Thursday, 20 July 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June to Question 188411 on Oral Tobacco, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prohibiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make a decision on expanding the routine testing programme for HIV and blood-borne viruses in areas with a high HIV...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the provision of long-acting reversible contraception in Nottingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP practices offer the six to eight week postnatal assessment (a) face-to-face and (b) remotely.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the survival rate for pancreatic cancer; and whether policies on increasing the survival...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diagnosis times for pancreatic cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the availability of the CA125 blood test for the screening of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of workforce shortages on cancer treatment waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons funding for NHS staff mental health and wellbeing hubs ended on 31 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the potential impact of benzodiazepine use on (a) dementia risk, (b) brain health and (c) cancer risk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) algorithmic and (b) other automated decision making systems his Department uses; and for what purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Palantir Foundry pilot at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been paused; and whether there are (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the rollout of the direct access scheme for GPs to order diagnostic tests for patients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reach stillbirth and mortality rates 2025 targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Global Justice Now, Stopaids and Just Treatment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the effectiveness of regulatory measures on the use of medicines (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting lists for neurology (a) diagnostics, (b) treatment, (c) surgery and (d) other services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for patients waiting to start cancer treatment at Shropshire, Telford, and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the level of research into the use of psilocybin for the treatment of (a) depression, (b) addiction and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve support for couples who experience baby loss.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that adequate safeguarding checks are made on sports massage therapists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring that all sports massage therapists undergo enhanced Disclosure and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are restrictions in place preventing sports massage therapists from treating people aged under 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that every hospital has or has access to a neonatal intensive care unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191948 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, whether his Department has made an assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support for or veterans who show symptoms of PTSD (a) two, (b) five and (c) seven...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been sectioned under mental health legislation in Leicester East constituency in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the review into the North East Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that staffing levels in maternity services are sustainable in Leicester East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at Penn Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2023 to Question 905961 on Gynaecology, if his Department collates statistics on the number of people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers from his Department have held with members of senior and executive leadership at Penn Hospital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that there are professional mental health teams linked to schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the performance of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in resolving NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take further steps to support women who were affected by Poly Implant Prothèse breast implants prior...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many call-outs relating to mental ill health in children were attended by each NHS ambulance service in England in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to enforce rulings in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children and young people presenting to community-based mental health services started to receive help...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government’s Maternity Disparities Task Force is next scheduled to meet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services his Department plans to include in community musculoskeletal hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of community musculoskeletal services are submitting data on waiting list times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the NHS meets the 10.3 per cent annual growth in treatment volumes required over the next two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients booked a GP (a) appointment and (b) appointment through the NHS app in June 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people who are waiting for traumatic and orthopaedic surgery for longer than 18 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments primarily related to mental health in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to decrease the number of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests at Shropshire,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK delegation to the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will share with the World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the supply of vape products to be only available through...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including pea protein as an allergen in food labelling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help insure that training and education (a) monitors and (b) adjusts to developments in (a) artificial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in schools in each region other than the North West and North East left the profession in the academic years (a) 2019-20, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding model for further education colleges; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to grant an exemption to siblings of UK nationals living in Europe and studying at UK universities prior to 1 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support individuals on student loan plans (a) 2 and (b) 4.