Written answers

Thursday, 14 September 2023

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Type 23 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 195934 on Type 23 Frigates, how much of the £676.7 million for Type 23 frigate upkeep has...

    • Navy: Greenwich Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2023 to Question 194354 on Navy: Greenwich Hospital, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the relationship...

      Aviation: Prime Minister

      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 fixed-wing air transport to the Prime Minister for...

      Ministry of Defence: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper Refresh, published on 18 July 2023, when he expects the process of redesigning the Defence Operating Model...

      Niger: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times RAF Chinook helicopters have conducted missions inside Niger since 2018.

      Haythornthwaite Review of Armed Forces Incentivisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when does his Department plan to respond to the Haythornthwaite Review of Armed Forces Incentivisation.

      Arctic: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made with NATO allies on assessing security risks emanating from the High North.

      Zaun: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any documents (a) concerning and (b) from his Department were accessed by hackers during cyber attack on the supplier Zaun.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192474 on Ukraine: Military Aid, whether the four remaining contracts have (a) begun and (b)...

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK's cyber defences.

      Afghanistan: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent of the UK's responsibility for the security of former members of Commando Force 333.

      Afghanistan: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of Commando Force 333 are in the UK.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192474 on Ukraine: Military Aid, whether the two contracts planned to begin delivering capabilities...

      Niger: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the training courses provided to Niger's armed forces by the UK since 2018.

  • Department for Transport

    • Blue Badge Scheme: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 197626 on Blue Badge Scheme, if he will make an estimate of the average cost to process a blue...

    • Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of buses that have been retrofitted to reduce emissions under the Clean Vehicle Retrofit...

      Department for Transport: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department produced a Ministerial response under the write round process to the Department for Education's review of the relationships,...

      Aviation: Alternative Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to increase the (a) production and (b) distribution of sustainable aviation fuel.

      Buses: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for new buses in Greater Manchester in the latest period for which data is available; and how many and...

      Railways: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the level of carbon emission from rail haulage in each year since 2010.

      Railway Signals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times train signalling equipment has failed in each of the last 12 months.

      Railways: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many structural examinations are currently non-compliant on the Network Rail network as of 11 September 2023.

      Railways: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total rate of Network Rail's non-compliance with structural examinations was in (a) May 2021 and (b) March 2023.

      Network Rail: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Network Rail apprentices that have (a) completed and (b) dropped out of their apprenticeships in each of the last five years.

      Bus Services: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to improve bus services in Selby and Ainsty constituency.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the quantity of freight that was transported on the rail network in each of the last five years.

      Railways: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding on rail services.

      Railways: Ticket Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to support (a) vulnerable and (b) disabled passengers affected by the potential closure of railway ticket offices in Selby...

      Railways: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the total carbon emissions produced by the railway system in the last 12 months.

      Railway Signals: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce instances of signalling equipment failures.

      Railways: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of compliance by train operating companies to the occupational psychological fitness and medical requirements in the Train...

      Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the efficiency of the process of applying for and receiving a Blue Badge.

  • Department for Education

    • Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether 15 hours of free childcare will be extended to (a) all children from the age of nine months and (b) the children of working parents from the...

    • Schools: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the involvement of parents in the education curriculum.

      Literature: Secondary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the provision of literature and poetry programmes in secondary schools.

      Department for Education: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many visits were made by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) each Minister in his Department to a (i) Government Hub and (ii) ministerial office...

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason schools in Yorkshire and Humber receive lower average funding per pupil than schools in London.

      Department for Education: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 195762 on Confucius Institutes tabled by the hon. Member for East Londonderry on 1 September 2023.

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts were funded by levy transfers from levy-paying to non-levy paying organisations in the 2022/2023 academic year.

      Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times she has met with representatives from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in the last 12 months.

      Apprentices: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training providers on the Apprenticeships Register have been removed from the register (a) after receiving an 'inadequate' Ofsted grade and...

      Confucius Institutes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Chinese nationals that are working in Confucius Institutes in the UK; and how many and what...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress her Department has made in negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of India.

    • Sick Leave: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help ensure that sickness absences caused by bullying at work are tackled in good time.

      Paternity Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the length of time for which paternity pay is awarded from two...

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations her Department has received from (a) trade unions and (b) labour rights organisations in (i) the UK and (ii) India, on...

      Department for Business and Trade: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to require that any free trade agreement with India be conditional on India ratifying conventions (a) 87 and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ipsos MORI: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193876 on Ipsos Mori, between which dates the Value of Prison survey was conducted online; and...

    • Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been assessed as needing to be moved into a higher security prison in the last six months; and what estimate he has made of how...

