Tuesday, 12 September 2023
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what the Church of England's estimate is of the capital cost of outstanding repairs for parish churches.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many churches have been closed by the Church of England in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church takes to (a) measure the effectiveness of its engagement initiatives and (b) make...
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England takes to gather feedback from its congregation to inform future plans.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to foster inter-faith dialogue and collaboration with other religious communities.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support and empower lay leaders to take an active role in Church...
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to collaborate with local schools and educational institutions to promote...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish all correspondence between Natural England and his Department from 1 May 2023 to 31 August 2023 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average clearance time is for HM Land Registry to complete registrations for new leases and lease extensions as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many residential buildings have been confirmed to contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete as of 5 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to publish online guidance for leaseholders who do not qualify for protection under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet Colleagues on the potential merits of increasing the level of funding for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the new residential developments provide for a healthy space for the mental,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to amend planning regulations to strengthen protections for pubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure service charges for tenants and leaseholders are (a) transparent and (b) communicated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) performance of and (b) time taken to commence appeals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homeowners in Rotherham constituency bought their homes using the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Empty Dwelling Management Orders for tackling the number of empty houses in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, Pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2023 to Question 194394 on Ministry of Justice: Buildings, what types of buildings on his Department's estate contain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to hear the results of his Department's survey on the number of buildings in the prison estate that include reinforced autoclaved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his predecessor (a) received requests from and (b) made representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the (i) presence and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Staffordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the magistrates’ court backlog in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants facing allegations of (a) rape and (b) other sexual crimes received a postal requisition to appear at court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of levels of staff (a) retention and (b) morale at HMP Woodhill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of security arrangements at Wandsworth Prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of school children that have a parent in prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of all (a) maintenance contracts, (b) contractors and (c) contract (i) costs and (ii) lengths across the prison estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help prevent the cancellation of court hearings at short notice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 on access to justice for asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service leaflet, published 30 August 2023, (a) how many physical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the magistrate's reasons for the acquittal of Iola Davies and Jasmine Murphy for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of probation services in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce reoffending rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were convicted of murder were released at the end of their original tariff in each of the last five years; how many people who were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) average waiting time for community payback to commence one an individual has been sentenced and (b) the total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape cases were awaiting trial in the Crown courts in (a) March 2020, (b) March 2021, (c) March 2022 and (d) March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a rape trial to begin in each year since 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many publicly-owned buildings in the UK contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of civil servants who were working remotely and logged in from overseas in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to section four, paragraph (i) of the variation made to his Department’s enabling agreement with Corporate Travel Management (North)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on UK access to Erasmus+, in the context of the policies of the Irish Government on access to Erasmus+ in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how funding raised from the Immigration Skills Charge and designated for her Department’s Skills Budget was spent in the (a) 2020-21, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on managing the transition period before the prohibition on using unregulated child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools recorded a sewage leak in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that universities are able to accommodate all overseas students who have (a) applied for and (b) have received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this year's A-level grading system on home student numbers at English universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2021 to Question 92909 on Department for Education: Staff, if she will list (a) the directorates within her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what basis the School Teachers' Review Body estimated energy costs as £1,450 million; on what basis the updated estimate of £750 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the regulated accommodation sector for child social care placements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help protect social workers from facing violence at work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the accountability of multi-academy trusts' management boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a list of the number and proportion of childcare staff who were aged (a) under 25, (b) 25-39, (c) 40-49 and (d) over 50 years in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase young people's (a) awareness of and (b) ability to identify (i) disinformation and (ii) other online harms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support SEND provision in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on anti-bullying initiatives for schools in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in the London Borough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days teachers have been absent from school in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all primary children receive a high-quality and effective financial education by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of children who regularly miss school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buildings on land owned by (a) Network Rail and (b) his Department use reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators on reciprocal licence exchange arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of the movement of freight within the United Kingdom was by (a) road, (b) rail and (c) water in each year since 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which rail lines are only operated for freight purposes; and what the length in miles of each such line is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has he made on decarbonising rail freight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Great British Railways has spent on consultancy fees since its establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to increase the amount of freight transported by rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on which towns in England with populations of 30,000 or more do not have a railway station.
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 Enfield North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held recent discussions with insurers on minimising increases in the cost of premiums for motorists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what scenarios have been run under the National Transport Model in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to adapt the rail network to take account of (a) long-term changes in weather patterns and (b) increased incidences of extreme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September to Question 197409, how many and what proportion of the violence against the person offences recorded in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the monitoring of occupational psychological fitness of train drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 193235 and 194771 on Railways: Tickets, on which date the meeting where Ministers met stakeholders to discuss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding given by his Department to maintain the National Cycle Network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the National Cycle Network in providing opportunities for active travel in rural areas; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the date by which net zero for aviation is implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been used in (a) train stations and...