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged 18 and under have undertaken work experience in each year since 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) encourage people to enter the teaching profession and (b) improve staff retention in the education sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Ofsted (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on its office paper costs in (i) the current financial year and (ii) each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on its office paper costs in (i) the current financial year and (ii) each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to support teachers following the recommendations of her Department's research report entitled Working lives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to help reduce repetition between initial teacher training courses and the early career framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support delivery partners of accredited initial teacher training providers to ensure they know how many teachers they will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support accredited initial teacher training providers to support their new delivery partners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an equalities impact assessment of (a) the length of placements and (b) the timing of funding payments for the Turing Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to address funding challenges in higher education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to monitor the content of (a) training and (b) lessons on critical race theory provided by (i) FLAIR and (ii) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide the number of teachers by gender that left the profession in academic years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools and colleges address vaping by their pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to support (a) De Montfort University and (b) the University of Leicester to increase the availability of degree...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the University and College Union...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with representative of Birkbeck University on its proposed reductions to its Mathematics and Statistics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Ministers sit on the cross-government ministerial board for care leavers; how many times the board has met in the last 12 months; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support families caring for disabled children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps with local authorities to provide subsidised holiday club spaces to children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that teaching assistants providing SEND and mental health support are trained and remunerated in provision of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the statutory guidance entitled Cost of school uniforms published in November...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to include training on therapeutic mental health approaches as part of teacher training courses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which companies are working on behalf of HM Courts and Tribunals Service to process probate applications; and what services each company is providing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of court trials for (a) rape, (b) sexual assault, (c) violence against a person, (d) murder, (e) theft, (f) possession of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timeline is for delivering the 20,000 additional modern prison places announced by his Department on 18 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Recommendation 6 of the Joint Inspectorate’s Phase Two report into the police and Crown Prosecution Service response to rape,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues on liability for fire safety renovation costs on buildings over 18 meters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with local authorities on incorporating activity and sports in town planning decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will hold a consultation with leaseholders and industry before bringing forward legislative proposals for reforms to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on ending no fault evictions in the private rented sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to help support the building of homes in Leicester to help tackle overcrowding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of amending planning obligations to require...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of providers offering leasehold building insurance to local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new homes were built in St Helens Borough in each year since 2000 by electoral ward.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the length of time people spend in temporary accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which local authorities have been invited to to take part in the simplification pathfinder pilot.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many calls were made to Homes England in (a) April, (b) May and (c) June 2023 on the Help to Buy Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the largest number of companies registered to a single individual acting in the role as an officer of those companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193054 on Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade, if she will provide a breakdown of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant of the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187340 on the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, what secondary legislation will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant of the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 187340 on the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, if he will publish minutes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help support UK-based touring musicians with the requirement to obtain an ATA Carnet for taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's transparency data publication entitled DBT: spending over £25,000 for March 2023, for what purpose...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 21 of her Department's policy paper entitled Fraud Strategy: stopping scams and protecting the public, published in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy for UK entry clearance visas issued in Pakistan to be sent to the named individuals in Afghanistan...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether visas granted by her Department to individuals in Sudan can be collected by the applicants in Ethiopia.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Recommendation 1 of the Joint Inspectorate Phase One report into the police and Crown Prosecution Service response to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an Impact Assessment for the changes outlined in the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules published by her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, when the third pathway of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be fully opened.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of the Government's policy on no recourse to public funds on single mothers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on protests that disrupt (a) sporting and (b) music events.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding (a) HGV and (b) PSV drivers to the shortage occupation list for visas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review her Department’s use of hotel accommodation to help improve the suitability of accommodation offered to asylum seekers.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 4 of the Annual Report on Special Advisers 2020, published on 15 December 2020, how much of the £2.7 million in severance...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department is providing to the Veterans' Gateway in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the £20 million for veterans’ housing announced in the Spring Budget 2023, what funding has been allocated for veterans'...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of (a) organisations and (b) individuals invited to participate in the Information Rights User Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on improving active travel routes to encourage use for leisure activities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the use of e-scooters on pedestrians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his expected timescale is for electrification of the Great Western Main Line between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads as part of the Rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Lancaster on the (a) safety and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Liverpool Riverside constituency on the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed rail ticket office closures on (a) the number and proportion of booking office staff who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths there have been (a) on (i) conventional and (ii) smart motorway hard shoulders and (b) on smart motorway rest areas in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of plans modernise customer service across the rail network announced by the Rail Delivery Group...