Friday, 8 September 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's net-zero policies of not introducing new legislation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to encourage unsold food in the retail space to be redirected to (a) food banks and (b) food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding it provides for the Canal and River Trust;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure the financial self-sufficiency of the Canal and River Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her officials have had with the Canal and River Trust on the maintenance of footpaths.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of rod licences issued by the Environment Agency in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many rod licences were issued by the Environment Agency in each (a) region and (b) county in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Summary of Responses to the Call for Evidence on Labelling for Animal Welfare, published by her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints the Office for Water Regulation received for issues relating to the laying of pipes across private land...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that flood defences on private land are well maintained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofwat have previous experience in the sector that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) monitoring and (b) mitigating the presence of microplastics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Consistency in Household and Business Recycling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that abstraction licence holders are given adequate time to adapt when their licences are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its polices of the Risk Assessment and Risk...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential financial risk to local authorities from climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase the air quality grant for local authorities in the next budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the revised National Air Quality Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations completed air quality modelling to inform the air quality targets set out in the Environmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to ring fence funding for local authorities to manage climate-related incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which seeds that are permitted under Article 49(1) of Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 have not been provided authorisation for use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the phasing out of cages for laying hens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to communicate the risk of flooding to flood-prone homes along the Silk Stream in Colindale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the written statement entitled Future funding for the Canal and River Trust of 10 July 2023, HCWS924, for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to support investment in water capture and storage infrastructure on farms after 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school buildings constructed by (a) Caledonian Modular and (b) other contractors engaged under the Modern Methods of Construction framework...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to retain the current level of tuition fees for home fee status students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England use literacy resources at Key stage 1 designed specifically for (a) deaf children and (b) other visual learners...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he Department is taking steps to support families on low incomes through provision of nutritious meals for children over school holidays.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve careers advice on options for vocational learning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings her Department has held with representatives from Stonewall since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's annual report and accounts for 2022/23, published in July 2023, what steps she is taking to mitigate the risk 4 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of pupils taking A-Levels received the grades A* to E and U in each subject by each region of England in each academic year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 17077 on Department for Education: Public Expenditure, if she will publish the (a) highest 10 areas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to deliver updated Ofsted and CQC Area SEND inspections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's annual report and accounts for 2022/23, published in July 2023, what steps she is taking to mitigate the risk 5 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the risk of industrial action in (a) schools and (b) colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average cost of a full time nursery place for a two year old in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage the use of artificial intelligence in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of money spent by (a) local authorities and (b) schools on placing pupils in unregistered alternative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of local authority maintained schools that have installed solar panels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils taking A-Levels received each grade in each academic year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, how many early years staff have signed up...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Advanced Learner Loans were granted for courses in British Sign Language in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent mental health professionals were working in schools in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the median level of student debt held by people in Enfield North constituency.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, if she will take steps to safeguard the provision of digital terrestrial television and radio broadcast services beyond 2040 for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held discussions with television production companies on mental health support for reality television (a) contestants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to require all Scotland association football matches to be shown for free on television.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason payment for Accommodation for Residential Care Concessionary TV Licence can only be paid by cheque and not by BACS; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with TV Licensing on the effectiveness of their policy on sending letters to people who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Prime Minister has made of the effectiveness of the re-formed Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is taking steps to regulate online advertisements selling financial products not authorised by the Financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, What steps her Department is taking to help support individuals employed in the film and television sector in the UK from being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department have taken to improve (a) environmental and (b) human sustainability practices in the fashion industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department have taken to steps to support people from disadvantaged backgrounds in the fashion industry with (a) the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by her Department in each of the last five years; and whether she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 53 of the consultation document entitled Disability Action Plan: Consultation, published in July 2023, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce legislation for the uncapped secondary ticketing market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the reselling of tickets for (a) music and (b) other events at prices...