as part of games and sports lessons.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase SEND support in schools.

      Pupils: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on anti-bullying initiatives for schools in England in the last 12 months.

      Public Libraries: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of public libraries on children's educational outcomes.

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to offer additional funding to areas where the Early Years Supplementary Grant results in below national average funding...

      Secondary Education: Vocational Guidance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of section 42B of the Education Act 1997 on the number of pupils entering post-16 technical...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

    • Parents: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support parents of (a) twins and (b) other multiples with increases in the cost of living.

      Health and Safety Executive: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192317 on Employment Schemes: Disability, if he will publish further details on the...

      Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were (a) made and (b) upheld about the Child Maintenance Service in each year since 2018.

      Pension Credit: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of Pension Credit.

      Pensions: Consumer Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) development of the Pensions Dashboard Programme to date and (b) programme on completion.

      Pensions: Consumer Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans that the Pensions Dashboard Programme will be ready for use.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for approximately a third of registrations for Universal Credit not leading to a claim being...

      Jobcentres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to expand the support available through Jobcentres.

      Universal Credit: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support parents on Universal Credit into work.

      Universal Credit: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are recipients of Universal Credit in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering.

      Unemployment: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the targeted measures announced in the Budget 2023 on reducing economic...

      Universal Credit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants in the searching for work Universal Credit conditionality regime showed evidence of employment in at least one...

      Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192319 on Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses, if he will publish further details of the work...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP reassessments from 2022 are outstanding.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds data on the number of passengers that buy tickets from railway stations on the (a) West Coast Mainline and (b) Chiltern...

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of rail tickets sold through ticket offices in the last 12 months.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of representations received by his Department (a) for and (b) against its policy on ticket office closures.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of potential job losses resulting from ticket office closures.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is his Department taking to ensure that the current level of passenger assistance for disabled people will be maintained following the...

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to support unprofitable bus routes in hard-to-reach rural areas.

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department had made of the potential impact of (a) reduced or (b) higher levels of funding to bus operators in the extension of...

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to mandate local transport authorities which have received an initial Bus Service Improvement Plan settlement to support those...

      Cycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential effect of the provision of bicycles through...

      Railways: Highlands of Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Scottish Government on the Caledonian Sleeper service; and if he will make it his policy to...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of closures of railway ticket offices on levels of passenger numbers on trains.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a requirement for minimum levels of staffed ticket office provision in future railway franchise contracts.

      Great British Railways: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to release tender documents for the Great British Railways app.

      Roads: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled 2023 Progress Report to Parliament, published on 28 June 2023, if he will accept...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter to the Great Western Railway Managing Director, Mark Hopwood, on 30 May 2023, on the railway...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) train tickets, (b) season tickets and (c) railcards were sold through ticket offices from 2015-2022.

      Railways: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the potential closure of train station ticket offices in Middlesbrough on the (a) safety and...

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to support unprofitable bus routes in hard-to-reach rural areas.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential cost savings arising from the proposed closure of Network Rail ticket offices.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the consultation process on station ticket office reforms.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with (a) London Travel Watch and (b) Transport Focus on the consultation process for the proposals on the closure of...

      Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department have made of the impact of 20 mph zones have on traffic speed.

      Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of regulations on parking restrictions in residential areas and (b) the impact of those...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Luton South dated 28 June 2023.

      Department of Transport: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department uses best practice guidance when setting the duration for which consultations are open.

      Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting for a practical driving test.

      Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Morocco-UK Power Project on the number of maritime jobs in the UK.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of public electric vehicle charging points that have a speed of less than (a) 8kW and (b) 50kW.

      Driving Licences: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to expedite the processing of priority medical driving licence renewal cases.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Luton South, dated 28 June 2023.

    • Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timetable is for (a) the second consultation on the decision to make the design standard for all new homes...

      Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to change the definition of Gypsies and Travellers in the document published by his...

      Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential changes in the level of (a) employment and (b) private sector co-investment...

      Private Rented Housing: Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192669 on Private Rented Housing: Guarantees, what assessment he has...

      Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders that have (a) doubling and (b) other forms of multiplying...

      Land Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of designated green belt land that meets the criteria for registration as...

      Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that sustainable materials are used to retrofit existing public housing stock.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agricultural Machinery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of British farming machinery has been (a) built domestically and (b) imported from overseas...

    • Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the value for money provided by the flock depopulation measures carried out by the Animal...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on flooding in rivers that cross the English-Welsh border.

      Horses: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many horses were recorded entering the UK via (a) Dover and (b) other ports in each year from 2016 to 2023.

      Reservoirs: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of reservoir capacity (a) in and (b) serving Yorkshire.

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to provide further funding to local communities under the Frequently Flooded Allowance.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to protect cross-border communities in England and Wales from flooding.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportions of eligible prison population that have (a) completed a course below level 2, (b) completed a course at...

    • Offenders: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people in employment six months after release from prison.

      Offenders: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department are taking steps to expand rehabilitation programmes for offenders.

      Prisons: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on 4 July 2023, Official Report, Col. 760, if he will list the key performance...

      Prisoners: Police Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the implementation of Operation Safeguard.

      Probation: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) privatisation and (b) subsequent renationalisation of probation services...

      Crime Prevention: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled £300 million to cut youth crime and make streets safer, published on 20 May 2022, if...

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the net fee income of His Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service in each of the last 10 years.

      Courts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of court fines have been written back in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Justice: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department produced a ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships, sex...

  • Treasury

    • Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on (a) customers and (b) helpline call levels of closing the self assessment help lines between 12 June...

    • Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 62867 on Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions, if he will provide details of the people who were prosecuted...

      Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of how many people who did not pay income tax in 2021/22 will pay basic rate income tax in 2023/24.

      Tax Avoidance: Romford

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people in Romford constituency that have been affected by the Loan Charge scheme.

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Lifetime Individual Savings Account first home property value limit in line with...

      Treasury: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before those allegations...

      Public Works Loan Board

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Public Works Loan Board (a) principal and (b) debt repayments were for local authorities in the (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23...

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Green Financing Programme on (a) the net zero target and (b) the sixth carbon budget.

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Bank of England on ensuring financial services sector support for the delivery of the UK’s nationally...

      Individual Savings Accounts: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new rules for ISAs requiring that savings be invested in Government-backed green bonds...

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Questions 188238, 188239 and 188240 on Apprentices: Finance, whether the (a) Scottish, (b) Welsh and (c) Northern...

      Public Expenditure: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Whole of Government Accounts for the financial years (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22 have not been published; and when he plans to publish...

      British-American Parliamentary Group: Royal Bank of Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make representations to the Royal Bank of Scotland on its refusal to approve a credit card for the British-American Parliamentary Group on the...

      Central Bank Digital Currencies: Public Consultation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the findings of the consultation on the digital pound.

      Energy: Profits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle excess profits in the energy sector.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the Apprenticeship Levy will raise in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

    • Cricket: Girls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to take up cricket.

      Cricket: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to support the foundation of a specialist charity for tackling all forms of discrimination in cricket.

      Swimming Pools: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191212 on Swimming Pools: Greater Manchester, how much and what proportion of the...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the civil service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 6 July 2023, if she will make an assessment of the...

      Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of vacancies in (a) broadcasting, (b) theatres, (c) graphic design, (d) tourism and (e)...

      Community Development and Sports: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for (a) community groups and (b) sports clubs.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government taking to help close the (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) disability pay gap.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Remote Working

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the civil service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 6 July 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates on...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Antimicrobials: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Japan about bilateral collaboration into research into new antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial drugs.

    • Long Covid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) adults, and (2) children, who have contracted Long Covid.

      Infectious Diseases: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendations contained in the Infection Management Coalition White Paper, published in February 2022, which...

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of specialist day care provision and home-based treatment for eating disorders, as compared to inpatient...

      Transplant Surgery: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask His Majesty's Government from which countries people have returned to the UK after having illegally paid for transplants abroad.

      Coronavirus: Hospitals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of equipment procured for NHS Nightingale Hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which has now been transferred to other NHS facilities.

      Gender Dysphoria: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Cass Review’s interim report on gender identity services for children and young people, published in February 2022, what plans they...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that sufficient (1) funding, and (2) staff resources, are put in place to ensure the implementation of a universal...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what regulatory arrangements are in place to ensure the safety of children and teenagers in respect of any private organisation providing puberty blocking hormonal...

