Thursday, 7 September 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken steps to establish (a) programmes and (b) facilities for training emergency services on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her priority outcomes are for the work of the Farm Tenancy Forum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was discussed at the first meeting of the Farm Tenancy Forum on 19 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the rate of water leakage in the United Utilities network that serves the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent data breaches from appointed agents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value of support claimed under the childcare costs element of universal credit is; and what the average number of children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) families were eligible for and (b) eligible families took up up the childcare support component of universal credit in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children of compulsory school age live in households in receipt of Universal Credit with a household income after tax and before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers of and (b) funding for the Health and Safety Executive to enable them to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households in (a) receipt of Universal Credit and (b) subject to deductions in each Parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the cost-of-living payment to employees in his Department who were on a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to conduct face-to-face interviews for Personal Independence Payment cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the underpayment rate of personal independence payments for people with Parkinson's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training provided to Personal Independence Payment assessors on helping claimants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing the level of carer's allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to exempt people who were diagnosed with lifelong conditions at birth from personal independence payment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of claims for the personal independence payment by people who have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with limited capability for work related activity who are eligible for a personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Personal Independent Payment assessors using informal observations for claimants with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of Personal Independence Payment (a) claims and (b) awards made in Rhondda Cynon Taff in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on what the longest clearance time was for a Personal Independence Payment claim where a decision was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of PIP descriptors for the assessment of people with fluctuating conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission entitled Progress on disability rights in the United Kingdom: 2023,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment reassessments due to take place in 2022 were outstanding on 1 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish a response to the call for evidence entitled Helping savers understand their pension choices, updated on 11 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of people with syndactyly that were awarded a personal independence payment in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of regulations on pensions funds maladministration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including policies to help tackle disability-motivated hate crime in the Disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Pensions Regulator have previous experience in the sector that they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to require businesses to admit guide dogs as part of the Disability Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on publishing its Disability Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of people in Newport West constituency out of work due to (a) sickness and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193236 on Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations, what steps his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the legal basis is for the requirement that a Personal Independence Payment claimant must have fluctuating symptoms present for 50% of a...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department's Disability Unit has made of the (a) adequacy of availability of and (b) strength of demand for courses in British Sign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support self-employed people with the cost of work-related training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that concerns about (a) pain and (b) fatigue are considered in Personal Independence Payment assessments for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to provide additional support to people in the workplace with clinical neurodiversity conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people with (a) Crohn’s Disease and (b) Ulcerative Colitis were awarded zero points on a Personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by WPI Economics, entitled Making Statutory Sick Pay Work, published on 12 July 2023, what assessment his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Carer's Allowance in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on assessment of the connection between repeated head...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding young people's access to occupational health services on their mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of using online PIP pre-application screening questions on the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the number of people in paid employment in (i) England,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a disability certificate that includes details of a named accompanying person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve Statutory Sick Pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the resilience of the pharmaceutical-grade fill/finish sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the proportion of carbon emissions resulting from the steel industry in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs created by the steel industry in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on encouraging the decarbonisation of energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Industry Supercharger Scheme on (a) carbon emissions and (b) the (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188011 on Trade Advisory Groups, if she will list the dates of Trade Advisory Groups...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled The results are in: the UK's four-day week pilot, published by Autonomy in February 2023, whether she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many late filing penalties Companies House issued against limited liability partnerships in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many late filing penalties Companies House issued against private companies in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many late filing penalties Companies House issued against public companies in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of trends in (a) the level of economic activity on the high street and (b) the rate of (i) retail and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what their Departments policy is on Civil Servants in their Department working from home and receiving the London Weighting Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the new Department for Business and Trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support working parents who have a baby in neonatal care; what recent progress she has made on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department last updated guidelines on the use of social media by civil servants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of buildings on the defence estate have mitigations in place due to potential structural problems caused by reinforced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to mitigate the risk of collapse of buildings on the defence estate constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of buildings on the defence estate that are constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghans have been accepted under Category 3 of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme since August 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to this Department's Major Projects reports 2022 and 2023, for what reason the Future Maritime Support Programme is not included in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 2 September 2021 to Question 37371 on HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark, when HMS Bulwark will return to service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status of HMS Westminster is; and whether his Department has made a decision on modernisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in service date is for the first Type 32 frigate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides on the definition of a 'Government Department' as set out in Category 4 of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of ATF 444 have been given eligibility under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme since August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to reduce the full time strength of the British Army to 73,000 by 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many operational hours were flown in the Welsh Military Tactical Training Area in each of the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many successful claims have been processed by his Department from farmers for aborted livestock caused by