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Breaching of Limits on Ticket Sales Regulations 2018 at preventing the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussion with the Trustees of the British Museum on the protection of its holdings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that miscarriages are systematically (a) counted and (b) reported.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce variations in the level of the uptake of routine vaccination programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on regional variations in standards of maternity care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) safe and (b) efficient staffing levels in maternity units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targets his Department has on reducing inequalities in (a) pregnancy loss and (b) baby deaths.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS England staff are working on fertility aspects of the Women's Health Strategy for England as of September 2023; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, omitting staff working on maternity care, how many NHS England staff are working on implementation of the Women's Health Strategy for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release published by his Department on 22 July 2023 entitled Boost for women and girls as Women’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the members of the new network of women’s health champions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the extent of water testing for Covid in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of mother and baby units in mental health hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering migraine specialist services at women’s health hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children with serious mental health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research in maternity care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the preterm birth rate was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to promote the women’s health area on the NHS website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the success of the women’s health area on the NHS website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (b) other types of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has his Department allocated to process compensation claims caused by Covid-19 vaccines; and how much of that budget has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) steps his Department is taking to monitor the implementation of the new regulatory platform for the Care Quality Commission and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ask the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to update the baseline modelling and assumptions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s paper A review of the Vaccine Taskforce, published on 29 August 2023, what funds the Office for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to A review of the Vaccine Taskforce, published by his Department on 29 August 2023, what additional vaccine production...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals experiencing a mental health crisis receive appropriate tailored care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) data collection and (b) reporting for routine immunisation programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of women’s health hubs will provide Fracture Liaison Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Mr Ian Harvey, the former medical director at the Countess of Chester Hospital, was last employed (a) within the NHS and (b) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the written correspondence of 10 July 2023 from the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport regarding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were (a) on a waiting list for an assessment and (b) waiting for a diagnosis for (i) attention deficit hyperactivity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of people using community mental health services are receiving psychological therapy.
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 the overall (a) administrative and (b) enforcement costs of (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS mental health workforce staff pay keeps pace with other sectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training the NHS provides to nursing staff on (a) accountability and (b) reporting (i) suspicious activities and (ii) concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have contracted Pseudomonas whilst staying in hospital in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory psychological assessments for medical staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on (a) waiting times for mental health care services and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to monitor medical staff who have been moved to administrative roles after concerns about them have been raised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times officials in his Department have met representatives of the Care Quality Commission to discuss the rollout of the new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merit of each Intrgetated Care System having a (a) specialist allergy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the rollout of the new regulatory platform at the Care Quality Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of service in maternity units in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing for implementation of the Women's Health Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he has met the Menopause Employment Champion in the period since her appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he has met the Women’s Health Ambassador in the period since June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the number of conditions screened under the NHS bloodspot programme with similar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy on the priorities of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose migraines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the average waiting time for mental health services in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to treatment for people who have had a stroke.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2023 to Question 192548 on Gene Therapies, how many of the advanced therapeutic medicinal products...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of unannounced hospital inspections by the Care Quality Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Care Quality Commission have previous experience in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for braces to be fitted by an NHS dentist in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all integrated care boards to make reference to (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with dental practices to help ensure an adequate supply of NHS appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the role of pharmacists in increasing access to routine vaccinations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) cautions were issued and (b)(i) prosecutions and (ii) other legal actions were taken by the Food Standards Agency against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the inclusion of advice on (a) how to quit smoking and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using digital technology to support access to stop smoking services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support access to and (b) provide funding for stop smoking services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What steps his Department plans to take to help ensure GPs can return to work after periods of ill health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of GPs not in post due to ill health as of 21 August 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Deep End GP groupings; and how much from the public purse NHS England has spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the Dental Recovery Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 April 2023, HCWS710, on Achieving Smokefree 2030: cutting smoking and stopping kids vaping,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the £10,000 penalties for the sale of illicit tobacco...