      Special Category Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the categorisation and management of prisoners who have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of (i)...

      Special Category Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were assessed to be in the wrong security categorisation since 2010.

      Ministry of Justice: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been found within their Department's estate.

      Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers at Wandsworth Prison attended their shift on the last day of each month since September 2022.

      Wandsworth Prison: Prison Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers at Wandsworth Prison attended their shift on 6 September 2023.

      Prisoner Escapes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from category B prisons were (i) being held on remand for terrorism related charges, (ii)...

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were in (a) category A and (b) category B prisons as of 11 September 2023.

      Procurement: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of offences relating to procurement fraud against (i) private sector companies and (ii)...

      Court of Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for (a) personal welfare and (b) property and financial affairs deputyships have been made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in...

      Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations in the Law Commission report entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published...

      Ministry of Justice: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow...

      Child Trust Fund: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to simplify the process for parents of disabled children to access child trust fund accounts when their children turn eighteen.

  • Home Office

    • Marriage: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to provide support to victims of marriage fraud in the UK by foreign nationals to help them obtain (a) a...

    • Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Evaluation of the Support for Migrant Victims pilot, published on 4 August 2023, when her Department plans to take a...

      Passports: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to undertake a comparative review of the cost of (a) getting and (b) renewing a child's passport in (i) the UK and...

      Home Office: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the dates on which each post on the Minister for Security’s X social media account was...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of fraud on businesses.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September to Question 195657 on Afghanistan: Refugees, on what exact date the first cohort of Afghan people...

      Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consult representatives of the retail trade sector on the potential merits of introducing a Protection of Employees Bill in the...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people whose asylum claims were withdrawn in the year ending June 2023 have (a) left the UK, (b) regularised their immigration...

      Offences against Children: Newham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to work with local (a) businesses and (b) authorities to provide safe spaces for child victims of sexual...

      Motorcycles: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help local authorities in Greater Manchester to tackle illegal off road bikes.

      Children: Newham

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure ensure that public parks in Newham are safe for children during the hours when children travel home...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that people from Hazara communities are able to access the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

      Missing Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK are reported as missing as of September 2023.

      Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help prevent rural crime in (i) Selby and Ainsty constituency, (ii) North...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Homes: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of residential care homes constructed with reinforced autoclave aerated concrete.

    • General Practitioners: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GP surgeries are rated as Good by the CQC in Selby and Ainsty constituency.

      Dental Services: Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help Integrated Care Boards to develop Centres for Dental Development.

      Dental Services: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase access to NHS dentistry in Selby and Ainsty constituency.

      Health Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the total number of visits by health visitors that took place in each of the last 10 years.

      Diabetes: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) inform and (b) help support patients with type-2 diabetes who may be affected by shortages...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Schedule 12 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, whether he already has the statutory authority...

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce dementia-specific training for general practitioners in Solihull constituency.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason women over the age of 55 are not being invited to participate in his Department's Reproductive Health Survey for England 2023.

      Alison Kelly

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the dates Alison Kelly, the former nursing and quality director at the Countess of Chester...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department makes an estimate of the timescale for manufacturing influenza vaccines to (a) inform its decision on eligibility...

      Alcoholism: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to use positive interventions on alcohol use.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ask the NHS to improve its internal investigation processes regarding allegations made against staff.

      Baby Care Units: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what protocols are in place to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate (i) neonatal mortality rates and (ii) suspicious occurrences in neonatal...

      NHS: Civil Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of litigation on culture in the NHS.

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission in examining cases reported by whistle-blowers concerning...

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to create an independent complaints system for NHS staff to raise concerns about patient care and potential malpractice.

      Care Homes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring care homes to provide (a) residents and (b) family members of...

      Hearing Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which areas of England bilateral hearing aids (a) are and (b) are not provided to all patients with hearing loss in both ears who wish...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by his Department in each of the last five years; and whether he...

      Staff: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have been disciplined for sexual harassment of (a) NHS staff and (b) patients in each of the last five years.

      Semaglutide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that off-label prescriptions of Ozempic Semaglutide for weight-loss from private healthcare...

      Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase access to thrombectomy treatment for stroke patients.

      Cancer: Warrington North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department has taken to monitor the potential impact of changes in NHS cancer waiting time targets in Warrington North...

      Physician Associates: Employment and Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates are employed in the NHS; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of physician...

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that radiotherapy LINAC machines used in NHS Trusts are replaced once they go beyond their...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes his Department plans to make to the (a) reporting of and (b) data collected by NHS England on cancer waiting times after 1...

      Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of recognising PANS and PANDAS as a condition eligible for personalised NHS treatment.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme in (a) the South East and (b) England was in the past year.

      Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of elective procedures that have been cancelled on the day by patients in each of the last 12...

      Semaglutide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to ban the off-label prescribing of Ozempic.

      Mental Health Services: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Selby and Ainsty...

  • Cabinet Office

    • National Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to recommendation U on page 61 of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament's report entitled China, published on 13 July...

    • Government Departments: Birmingham

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Property Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 14 July 2023, HC 1724, what recent assessment he has...

      Government Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Property Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 14 July 2023, HC 1724, whether he had discussions...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements his Department is planning for the handling of groupage for the operation of the proposed red and green lanes covering goods moving...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Espionage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with his international counterparts to (a) share and (b) adopt best practice on...

    • China: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing a multi-year funding...

      Abduction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions on enforced disappearances with the UN working group on enforced or...

      Pakistan: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect Christians accused of (a) blasphemy and (b) other acts from (i) mob...

      India: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Indian counterpart on the recent violence in Manipur.

      India: Cultural Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage cultural exchange between the UK and India.

      Pakistan: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of recent attacks on churches in...

      Pakistan: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Pakistan on the treatment of Christians in Pakistan.

      Pakistan: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on aid spending in Pakistan.

      Afghanistan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help de-escalate the risk of violence in Afghanistan.

      Afghanistan: Hazara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of the Hazara community in Afghanistan.

      China: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he had with his Chinese counterpart on human rights violations against the Uyghur population...

      South East Asia: Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Chevening scholarships awarded to people from (a) the ASEAN...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date will the Child Support Collection Act 2023 enter into force.

    • Universal Credit: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the average monthly deduction taken from households with children in receipt of Universal Credit in (a)...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women applied for the two-child limit exemption in East Dunbartonshire constituency.

      Universal Credit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to adjust the tapering of Universal Credit to enable workers to work more hours.

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 196260 on Universal Credit: Deductions, what the (a) total and (b) average sum of...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to guarantee that the Household Support Fund will continue to be provided to county councils and unitary...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claim (a) Attendance Allowance, (b) Personal Independence Payment and (c) Universal Credit in (i) each...

      Pensioners: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on pensioners in (a) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b)...

      Attendance Allowance: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has issued guidance to people affected by the transition from Attendance Allowance to Pension Age Disability Payment...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people transferred onto the Adult Disability Payment while awaiting his Department's decision to...

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households subject to Universal Credit sanctions in each Parliamentary constituency for the most recent month...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps their Department is taking to improve its digital services to provide better (a) accessibility and (b) user...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by his Department in each of the last five years; and...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework.

      Housing: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made in removing the requirement for local authorities to maintain a five-year housing land supply;...

      Housing: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance the Planning Inspectorate has issued to planning inspectors on taking the mental health of the wider...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many visits were made by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) each Minister in his Department to a (i) Government Hub...

      Social Rented Housing: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the prevalence of damp and mould in social housing in (a) Selby and...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic...

    • Internet: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of online accessibility for people with disabilities.

      Artificial Intelligence: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) generative artificial intelligence and (b) in-authentic and...

      Artificial Intelligence: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of generative artificial intelligence on the (a) nature and (b)...

      Electronic equipment: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to encourage Departments to donate electronic devices that are no longer in use the National Device Bank.

  • Treasury

    • Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether additional Barnett formula funding was applied to Northern Ireland in the context of the extension of the Household Support Fund in England for...

    • Money: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to address the potential impact of a cashless society on financial inclusivity.

      Bank Services: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help secure free access to cash withdrawals and deposit facilities in Selby and Ainsty constituency.

      Royal Mint: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 40 of the document entitled Royal Mint Trading Fund annual report and accounts 2022-23, HC 1644, published on 19 July 2023, which...

      Financial Institutions: Complaints

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with financial institutions on customer complaints and the way they operate the Your Business Profile system.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised by the apprenticeships levy in the 2022/2023 academic year.

      Attendance Allowance: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to exempt people in receipt of Attendance Allowance from vehicle excise duty.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information their Department holds on the level of staff retention; and what steps they are taking to improve staff retention.

    • Lagan Valley Regional Park

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Lagan Valley Regional Park for managing the area surrounding...

      Pollution: Lough Neagh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Departments in Northern Ireland on the potential (a) ecological, (b) environmental and (c) health impacts of...

      Lagan Valley Regional Park: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Department of Infrastructure on the continuation of funding to Lagan Valley Regional Park.

      Pollution: Lough Neagh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency on algae pollution in Lough Neagh.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Uranium: Niger

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether uranium from Niger is used in UK nuclear power plants.