low-flying military aircraft in (a) Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the total amount of compensation paid to Welsh farmers as a result of low-flying military activity for each of the past five years,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the readiness of NHS England's new in-house IT system that will replace the National Immunisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people employed in the hospice sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the dementia diagnosis rate in Erith and Thamesmead constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to Integrated Care Boards on transparency around commissioning decisions including (a) which commissioning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of patients not being hospitalised at the nearest hospital on their (a) well-being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle changes in rates of type 2 diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for patients seeking treatment for cancer in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Stockport borough and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of foreign nationals accessing NHS services in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment between GP prescribing rates for long-acting reversible contraception and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has provided money to Drag Queen Story Hour UK since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients can access timely NHS dental treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) all food provided through the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme is sourced at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the White Paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published in December 2021, what his Department's timescales are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of streamlining the process for making packaging changes on licensed smoking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the (a) adequacy and (b) availability of allergy training for GPs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that pharmacists do not accidentally indicate that a patient is eligible for a waiver on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that public health organisations make the (a) the wellbeing and health of patients and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people under the age of 18 who vape.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason lung health checks are not available for people over the age of 74 years who are (a) ex-smokers, (b) smokers and (c) at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make available audited data on the cost of operating the Healthy Start scheme in the 2022/23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2023 to Question 188559 on Healthy Start Scheme, for what reason Departmental forecasts on numbers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make cervical smear tests more accessible for women with (a) newborn babies and (b) young children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) paid sabbaticals, (b) guaranteed study leave and (c) reform of NHS deaneries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to give priority to a public sector consortium to develop the Bootham Park Hospital site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available specifically for people with cancer who experience long waits for treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to put in place additional measures to tackle cancer treatment waiting times.
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 (a) Enfield North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for (a) neurology services and (b) neurosurgery in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve procedures for (a) hiring and (b) vetting nursing staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing mandatory reporting mechanisms for staff who suspect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce respiratory health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides for patients with lupus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of withdrawing the experimental treatment for postural tachycardia syndrome trialled at York...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many penalty charge notices for wrongly claimed prescriptions were issued in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's document entitled Final impact assessment: statutory scheme to control costs of branded health service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding further research into the use of MRI scans for treatment of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) provide further support for people with prostate cancer and (b) increase provision of public sanitary products...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) people with eczema are (i) evaluated and (ii) treated by specialists and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eczema cases were diagnosed in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide skills training to help meet (a) medium- and (b) long-term targets for biomedical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting health impact assessments of the public health impacts of new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue the local funding for suicide prevention which was previously allocated through the NHS Long Term Plan 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent comparative assessment of the UK rate of (a) breast and cervical cancer screenings, (b) access to Hormone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing increased financial support for child cancer patients and their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 10 of the report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner entitled The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the equity of the level of the fee charged to victims to obtain court transcripts of a trial in which they were a victim.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has held with HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the level of fees charged to victims to obtain a transcript of a trial in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have had safety assessments for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in (a) courts and (b) prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department has distributed dormant assets funding in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help implement the recommendations in the report of the Independent Commission for Equity in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support local councils to tackle loneliness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing limits on (a) stakes and (b) prizes for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information their Department holds on the level of staff retention; and what steps they are taking to improve staff retention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) nurseries and (b) childminders that closed in the East of England in the 2022-23 financial year; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) readability and (b) accessibility to schools of SEND Information Reports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has (a) held meetings and (b) exchanged communications with the TechSheCan charity in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many girls studied physics at (a) GCSE, (b) A-level and (c) bachelors degree level in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of recent trends in the number of applications to register previously...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is providing additional financial support to local authorities in England to support foster children and parents with the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cost of student accommodation in (a) purpose-built student accommodation and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many careers advisors were working in schools in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking at (a) primary and (b) secondary level to encourage more girls into STEM subjects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about the potential merits of facilitating the universal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students who have received chemistry or physics bursaries for undertaking a PGCE accept a job in a state school at the end of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education, Health and Care Plans included funding for courses in British Sign Language in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance she has given to schools on teaching pupils about the dangers of (a) smoking and (b) vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to head teachers on tackling absenteeism among pupils in schools.
To ask the Leader of the House, whether she has made an estimate of how many and what proportion of written questions from Hon and Rt hon. members have resulted in the Government (a) changing...
To ask the Leader of the House, whether she is taking steps to increase opportunities for the scrutiny of statutory instruments by backbenchers.
To ask the Leader of the House, how many Privy Council meetings has she attended in the last 12 months.
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help improve collaboration with the House of Commons Commission.
To ask the Leader of the House, what her priorities are for providing oversight of the House of Commons Members Estimate.
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Members' requests for assistance on ministerial correspondence are addressed in a timely manner.
To ask the Leader of the House, how many meetings she has had with the Chief Whip to discuss Government priorities and the legislative programme in the past 12 months.