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the commissioning of integrated services for eating disorders for (1) children and young people, and (2) adults.

      Viral Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of by the scientific accuracy of the Health and Safety Executive's guidance on blood borne virus transmission.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government which minister is in charge of the prescription, supply and distribution of medicines supplied and delivered by homecare medicines services.

  • Home Office

    • Offenders: Deportation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to response to the report of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration ‘An inspection of the Home Office’s...

    • Arrest Warrants: Hong Kong

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the issuing of arrest warrants and the offer of HK$1 million reward for the arrest of former lawmakers Ted Hui, Dennis Kwok and Nathan Law by Hong Kong...

      Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to protect UK-based human rights advocates following reports of Chinese Communist Party ‘persuade to return’ operations...

      Passports: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many times in each of the last five years the Passport Office has asked (1) male, and (2) female, single parents renewing their child’s passport to...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to bring forward the recommendations of Reforming the Fire and Rescue Service, published on 18 May 2022, to give the Chief Fire Officers...

  • Department for Education

    • Universities: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the funding being received by British universities from Chinese companies, including Huawei.

    • Teachers: Bureaucracy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the burden on school staff caused by subject access requests.

      Universities: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of the withdrawal of Chinese money from universities in England and the impact it would have on academia.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

    • Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the document ‘The Windsor Framework: The Green Lane’ on 9 June, whether the date at which traders experience a benefit...

      Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the issuing of arrest warrants and the offer of HK$1 million reward for the arrest of former lawmakers Ted Hui, Dennis Kwok and...

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of Magnitsky-style sanctions arising from the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 against individuals based in...

      Russia: Wagner Group

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the attempted actions of the private security company, the Wagner Group on 24 June, has had on UK relations with...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with the EU a policy to co-operate with the government of China to seek an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, following reported...

      Syria: Missing People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what additional assistance they intend to give to facilitate the setting up the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria, following the adoption on 29...

      Windsor Framework

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the remits of each of the five sub-groups established under the Joint Consultative Working Group of the Windsor Framework.

      Special Body on Goods

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the first meeting of the Special Body on Goods will take place.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Police National Computer

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the licence conditions of prisoners who have been released on licence are always held on the Police National Computer; and, if not, why not.

    • Prisoners: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the introduction of the Basic Custody Screening Tool, how many (1) men, and (2) women, currently in custody have been assessed as having primary...

      Counter-terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021: Lie Detectors

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many times a polygraph test has been administered under the provisions in the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021.

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many women in prison were transferred to a secure hospital under provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

      Coroners

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many reports to prevent other deaths were issued by coroners in England and Wales in each of the five most recent years for which figures are available.

      Divorce

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the 22 per cent rise in divorce applications since reforms were introduced in April 2022.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Hikvision: CCTV

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether Hikvision cameras in the UK contain any software to track ethnoreligious individuals targeted by the Chinese State.

    • Hikvision: CCTV

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether all Hikvision camera-operated government departments have been updated to fix a known ‘backdoor’ hacking vulnerability identified by BBC...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Telecommunications: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with Ofcom about how the telecoms industry could ease financial pressure on consumers, given the increased cost of living;...

    • Business: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help businesses improve their cybersecurity.

  • Treasury

    • Companies: Profits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of companies seeking excessive profits from households during the increased cost of living.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government under what statutory provisions they have powers to legislate (1) to require occupational pension schemes to report on their impacts on water,...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Reservoirs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the construction of new reservoirs in England.

    • UK Internal Trade: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with supermarkets regarding the labelling of goods following the Windsor Framework.

      UK Internal Trade: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether supermarkets will seek to transport goods to Northern Ireland using labelling or through the Red Lane without the...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Windsor Framework which stipulates that food products moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will operate in the same way as food products...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Billing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address late payments made by large businesses to their smaller suppliers.

    • Small Businesses: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to equip small and medium-sized enterprises with digital skills to help facilitate their growth.

      Conditions of Employment: Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, published on 11 July 2017, and the Government response to the Taylor review, published on 7...

      Business: Inflation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to boost the confidence of UK businesses during the current period of increased inflation.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Police Service of Northern Ireland: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will reimburse the Police Service of Northern Ireland the £6.2 million in additional policing costs incurred as a result of (1) recent visits to...

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