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to estimate the long-term cost to the NHS of vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential long-term effects of vaping on the health of people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 who vape in (i) Wirral and (ii) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all children can (a) be registered with an NHS dentist and (b) receive regular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of individuals contacting the NHS 111 helpline (a) for medical advice on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of dental treatment provided to patients requiring treatment within a (a) care home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the prominence of microplastic contaminants in (a) foodstuffs and (b) beverages consumed within the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage more people aged 16-30 to join the stem cell register and (b) raise awareness of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his Department's policy to reduce the availability of disposable vapes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the Major Conditions Strategy will include a funded plan for timely diagnoses of dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for patients to see a specialist related to Parkinson's disease in (a) Stockport constituency, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a person to have an initial appointment at a memory clinic in each region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 14 June 2023 from the Minister of State for Social Care to the Chair of the Joint Committee on Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2023 to Question 188896 on Patients: Mental Capacity, when he plans to publish a response to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships have been awarded to each country for awarded for the 2023-24 academic year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made on meeting its £11.6 billion climate finance pledge by 2026; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British nationals requested consular assistance in the Central African Republic in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to include older people in developing countries in his Department’s White Paper...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to strengthen the UK’s diplomatic mission in Bujumbura.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether debt relief for Somalia has been included in his Department's accounts for (a) 2023-24 and (b) future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Ethiopia on (a) protecting civilians and (b) enabling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he had made of the implications for his policies of the (a) humanitarian, (b) human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in Ethiopia on forming an independent investigation into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Ethiopia on transparent accountability for human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Chevening scholarships have been awarded for the 2023-24 academic year; and how many were awarded in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether debt relief for Somalia will be counted as Official Development Assistance in (a) 2023-24 and (b) future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending sanctions to the (a) subsidiaries, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the International Finance Corporation on preventing funding for livestock...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure reported human rights abuses during the conflict in Sudan are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken recent steps to help (a) maintain the ceasefire and (b) negotiate a longer-term pause in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help Sudanese nationals living in Britain to communicate with family in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to (a) Egypt and (b) Chad to help manage incoming refugees from Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the UK's contribution to Global Education...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181199 on Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help people in Sudan who have been granted entry clearance to the UK but face obstacles...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on evacuating British nationals from Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to deliver humanitarian aid to Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement entitled PM calls on G7 to help educate every child in the world, published on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the International Development White Paper will relate to the 2022 International Development Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department has taken to support peace and stability in Ethiopia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with governments in West Africa and the Sahel on the potential impact of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the World Bank on the countries it is negotiating with on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to consult on the International Development White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available; and if they will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 Wales, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the Government plans to hold a Wales investment conference.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has made an economic impact assessment of the decision of the Welsh Government to introduce 20mph speed limits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of introducing 20mph speed limits in Wales on the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps their Department is taking to improve response times to written parliamentary questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff work in his Office for New Assessment and Challenge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, how much funding is allocated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flight hours each F-35 aircraft has had in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of monthly flight hours by F-35 aircraft was in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many individual occasions his Department was tasked with arranging fixed wing air transport for the Prime Minister for domestic flights on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many individual occasions his Department was tasked with arranging rotary wing air transport for the Prime Minister on the aircraft registered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much core profit has been withheld from contractors employed under Future Defence Infrastructure Services contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects all 48 F-35 fighter jets purchased under the Lighting Programme to enter service with the Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued on the airworthiness of Hawk (a) T1 and (b) T2 aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ban the sale of (a) munitions and (b) military equipment to countries found to use weapons against civilians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel work at the Missile Defence Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) airbases and (b) other defence sites used for ground based air defence tasks have been closed since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper Refresh, published on 18 July 2023, how much his Department has invested in the Sky Sabre air defence system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps their Department is taking to improve its digital services to provide better (a) accessibility and (b) user experience for the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected in service date is for the General Support Utility Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) enhance cybersecurity and (b) protect personal data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment and training his Department is providing to Ukraine to aid mine clearance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Armed Forces have been requested by agencies