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
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 hunger strike in Jau Prison in Bahrain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a formal apology to Matthew Hedges on the level of support offered by his Department while Mr...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the treatment of Ahmed Jaafar in Jau Prison in Bahrain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the development of the SCALE programme; and which countries will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to reopen the embassy in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information their Department holds on the level of staff retention; and what steps they are taking to improve...
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 treatment of Palestinian children in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of Israel Defence Forces reports of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2023 to Question 190954 on Afghanistan: Development Aid, whether parts of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials his Department has stationed on Ascension Island as of September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by his Department in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what data their Department holds on the average response time to enquiries by Members; and what assessment they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps their Department is taking to improve its digital services to provide better (a) accessibility and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in India on changes to domestic legislation effecting Asian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit Ascension Island in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund has been allocated to the Libya bilateral programme for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the average time taken by his Department to respond to freedom of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and in which regions of Thailand did deaths of UK nationals occur where the reported cause of death was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart the offshoring of people seeking asylum to Ascension Island.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in Canada on the accuracy of the information about the United...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with its US counterpart on British citizens who are stranded at...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish rights for disabled people online...
To ask the Prime Minister, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the waiting list for social housing in Stockport constituency.
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 changing planning regulations to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the quality of life of a community factors into consideration of called-in planning applications.
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 Enfield North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191359 on Housing: Disability and Older People, what guidance his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) protect renters from eviction and (b) support people who are homeless in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 130114 on Vagrancy Act 1824, what his timeline is for publishing his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has held recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on helping more people who have been accepted by the Afghan Relocations and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191863 on Asylum: Falmouth, if her Department will publish the results of the statutory...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the India Young Professionals Scheme visa scheme were (a) made and (b) successful in the ballot period that closed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) principals and (b) dependents have been relocated to the UK under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (i) Pathway 2 and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people denied asylum have been granted humanitarian protection in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were staying in (a) hotels or (b) other forms of accommodation on 1 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2023 to Question 181937 on Asylum, how many legacy asylum claims submitted before 28 June 2022 have not...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 193669 on Offenders: Deportation, what information her Department holds on the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in police stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a school travel scheme to enable EU school groups to visit the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements for transit passengers on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by Public Health Scotland entitled...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that application forms for Electronic Travel Authorisations will be available in a range of languages.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa were made by nationality of applicant in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria the Migration Advisory Committee used to assess the revised shortage occupation list.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2023 to Question 191605 on Asylum: staff, how long it takes to train a newly recruited decision maker.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193136 on Kent Intake Unit: Health Services, how many medical staff are employed at that Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow international students to split the cost of their (a) visa and (b) immigration health surcharge over...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on relocating Afghan refugees from hotels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for when increases in the cost of (a) works visas, (b) study visas and (c) the immigration health surcharge...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on implementing the Hong Kong Veterans Settlement route announced on 29 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Russell Group, (b) Universities UK and (c) other sector stakeholders on proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the UK taxpayer has been since January 2020 of housing asylum seekers who have arrived on small boats in hotels and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for appointment to the Migration Advisory Committee.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's consultation on Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, which closed on 13 June 2014,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has commissioned a well-being survey of officials in her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of children held longer than the time limit for detention.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable children are treated with decency and compassion.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum decisions made since 1 January 2023 were classed as administrative decisions; and how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the duration of seasonal workers’ visas to nine months for people in (a) all sectors of the food supply...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown by nation of origin of the number of physiotherapists granted visas in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) Eritrean and (b) Sudanese children waiting for the outcome of their family...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government response to the Consultation on new knife legislation proposals to tackle the use of machetes and other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the amount of freight which is transported by rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support (a) British Transport Police staff, (b) train drivers and (c) other railway staff who respond to suicide-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of (a) station staff and (b) on-board guards on the levels of passenger...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) women and (b) people with disabilities on consultations into the proposed closure of railway ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the number of bus services since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests that have been booked by automated bots and re-sold at an inflated price since 1 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adding independent lifeboat launch vehicles to the list of emergency vehicles that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Insolvency Service investigation into P and O Ferries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hon. and Rt hon. Members have contacted him to oppose the closure of railway ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many properties have been designated as falling within HS2's safeguarding boundaries in Rother Valley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the timetable for the High Speed Rail Bill to complete compulsory purchase orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) compensation claims process and (b) levels of evidence required for compensation in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Final Land Acquisition Boundary process for HS2 has been completed; and when he plans to publish those documents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many and what proportion of compulsory purchase cases for HS2 had payment not been received by the former owners (a) two, (b) three (c) four...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of trees planted by Network Rail in the last 10 years that have subsequently died.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in the level of rail use on the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much land has been designated as falling within HS2's safeguarding boundaries in Rother Valley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the provision of incentive schemes that encourage businesses to shift...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees have been planted by Network Rail in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to encourage rail operators to reinstate services which were cut during the Covid-19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sum was spent on (a) building and (b) refurbishing ticket offices in England in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail journeys were undertaken by passengers who purchased their tickets from a ticket office in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to safeguard (a) digital signal systems and (b) other digital critical infrastructure on the rail network from (i) cyber...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil fuel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of electric vehicle charging points located in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to support the installation of electric vehicle charging points for people living in (a) residential properties without a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many safety critical vacancies there were on the rail network as of 20 July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met with (a) representatives from the Rail Delivery Group and (b) general secretaries of (i) RMT and (ii) ASLEF to discuss ongoing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that vulnerable people are not put at risk in stations without ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ticket office closures on wheelchair users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing adaptations for people with dyslexia sitting the driving theory test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the British Transport Police Authority publication entitled British Transport Police Fund Annual Report and Accounts for the year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 194787, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing correspondence with the (a) Chair of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that support is available in rail stations for people who have issue with which automated systems cannot help.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that assistance is provided at stations without ticket offices for people who have difficulties with automated...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Treasury is taking to implement the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on providing increased financial support for pubs in the Autumn Statement 2023.