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 implement the new maximum timescale for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when the last of the two submarines of the Astute class will enter operational service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has invested in ground based air defence since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of upgrading the Bowman tactical communications system from BCP 5.6 standard to BCP 5.7; when the upgraded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper Refresh, published on 18 July 2023, whether his Department are considering financial penalties on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper Refresh, published on 18 July 2023, what enforcement mechanisms his Department plans to put in place to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has appointed a supply chain champion to management engagement with the domestic steel sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to procure up to 44 new aircraft under the New Medium Helicopter programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was billed by his Department to the Cabinet Office to reimburse the costs of providing rotary wing air transport to the Prime Minister on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to acknowledge and commemorate the contribution of British service personnel during the Korean War.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Morpheus terminals that will be required when it enters service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full operating capability is for Crowsnest; and how that capability is defined.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all contracts by value between his Department and (a) Babcock and (b) its subsidiaries in the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of each of the five boats of the Astute class delivered to his Department; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the initial operating capability is for Crowsnest: and how that capability is defined.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to commence the competition for the Morpheus tactical communications system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the TDEL budget is for the Carrier Enabled Power Projection programme (a) in total, (b) by platform, (c) by capability and (d) by milestone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the current Carrier Enabled Power Projection programme director is; what experience they possess; and what proportion of their time is dedicated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what capabilities the Carrier Enabled Power Projection programme will deliver.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the current senior responsible owner is for the Carrier Enabled Power Projection programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF require applicants to join as commissioned officers to have a specific number of UCAS points.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to incorporate the UK steel charter into its procurement strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Challenger 3 upgrade programme; what the definition is of initial operating capability for Challenger 3;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were on long-term sickness benefits in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed by his Department to determine the outcome of Personal Independence Payment claims as of 5 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed by his Department to determine the outcome of work capability assessments as of 5 September 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has issued guidance on the circumstances in which the deadline for an application for Universal Credit could be extended.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how existing overpayments will be handled in the managed migration from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of whether the oil and gas sector will meeting its targets under the North Sea Transition Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of gas boilers that have been taken out of service since the launch of the heat pump...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release of 3 July 2023 entitled Tighter limit on industrial, power and aviation emissions,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release of 3 July 2023 entitled Tighter limit on industrial, power and aviation emissions,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) rules, (b) agreements and (c) guidance her Department uses to decide what information to share with the Climate Change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the recent Energy Price Guarantee increase on (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Energy Bill Support Scheme on businesses in Hendon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining the Energy Price Guarantee at £3,000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many petrol retailers have joined the Competition and Markets Authority's interim voluntary fuel price data scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with Ofgem on the process for reviewing customer credit balances every six months and avoiding large...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will publish all the information her Department has shared with the Climate Change Committee to assist it in writing its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the covid-19 vaccination available privately as part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of NHS podiatric care appointments in (a) Slough constituency, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to (a) improve awareness of pelvic organ prolapse and (b) increase support for those suffering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the availability of medicines for type-2 diabetes on the level of diagnoses of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that reporting mechanisms are in place to inform the (a) public and (b) parliament how the nine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to amend regulations to ensure patients' access to early-phase clinical trials for (a) all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS diabetes care (a) nationally and (b) in Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of NHS Cancer waiting time targets; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for NHS patients to access cancer treatment in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS Trusts to ensure that people with Parkinson's receive their medication on time in hospital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals for elective surgery to (a) the NHS and (b) independent health providers funded through the NHS were made by each GP...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for the research and development of treatments for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Faster Diagnosis Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the length of time between (a) urgent GP referrals and (b) the commencement of treatment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the use of non disclosure agreements in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the email correspondence of 19 July 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central relating to Impact Medical Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of haemochromatosis and related clinical recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a WHO Multisectoral Accountability Framework for TB following the UN High-level Meeting on the fight against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken from an urgent GP referral to the commencement of treatment for cancer for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the potential impact of changes in NHS cancer waiting time targets on patients in Bath...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non disclosure agreements have been issued by the NHS in each of the last five years for which data is available (a) nationally...