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Weaver Vale on the (a) safety and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of relocating ticketing office staff on (a) income from ticket sales and (b) levels of fare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has been of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Poplar and Limehouse constituency on the (a) safety and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact on rail users of ticket office closures on Northern Rail lines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Rail Delivery Group on the expected timescale to upgrade ticket vending machines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in the North West on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of train station ticket office closures on passengers in Ipswich constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support vulnerable and disabled passengers affected by the closure of railway ticket offices in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
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 Wigan on the (a) safety and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) are for the (i) East Coast Mainline Programme and (ii) Electrification of the Midland Mainline Programme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many daily services Avanti West Coast runs under its current timetable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Avanti West Coast on possible service reductions in (a) August and (b) September; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) projected end date, (b) projected financial costs, (c) initial planned whole-life costs, (d) the projected whole-life costs and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected end date is of the East Coast Mainline Programme and when that date was last reviewed; what the forecast spend is for financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected end date is of East West Rail and when that date was last reviewed; what the forecast spend is for the current financial year and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to open new railway lines to areas which are not serviced by rail transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Rail Delivery Group and (b) train operating companies on proposals to close train station ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with HS2 Ltd on the appointment of a new CEO of HS2 Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring agricultural (a) tractors and (b) trailers to undertake MOT testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to issue new guidance on socially and economically necessary bus services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Rail Delivery Group on the potential impact of proposed rail ticket office closures on the availability of ticket...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the impact of Ulez expansion on businesses and economic activity outside London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing ticket offices on older rail workers' ability to purchase tickets at privilege rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) projected end date is, (b) forecast spend in the financial year 2023-24 is, (c) initial planned whole life costs were and (d) delivery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of requiring mandatory preparatory training for the Agricultural Tractor Driving test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected end date is of HS2 phase 1 and when that date was last reviewed; what the forecast spend is for the current financial year and when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in the provision of on-train WiFi on passengers using that service for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2023 to Question 189475, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that there is no loss of earnings to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many airframes his Department plans to procure through the New Medium Helicopter programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of keeping the warrior armoured fighting vehicle in service for longer than originally planned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many warrior armoured fighting vehicles were in service on 14 July 2023, broken down by variant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on the Morpheus next-generation tactical communications system as of 14 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for the warrior armoured fighting vehicle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list each refit of the Type 23 frigate class over the last ten years by (a) name of ship, (b) contractor carrying out the refit, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the refit of HMS Vanguard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) algorithmic and (b) other automated decision making systems his Department uses; and for what purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans for the last Type 23 frigate to leave operational service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to incorporate the Mk41 vertical launch system on Type 31 vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the anticipated cost of repairing the submarine lift at Faslane Naval Base.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 122426, when he expects construction of the new headquarters for the National Cyber Force in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of veterans with PTSD and (b) how many were diagnosed (i) before and (ii) after they left the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to monitor Royal Navy wrecks to prevent (a) potential environmental pollution and (b) the potential desecration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Departments planned timescale for the design and construction of the Fleet Solid Support Ships beginning with the awarding of the contract to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 136537 on Harland and Wolff: Welding, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 192946 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service family accommodation properties received payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation properties are eligible for his Department's fuel subsidy scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of Ministry of Defence Police officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that reviews by (a) his Department and (b) the Ministry of Defence Police provide a comprehensive assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the refit of HMS Somerset between 2018 and 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Greenwich Hospital in meeting the aims set out in its Royal Charter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue savings from freezing defence civilian staff recruitment until March 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her proposed reforms to waste collection services of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what frameworks there are for her Department to work with (a) the Department for Health and Social Care, (b) the Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Ofwat's enforcement powers in relation to water companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing continued professional development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to restore and protect the Montgomery canal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to group local authorities for funding purposes as part of her reforms to the collection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to fully fund any additional costs incurred by local authorities arising from her proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her proposed reform of waste collection practices will include a requirement that local authorities provide a free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Ofwat on the enforcement of regulations relating to storm overflows.