of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to help search for animals listed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the number of joint training exercises between the British and Cypriot armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Future Soldier, what the unit establishment figures for the Army are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment will be available within forty-eight hours for the Global Response Force should it be stood up for engagement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of how many Afghan (a) principals and (b) dependents potentially eligible for relocation to the UK under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the UK's ground based air defence capabilities are fully interoperable with other NATO systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length is of a fast-jet conversion course for the (a) Tornado, (b) Typhoon and (c) F-35 aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Answer of 22 December 2022 to Question 106328 on NATO: Ammunition, whether his Department made a decision on the potential of UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Australian (a) military and (b) civilian Defence personnel have been stationed in the UK each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper Refresh, published on 18 July 2023, how his Department plans to double the effect that we seek to achieve in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the budget is of the Cabinet's Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) committee.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff support the Cabinet's Domestic and Economic Affairs (Union) committee (a) full-time, (b) part-time and (c) on flexible working arrangements.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues to Heads of Departments on meeting with the Civil Service Sex Equality and Equity Networks; and if if he will make...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department will next publish an up-to-date organogram.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants from all Government Departments attended the Sharm el-Sheikh Climate Change Conference in November 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of civil service flexitime working practices on productivity levels in Whitehall.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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, how much the Department for International Trade spent on (a) training and (b) staff supporting equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the agenda for the Northern Ireland investment conference in September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage employers to offer (a) leave and (b) pay for neonatal care before the Neonatal Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of breaches of minimum wage legislation by employers in Enfield North constituency in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Royal Mail on the compatibility of decreasing operating hours at customer service points with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a new tier of governance accountability for councils, in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new duty of care and statutory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Qualifying date, qualifying lease and extent, updated on 21 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the capacity of the UK to provide refuge for the number of climate refugees that her Department estimates...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2023 to Question 191605 on Asylum: Staff, what steps her Department has taken to (a) streamline, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2023 to Question 194471 on Court Orders: Children, if she will investigate the circumstances under which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reinstating the Universal Credit uplift of £25 per week and (b) extending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive Universal Credit in (a) the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Child Maintenance Service caseworkers receive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to help (a) repair and (b) reopen the Forum Leisure Centre swimming pool located within his Department's property...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2022 to Question 101751 on Children: Maintenance, whether his Department (a) has launched and (b) plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much local housing allowance was paid in (a) Wales, (b) Neath Port Talbot and (c) Aberavon in each of the the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme at supporting homeowners with rising mortgage costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of the (a) Support for Mortgage Interest scheme and (b) pre-April 2018 scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people who have had difficulty affording their bills between (a) September 2022 and August...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to remove the non-dependent charge in Housing Benefit for disadvantaged groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Transport, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average carbon dioxide emissions per person per journey from London to Newcastle by (a) air, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on what proportion of the future rail network will be electrified.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish the annual update of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline before the end of this session of Parliament.
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, 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices on passengers in Bexleyheath and Crayford...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) frequency and (b) scope of psychological fitness examinations of train drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many safety critical job roles on the rail network were unfilled in July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of systems to quickly alert train drivers and controllers to emergency situations which are occurring on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle chargepoints there are in (a) Haringey and (b) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of electric charging points on the motorway network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of fare types available across the railway network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking with train operating companies to ensure that planned ticket office closures do not disproportionally affect (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public appointments are sponsored by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure any potential closure of ticket offices does not increase travel costs for people travelling outside TfL boundaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commit to removing the proposals to ban the production of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle strike action which delays commuters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the transition to zero emission vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information the Government holds on the number of electric vehicle charging points at each motorway service station in England.
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 (a) Leeds, (b) Burley Park and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of proposed closures of station ticket offices in (a) Great Yarmouth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by his Department was in each of the last five years; and whether he plans to introduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Transport, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he is taking steps to help shut down social media activity in the UK that incites further violence in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people in rural areas are able to contact emergency services in instances...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions cannot refuse to provide financial services on the...
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