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiotherapy LINAC machines will be over the recommended 10-year lifespan by the end of (a) 2023, (b) 2024, and (c) 2025 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to strengthen the application of the duty of candour to leaders and managers within the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring two clinicians to be present in order to access medication in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to devolve any aspect of radiotherapy commissioning to integrated care boards in (a) Crawley constituency and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients in community hospitals had their discharges delayed since January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2023 to Question 190126 on Hospitals: Discharges, when his Department plans to allocate funding from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a social model for mental health for supporting people with mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received the report of the Equity in medical devices: independent review into equity in medical devices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) life sciences and (b) health innovation programmes his Department provides funding to in the North East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the policies on mental health in the Major Conditions Strategy published in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the former Chief Executive at the Countess of Chester Hospital, Tony Chambers, was last employed by (a) the NHS and (b) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement a U.K.-wide mental health emergency hotline service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue new guidance on reducing sickness levels among vulnerable groups during high temperatures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase measles vaccination rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance issued by the NHS entitled Introduction of Shingrix®...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of NHS processes for dealing with whistle-blowers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to regulate the provision of botulinum injections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with borderline personality disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support people living with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his announcement in July 2023 of £595,000 funding per Integrated Care System to support the expansion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the next round of guidance for Integrated Care Systems on women’s health hubs planned for autumn 2023, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist mental health ambulances were in operation in each ambulance trust in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in community child health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared recommendations from the Getting It Right First Time Rheumatology with devolved institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of (a) the number of times and (b) the circumstances in which the National Institute for Health and Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides hospitals on involving the police in investigations related to patient harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to improve the response time to FOI requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people living with PANS and PANDAS receive effective, patient-centred care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the use of out-of-area placements for young people in mental health inpatient services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients waited over (a) 28, (b) 62 and (c) 90 days between their first and second appointment as part of treatment from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to expand the eligibility criteria for covid-19 vaccinations as part of the seasonal booster programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was recovered by NHS England from dental providers in Cornwall in 2021-22; and how much recovered funding was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps they are taking to reduce backlogs of Member correspondence in their office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps has she taken to reduce environmental contamination from PFA chemicals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data their Department holds on the average response time to enquiries by Members; and what assessment they have made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 23 May 2023 on the regulator OFWAT.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of microplastic contaminants on public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of microplastics in the air within (a) houses, (b) large cities, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the prominence of microplastic contaminants in human tissue samples.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that farmers are paid fairly for produce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure access to raw milk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to include deer farmers in the rollout of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) low carbon farming and (b) agricultural innovation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the preservation of green spaces within (a) Enfield North constituency,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure small businesses reduce their use of single-use plastics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with fruit producers on the potential use of automation in fruit-picking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their asylum claim withdrawn because they did not complete the Streamlined Asylum Process questionnaire.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister is responsible for the resettlement and housing of Afghan citizens currently living in hotels in Pakistan under the Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the meeting of the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire with the Youth Endowment Fund on 16 March 2023, whether they...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the transparency data entitled Home Office: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2023,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK’s preparedness for wildfires in future, in the context of climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers had a length of service that was (a) less than one year, (b) one year to less than two...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 7920 on Passports: Applications, what the average waiting times were for a passport in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 on her Department's ability to access the Official...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Asylum Accommodation and support, published 3 July 2020, what recent steps her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's risk assessment for its policy of seizing medicines in short-term holding centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of making non-student visas available to women and girls from Afghanistan who wish to study in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were awaiting the outcome of their asylum application in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (b) Bexley Borough and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 533,000 people offered a safe and legal route into the UK since 2015 were from Hong Kong.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications to the Voluntary Returns Service were processed in each month between January 2021 and July 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unexplained wealth orders have been used since the scheme was revised.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applicants that were eligible for the Streamlined Asylum Processing Questionnaire returned their application...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consular protection his Department provides to refugees with UK asylum status who travel abroad; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has held discussions with the UN on Islamophobia in the period since the UN Human Rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of Islamophobia globally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on the reports by the Human Rights...