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending public rights of access as a means to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial support to arts and cultural organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of creative industries on the impact of AI on that sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support the land-based gambling industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Gambling White paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, published on 27 April 2023, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions has she had with businesses on intergrading sport and activity into the working day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure people that people from all socio-economic backgrounds can participate in community sports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase participation in grassroots (a) sports and (b) other physical activity by women...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to prevent protestors from disrupting sporting events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) algorithmic and (b) other automated decision making systems her Department uses; and for what purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for a digital age, what her planned timescale is for publishing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section four of the White Paper entitled High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age, what progress her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with gambling firms on helping to ensure customers are able to withdraw surplus funds from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department will notify the English National Opera of the outcome of its funding application for the 2024-25 and 2025-26...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 9 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference JD34532.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the oral evidence of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 4 July 2023, HC1602, what steps her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she hold discussions with her international counterparts on the use of unlicensed data to train artificial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) accelerate and (b) support the transition to new approach methodologies for (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate she has made of when the Intellectual Property Office will publish its code of conduct on copyright and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is her Department’s policy that companies using copyrighted data to train artificial intelligence models...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with the life science research sector on (a) the recruitment of scientists from EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the UK’s global ranking in the (a) development and (b) use of human-specific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support postgraduate researchers with increases in the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to encourage students from disadvantaged backgrounds to complete postgraduate research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the level of growth in the space sector in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) patents for 4G and 5G technologies and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the growth of the human-specific technology sector.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated cost is of the wi-fi upgrades being made across the Parliamentary estate as of 14 July 2023.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people are employed by (a) the House of Commons and (b) Members of Parliament.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many incidents there have been relating to (a) leaks, (b) broken panels and (c) structural defects...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated cost is for the proposed Portcullis House upgrades for (a) the building’s mechanical...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated cost is for the new fire doors for Richmond House, as of 14 July 2023.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated cost is of the proposed new lighting installations for the Terrace to facilitate marking...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent estimate the Commission has made of the cost of the equipment upgrades in eight rooms of...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated outturn cost is for the flat roof upgrades to the Palace of Westminster as of 14 July 2023.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the estimated cost is of the New Palace Yard enhancements including the security upgrades, as of 14 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding was allocated to the UK Government Communications Service International in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Gibraltar, (b) Spain and (c) the EU on the border...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to uphold the commitment under the Convention on Cluster Munitions not to assist in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191934, what his Department's projected spend on international...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support international collaboration on research projects to improve crop resilience.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Global Health Framework Objective 4, what steps he has taken to lead a global campaign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help international counterparts tackle gynaecological disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has discussed the African Climate Action Summit with the Government of Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Ministers will attend the African Climate Action Summit in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many scholarships his Department has given to enable study in the UK to women from (a) Afghanistan, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to make sexual and reproductive health and rights a priority in the upcoming White...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the cases of (a) Manahel al-Otaibi,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last made representations to his Iranian counterpart on the case of Morad Tahbaz.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the male guardianship system in that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to provide funds for the next replenishment round for the International Development Association.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with Afghan women's groups on human rights in that country since August...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timescale is for implementing regulations on buy-now pay-later providers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he received a report from the Financial Conduct Authority on the collapse of the Safe Hands funeral group.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of increases in rent on the rate of inflation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the impact of the requirement for musicians to obtain an ATA Carnet when taking their instruments to the EU on their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential to use tax incentives to encourage investment in the creative industries.