To ask the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, what steps the Crown Estate is taking to release brownfield and derelict sites to (a) local authorities and (b) the private sector for housing.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has he made of the potential impact of the level of landfill tax on the (a) amount and (b) proportion of waste sent to landfill.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total money spent by his Department on (a) focus groups, (b) online, (c) telephone and (d) face-to-face opinion polling to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has received representations from (a) CAMRA and (b) organisers of beer and cider festivals on the effect of the draught relief...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of assets frozen under the Russia regime is since the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require banks to offer interest rates on saving accounts at least at the level of the Bank of England interest rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of high street bank branch closures on people in Gosport constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support the growth of the life sciences sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support businesses with energy prices.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the acceptance of cash across the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help regulators implement their secondary objectives set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish guidance to encourage mortgage lenders to consider an applicant’s ability to service a loan on the basis of rental monies paid...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security checks financial institutions are required to make for credit card applications in order to prevent identity fraud.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to commission a survey into public trust in the Financial Conduct Authority.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the role of Lex Greensill in Credit Suisse's risk management failures.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Funds have been created for children in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon and (c) the South West.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 6.11 in the report of the Royal Trustees on the Sovereign Grant Review 2023, if he will take steps to ensure that the increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 80698 on Science: Research, what recent progress has been made on a new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much her Department spent on the Young Innovators Awards 2022 to 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide funding to help deliver the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) prototype fusion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will publish (a) all sources of Government funding used for the development of Sizewell C nuclear power station, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding the Government has provided for the development of Sizewell C nuclear power station, broken down by (a) funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a comparative estimate of the cost of (a) modern cable ploughing technology against (b) traditional overhead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to lower electricity running costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing cost caps for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that temperamental smart meters are not given as reasons by energy providers to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to ensure (a) fair pricing and (b) continuity across regions for petrol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofgem have previous experience in the sectors that they regulate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187027 on Medical Equipment: Energy, what her Department's expected timescale is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2023 to Question 143717 on Warm Home Discount Scheme, if she will provide an update on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received funding from the Warm Home Discount Scheme in 2022-23; and how much funding was made available for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report by National Energy Action entitled Plugged In,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of fuel poverty in (a) Enfield...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households (a) were eligible for, (b) made an application for and (c) received an Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding payments were awarded by type of accommodation in (i) Enfield North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing service standards with timescales for the repayment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the total value of all financial remedies from complaints resolved by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Time and Trouble Awards issued by the Energy Ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her Department holds on the number of complaints submitted to but not accepted by the Energy Ombudsman since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the trends in the number of complaints (a) accepted and (b) resolved by the Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to (a) re-open and (b) extend the application deadline for the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to work with Ofgem to extend the Warm Homes Discount to households without a direct relationship with an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the University of York publication entitled Who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the number of households that successfully...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy to (a) consult on options for a new approach to consumer protection in the energy market from April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero,if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of energy costs on the viability of the businesses of self employed...
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) South Holland and the Deeping...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential regional disparities in fuel prices; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department has taken to ensure Warm Home Discount payments for winter 2022-23 were paid to customers by their energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London were eligible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress she has made on implementing the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect on the availability of low and fixed-price tariffs for energy consumers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report by Marie Curie entitled One charge too many: The impact of rising energy costs on people at the end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Energy Bills Support Scheme to gypsies and travellers living...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not including gypsies and travellers living in roadside camps from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the average time taken by his Department to respond to freedom of information requests in the 2022-23...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what data their Department holds on the average response time to enquiries by Members; and what assessment they have made of the adequacy of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of Vorasidenib for the treatment of brain tumours.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the artificial intelligence (AI) applications funded to date under the NHS AI Lab's AI in Health and Care Awards; and how much each developer has received...
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