Written answers

Monday, 31 July 2023

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Smart Devices: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to require online distributors to inform consumers of the minimum length of time a...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the new environmental, social and governance rules on (1) defence companies' costs and ability to access financial...

  • Treasury

    • Parcels: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether under the Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Arrangements) Regulations 2023 a business sending a parcel to an individual consumer in Northern Ireland will need...

    • Apprentices: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those on apprenticeships are being paid what they are legally entitled to.

      Trader Support Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any changes to the criteria against which the Trader Support Service should be audited have been made since the time the tender was first awarded.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delayed deliveries in homecare medicines services on patients, including on the extent of harms.

    • Fractures: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the budget for falls prevention; and whether they have any plans to allocate a portion of that budget to Fracture Liaison Services in order to (1)...

      Prescriptions: ICT

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they anticipate all NHS Trusts to have implemented Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration systems.

      Drugs: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential of human-specific technologies, such as liver-on-a-chip, to improve the accuracy of tests to ascertain the safety...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what resource commitment they are providing to enable the translation of medical research into implementation in practice.

      Dementia: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the preparedness of the Health Service and Social Care system to take full advantage of the benefits of new drugs to treat and...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of patients who have (1) been hospitalised, and (2) sought alternative treatment, due to delays in homecare...

      Care Workers: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outcome of the national recruitment campaign for care workers, ‘Made with Care’.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of homecare medicines delivery to the NHS in each of the past five years.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of NHS procurement processes for homecare medicines services in each of the last five years.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) patient safety incidents, and (2) duty of candour events, that have occurred in relation to homecare...

      Palliative Care: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the contribution made by each integrated care board to (1) hospices, and (2) other end of life services, for the 2023/24 financial...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June, on the staffing and provision of homecare pharmacy teams.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current and future demand for homecare medicines services; how many patients have accessed homecare medicines services in...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many times homecare medicines were not delivered on the initial date agreed by the clinician in the last year for which figures are available; how many...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the review by Mark Hackett Homecare Medicines: Towards a Vision for the Future, published on 30 November 2011, when they will implement the...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to implement the recommendations of the review conducted by Mark Hackett, 'Homecare Medicines: Towards a Vision for the Future',...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many patients are currently in receipt of homecare medicines services; what is the total cost to the NHS of homecare medicines services for the latest year for...

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Rolando Álvarez

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resolutions adopted by the European Parliament on 15 September 2022, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 27 June...

    • Aung San Suu Kyi

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the military regime in Myanmar regarding the release from prison of Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National...

      Hkalam Samson

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the military regime in Myanmar regarding the release of imprisoned former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention,...

      Myanmar: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy in response to the human rights and humanitarian situation in Myanmar; and what steps are they taking, together with allies, to restrict...

      Myanmar: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) recent report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of human rights in Myanmar since 1...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount of funding directly targeting reproductive health disbursed under codes (1) 13010, (2) 13021 or 13022, (3) 13030, and (4) 13081, of the...

      Development Aid: AIDS and HIV Infection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount of funding directly targeting HIV and AIDS under codes (1) 13041, and (2) 13042, of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount of sexual and reproductive health and rights funding they have disbursed through (1) bilateral aid, (2) multilateral aid, or (3) other...

      Development Aid: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of official development assistance was allocated to programmes targeted towards women and girls in fragile or conflict-affected states in (1) 2020,...

      Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount of (1) core and (2) non-core financial contributions to (a) the United Nations Population Fund, (b) the International Planned Parenthood...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Broadband and Mobile Phones: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an industry-wide social tariff for mobile and broadband services for low-income households.

  • Home Office

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many seasonal agricultural workers there have been in 2023 so far through the seasonal agricultural workers scheme; and from which countries those workers...

    • Immigration

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many immigrants arrived in the UK (1) legally, and (2) illegally, in each calendar year since 2015.

      Immigration Controls: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government on what date they expect the EU will bring into force ETIAS (the European Travel Information and Authorisation System) and the EES (Entry / Exit System); what...

      Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the evaluation of the Support for Migrant Victims pilot scheme.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many recorded diagnoses of malnutrition have occurred among child asylum seekers.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Afghan interpreters who worked with the British armed forces in Afghanistan that have relocated to the UK have eligible family members remaining...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the average waiting time between application, being granted security clearance and entering the UK is for Afghan interpreters who worked with the British...

      Refugees: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied migrant children have gone missing from hotels run by the Home Office.

      Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult representatives of the domestic abuse sector on (1) the development of the protocol, and (2) code of practice on data sharing,...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many children who arrived in the UK on small boats they have accommodated in each of the last five years; what steps they have taken to ensure their safety and...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to support (1) business organisations, and (2) community stakeholders, to ensure the sustainability of new high street stores.

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many new homes have been built so far during the current Parliament; how many are conversions from offices and retail and are not newly built; and how many are...

      Rented Housing: Flats

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9153), whether legislation in the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Clothing: Recycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of garment recycling offered by retailers; and what regulations and checks of compliance apply to such...

    • UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their timescale for the lifting of the remaining restrictions on bringing species of plants and trees from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they plan to have with the EU regarding ongoing restrictions on bringing species of plants and trees into Northern Ireland from Great Britain.

      Veterinary Medicine: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the evidence provided by the British Veterinary Association to the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what species or types of plants and trees remain banned from being brought into Northern Ireland from Great Britain since the signing of the Windsor Framework.

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in increasing the variety of plants and trees that can be brought into Northern Ireland from Great Britain since the signing of...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the signing of the Windsor Framework, what additional species of plants or trees can be brought into Northern Ireland from Great Britain beyond the...

      Inland Waterways: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of their long-term funding settlement for the Canal & River Trust on the condition and safety of the canal...

      Marine Environment: Temperature

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of marine heatwaves on fish stocks and other marine life; and what adjustment is being made to fishery management...

      Paraquat: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ban the manufacture of paraquat in the UK for export, given its impact on human health.

  • Department for Transport

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