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the employer-provided living accommodation tax exemptions and the potential impact of geographical location on the application of those...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforms to VAT to encourage small businesses growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the annual VAT threshold on small business growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall of 30 June 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) new and (b) renewal applications for (i) general and (ii) specific Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation licences have not been...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191850 on Taxpayers, if he will take steps to publish the further breakdown of this information by 20...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192919 on NHS: Wales, how much of the £2.4 billion in funding for the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer on 3 July 2023 to Question 191434 on Prisons: Education, whether relevant stakeholders included staff unions; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193171 on Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services, how many calls were made to the self-assessment...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current average processing time is for the (a) ca3837 Self-employed and temporarily working in a country within the EU, European Economic Area...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What steps he is taking to reduce HMRC's response times to (a) individuals and (b) financial representatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192305 on Jobcentres: Staff, how many work coaches his Department plans to (a) recruit and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) risk and (b) equality assessments are made of the use of Artificial Intelligence to assess...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reasonable adjustment disability passport template to facilitate people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department issues guidance to benefit assessors on assessing (a) Crohn’s Disease, (b) Ulcerative Colitis and (c) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of psilocybin on the (a) health and (b) ability to work of people with long term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessments his Department has made regarding the adequacy of the managing toilet needs or incontinence descriptor for Personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2023 to Question 193254 on Energy: Meters, whether it is the obligation of the householder to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2023 to Question 193254 on Energy: Meters, whether customers will have access to low cost tariffs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of eligible households have received an Alternative Fuel Payment in (a) North Shropshire, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many projects have been supported through ECO4 since 28 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department has provided to ECO4 since 28 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential impact of the delivery of the NeuConnect electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the licensing agreement between the Crown Estate and the developers of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding (a) his Department and (b) predecessor departments have provided to the NeuConnect project for an electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of hours staff in (a) his Department and (b) predecessor departments have spent working...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192432 on Solar Power: China, what the value of support given under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192432 on Solar Power: China, how much funding was provided to UK manufacturers...
To ask the Leader of the House, what the average cost to the public purse is for (a) issuing a correction slip for a statutory instrument and (b) statutory instruments (i) made and (ii) issued...
To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 June 2023 on Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion, Offical Report, column 110, whether she plans for the new...
To ask the Leader of the House, how many oral statements the Rt Hon Member for Richmond (Yorks) has made to the House of Commons in each of the last five years.
To ask the Leader of the House, what proportion of Prime Minister's Questions were attended by each of the last five Prime Ministers.
To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 June 2023 on Members of Parliament: Risk-based Exclusion, Official Report column 83, who she is bringing in to advise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will bring forward proposals to permit the use of Kuvan for people with Phenylketonuria in Northern Ireland aged 21 and above.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to promote the Northern Ireland Investment Summit in September 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a Minister from his Department last visited Belfast North constituency.
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to Recommendation 9 of the Joint Inspectorate’s Phase Two report into the police and Crown Prosecution Service response to rape, published in February...
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to Recommendation 9 of the Joint Inspectorate’s Phase Two report into the police and Crown Prosecution Service response to rape published in February...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to adapting the Early Career Framework for teachers to take account of the need for diverse skillsets.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why there are not sufficient teacher applicants from overseas.
To ask His Majesty's Government why financial incentives for teachers are not offered for teaching additional subjects to support a broad school curriculum.
To ask His Majesty's Government why Religious Education is not included in the list of subjects for English Baccalaureate qualification.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Early Career Framework for teachers.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Hong Kong citizens have entered the UK since the introduction of that territory's National Security Law (1) using the British National...
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the age of youngest unaccompanied child seeking asylum who has been housed in a Home Office temporary hotel; and how long that child was housed there for.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been housed in Home Office temporary hotels in the past 18 months; and of those, how many were aged between...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 6 March (HL6140), whether they intend to conduct a review into UK visas given to Religious...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that more cancer drugs can transition from a Phase 1 study to Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to establish (1) a helpline, and (2) specialist services, to enable patients to break free from addiction to benzodiazepine...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people in England addicted to benzodiazepine prescribed drugs.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many inpatient beds are available to the NHS for eating disorder patients in (1) England, (2) the North of England, (3) the Midlands and East of England,...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 22 June (HL8406), how many manufacturers of flu vaccinations they have identified to provide...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that COVID-19 vaccines may cause serious side effects, including death; and what steps they taking to collate all...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 22 June (HL8406), what contingency plans they have made for a major manufacturer of flu vaccinations...