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 steps his Department is taking to help improve the safety of persecuted religious communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many projects under the Women’s Integrated Sexual Health programme his Department has allocated funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the recent ballot in the Zimbabwe national elections...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the arrest of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on allegations of violent human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has offered humanitarian aid to help civilians affected by Azerbaijan’s blockade of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the annual VAT registration threshold to help support small businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to make War Widows Recognition Payments tax exempt.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many gaming companies in (a) the UK and (b) Enfield North constituency have benefited from Video Games Tax Relief in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the operation of the tax system is fair.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commit to reviewing the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which projects received funding from the Economic Data Innovation Fund in the period since the Budget in 2020; and, for each project, (a) which...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 7 July 2023 and (b) 8 August 2023 from the hon. Member for Bolton South East, case reference...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to increase financial support for pubs in rural areas.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of air passenger duty on passenger numbers; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July to Question 193069 on Treasury: Deltapoll, on how many occasions between (a) 19-31 July 2022, (b) 1-31 August 2022, (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, the total sum of assets frozen under the Myanmar sanctions regime.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to improve productivity.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable individuals have access to (a) financial advice and (b) support with essential banking services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) lenders and (b) other relevant stakeholders on the levels of early repayment charges for tracker mortgages.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the locations of shared banking hubs that will be set up in the future; and if he will make an assessment of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of diagnosis of terminal and likely terminal health conditions on travel insurance rates...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Child Trust Funds have been created for children in Solihull constituency in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of closures of cashpoints in rural areas on the rural economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of a cyber attack on the rollout of the Digital Voice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of the public switched telephone network that has been retired as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many new 4G mobile signal masts have been constructed following the launch of the Shared Rural Network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Shared Rural Network on 4G mobile signals across (a) the UK and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with (a) BT and (b) Ofcom on the maintenance of public phone boxes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she mas made of the implications for her policies of changes in the numbers of public telephone boxes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that online platforms [operating in the UK] provide (a) cost- and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with relevant industry stakeholders on the progress towards switching off the public switched...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofcom have previous experience in the industry that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, with reference to the communications providers’ voluntary code of practice for an automatic compensation scheme for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many (a) partial not-spots and (b) total not-spots for 4G mobile signal are in North Shropshire constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether customers will need to switch their mobile network operator in order to connect to new 4G mobile signal masts built...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of new 4G mobile signal constructed via the Shared Rural Network on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the decision of the President of the United...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress the Government has made on hosting an Al summit in 2023; and will he make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published on 31 March 2022, what assessment her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has held discussions with social media companies on videos on platforms encouraging migrants to cross the English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authority leisure centres closed in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of the Gambling Commission have previous experience in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to determine the prevalence of reinforced autoclave aerated concrete (RAAC) in leisure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to compile a list of public buildings affected by construction with reinforced autoclave aerated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the (a) annual total budget for and (b) amount of money allocated by the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's policy paper Get Active: A strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published on 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's policy paper Get Active: A strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published on 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an estimate of the number of leisure centres that might have been built using Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship, (b) stalking and...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) causing death by dangerous driving or (b) causing death by careless driving whilst over...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs or (b) conspiracy to supply a Class A drug...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) wounding or (b) wounding with intent and given a date and time to appear in court by a...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) assault occasioning actual bodily harm or (b) causing grievous bodily harm with intent and...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) sexual activity with a child or (b) making an indecent image of a child and given a date...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) rape of a child under 13 or (b) sexual assault of a child under 13 and given a date and...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) rape or (b) sexual assault and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) murder or (b) manslaughter and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) robbery, (b) conspiracy to commit robbery, (c) burglary and (d) conspiracy to commit...
To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions defendants were informed that they (a) had been charged with an (i) indictable and (ii) either-way offence and (b) given a date and time to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many qualifying Scottish Limited partnerships have not registered a person of significant control in each year since the requirement to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) value and (b) number of fines have been issued against Scottish Limited Partnerships for failing to register a Person of Significant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many breaches of minimum wage legislation by employers in Enfield North constituency there were in the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on developing economic relations with the Indo-Pacific region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans she has for the future of the Crown Post Office estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with her Indian counterpart on the prospect of India ratifying conventions (a) 87 and (b) 98 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 196273 on Fireworks: Licensing, if she will publish a list of the (a) organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent estimate he has made of when the terms of reference for the independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there are planned timescales for the independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to end the over-abstraction of water supplies by water companies; what deadlines have been set for the end of such over-abstraction; and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government why post-Brexit import checks on food and fresh produce from the EU have been delayed for the fifth time.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impacts of climate change and the increased frequency of extreme weather events on (1) domestic food producers, and (2) food...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of climate change-related crop loss as a driver of recent increases in food prices; and what proportion of those price increases...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) prevent, (2) reduce, and (3) eliminate, plastic pollution.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase funding to deliver innovative immunisation delivery models to increase capacity and uptake among hard-to-reach groups.
To ask His Majesty's Government why the use of both the UK Conformity Assessment mark and the EU’s CE mark will be allowed indefinitely for UK companies in the electronic, industrial,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to collaborate with the NHS to (1) identify, and (2) prioritise, areas of research with the highest potential for successful translation...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the performance of the National Homecare Medicines Committee.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality and veracity of data gathered by (1) NHS services, and (2) homecare medicines companies, relating to the provision,...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 17 February (HL5559), what is the scientific definition of overnutrition; and how this is measured and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the aggregate financial surplus or deficit for each integrated care board in England at the end of the first quarter of the 2023–24 financial year;...
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker when the Leave of Absence Sub-Committee last met.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by African Faith Leaders on 8 August calling for a reduction of debt across African countries.
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