    • Fuel Poverty: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of care recipients who are in fuel poverty in Selby and Ainsty...

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (a) in Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) nationally in...

      Environment Protection: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support the green industry.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 198279 on Energy: Meters, what progress reports her Department has received...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Urban Areas: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential role of regreening urban areas in achieving the UK’s environmental targets.

    • Footwear: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of non-recyclable shoes in landfill waste in England.

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to develop a more circular economy for resources.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data their Department holds on the average response time to written parliamentary questions in the last six months; and...

      Birds: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the number of birds that are killed by onshore wind turbines in each year.

      Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the outcomes of the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme.

      Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications were received to the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme; what proportion of applications were successful;...

      Agriculture: Carbon Capture and Utilisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the on-farm calculations undertaken by (a) farmers and (b) her Department of...

      Inland Waterways: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help improve the resilience of inland waterways in the context of climate change.

      Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timeframe her Department set the Responsible Dog Ownership working group for reporting its recommendations.

      Beef: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 49 of the report entitled National Food Strategy: The Evidence, published 2021, whether she has made...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the availability of fresh food will not be affected by the implementation...

      Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish (a) the membership of, (b) a list of the regular participants of, (c) the key stakeholders who have...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the implementation of import checks on food products arriving from the...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) border inspection teams and (b) port authorities are fully-staffed...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of import checks on food products arriving from the EU on Christmas...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of import checks on food products arriving from the EU on...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with industry in the (a) UK and (b) EU on the potential impact of import checks on...

      UK Trade with EU: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of import checks on products arriving from the EU on (a)...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish a progress update to her Department's Surface water management action plan, published on 17...

      Horse Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to (a) change and (b) eliminate the Horse Passport System.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has completed Action plan 3 in the policy paper entitled Surface water management, a government...

      Organic Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the level of transparency that food producers have...

      Water Companies: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the water companies which have (a) published final drainage and wastewater...

      Food: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of business preparedness for future controls on...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what has been the average time taken to respond to public inquiries by her Department in each of the last five years; and...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average response time to subject access requests was by their Department in the latest period for which data is...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information their Department holds on the level of staff retention; and what steps they are taking to improve staff...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales visited a (i) Government Hub and (ii) ministerial office outside...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Local Broadcasting: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the BBC board on proposed changes to local radio.

    • Draft Media Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to incorporate the outcome of the Listed Events: Digital Rights Review into the Media Bill.

      Draft Media Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to (a) publish and (b) set a timescale for the legislative scrutiny of the Media Bill.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in...

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Attorney General, what information the Crown Prosecution Service holds on the (a) programme and (b) accompanying delegation for the visit by the Director of Public Prosecutions to...

  • Home Office

    • Kent Intake Unit: Paintings

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the murals of cartoon characters at the Kent Intake Unit asylum centre were found to be 'too welcoming'; and under what legal powers they were removed.

  • Department for Transport

    • NATS: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what penalties have been incurred by NATS Holdings for failure to meet service targets in each of the past five years.

    • Driving Tests

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the abuse of the driving test block booking system through the purchase and resale of test appointments by unofficial brokers.

      Driving: Visual Impairment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of bioptic telescopic glasses to enable those with visual impairment to drive within the UK.

      Quad Bikes: Safety Measures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what further progress they have made towards making the use of roll bars on quad bikes mandatory.

  • Treasury

    • Nurseries: Business Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the average business rates charged to nurseries in England, and (2) the cost of exempting early years providers from business...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business Premises: Coronavirus

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many settlements have been made as a result of the system set up by the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022; and how many of those awards have had their...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department for Work and Pension's Estimated costs of uprating State Pension in frozen rate countries: 2024 to 2028, published on 19 July, whether...

    • State Retirement Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the median pre-2016 and post-2016 state pension currently paid to (1) men, and (2) women.

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department for Work and Pension's Estimated costs of uprating State Pension in frozen rate countries: 2024 to 2028, published on 19 July, whether...

      Poverty

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Poverty Strategy Commission’s interim report A New Framework for Tackling Poverty, published on 5 September,...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) proportion, and (2) number of (a) male, and (b) female, retirees do not receive the full pre-2016 and post-2016 state pension.

      Local Housing Allowance: Families

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on families of freezing local housing allowance rates for the past three years.

      State Retirement Pensions: Australia

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had last year with the government of Australia, if any, on the issue of frozen state pensions.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards exist to protect whistle-blowers in the NHS.

    • Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure young people have timely access to mental health services.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 24 August (HL9115), why they have no plans to update Required Standard Operating Procedures for...

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