To ask His Majesty's Government what work is being done in prisons to identify victims of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome; and what steps they are taking to introduce appropriate management and...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 29 June 2023 (HL8408), what reasons they have identified for the fall in seasonal flu vaccine uptake in NHS...
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the levels of radon in Northern Ireland; and what steps they are taking to protect the public's health.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 15 June (HL8295), how they are targeting the extra funds for suicide prevention among the minority ethnic...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 4 July (HL 8691), what measures they have in place to evaluate the effectiveness of abortion...
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount paid for all agency staff in the NHS, including hiring and organisational costs, for (1) April 2019, and (2) April 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government which (1) medicines, and (2) medical devices, are currently being provided and delivered by homecare medicines services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of Dengue Fever being transmitted in the UK, now and in the future.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a Key Performance Indicator for the harms caused to patients because of a failure of provision of homecare services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to carry out research into the impact of ultra-processed foods on public health outcomes.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the age limits on each of the NHS screening programmes and the justification for each limit.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support available under the Pharmacy Access Scheme; and whether the criteria includes the (1) quality, (2)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Early Access to Medicines Scheme to ensure that brain tumour patients are able to access the most promising treatments.
To ask His Majesty's Government what legal costs they have incurred to date as a result of their decision to seek a judicial review on the application of the Inquiries Act 2005 to the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that, despite protests, minarets and domes are to be removed from two mosques in Yunnan province, China; and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Foreign Secretary on 29 June, what assessment they have made of the UK’s future relations with growing regional powers in (1)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of success that they or United Nations agencies are having in reaching refugees fleeing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which detention centres for migrants and refugees in Libya are (1) routinely visited by United Nations...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case of Joana Mamombe MP and other political activists recently detained in Zimbabwe; whether they have made...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the United Nations about allegations of corruption in respect of UN World Food Programme resources for the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Foreign Secretary on 29 June, what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed addition of a permanent member of the UN...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI Yearbook 2022: Armaments, Disarmaments and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to establish a Donors’ Conference to coordinate efforts to (1) enable the physical reconstruction of Tigray and, (2) deepen peace...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that transitional justice in Tigray leads to (1) the prosecution and conviction of those responsible for atrocity crimes in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who have died as a consequence of the war in Tigray as a result of (1) fatalities in the conflict, (2)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 700 people have died of hunger over a two-month period in the camp for internally displaced people at Shire, Western...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely timing of a free trade agreement with the USA.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the continued effectiveness of the Barnett formula for the devolved nations of the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will list those intended to be covered by the term “or anyone acting on their behalf” in Regulation 2 of the Windsor Framework (Disclosure...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support armed forces personnel with the increased cost of living.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the effectiveness of Combined Authorities in delivering strategic planning objectives.
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of (a) the use of retrospective planning applications following deliberate breaches of planning rules, and (b) the level of...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to simplify the planning process for renewables.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects of clauses 16B and 16C of the Renters (Reform) Bill on blocks of flats whose leases prohibit pets which may cause a...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to end the shortage of private rental accommodation; and whether such steps include restoring tax relief on buy to let mortgages.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of long-term rental properties in holiday resorts and city centres as a result of the introduction of periodic...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the abolition of assured shorthold tenancies on those seeking a mortgage from mortgage companies which require tenancies of at...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist local retailers in adapting to a changing high street environment, including rising costs and an increase in online shopping.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Renters (Reform) Bill will make leases in apartment blocks banning short lets illegal.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many existing large trees would have to be felled to make way for the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the current Northern Ireland Block Grant is used for employee pay for (1) civil servants, and (2) other public sector workers.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker on what dates in the last 20 years full scale evacuation drills of the House of Lords parts of the Palace of Westminster were undertaken, and which of these...
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