Written answers

Thursday, 21 September 2023

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he is providing to help improve the quality of life for dementia patients in care homes in Solihull constituency.

    • Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for dementia diagnosis in Solihull constituency.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people with dementia in Solihull constituency have access to advanced therapeutic interventions.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support families in Solihull constituency affected by dementia.

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timescales are for introducing the social care cap.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in Solihull constituency have been diagnosed with dementia in the last year.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure (a) timely and (b) accurate diagnosis of dementia in Solihull constituency.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dementia diagnosis centres are operational in Solihull constituency.

      Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with NHS trusts who (a) suspended or (b) paused pilots of Palantir Foundry on that company's suitability...

      General Practitioners: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of Op RESTORE procedures among GPs.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people working in laundry businesses that supply NHS hospitals are eligible for the covid-19 booster vaccination in winter 2023.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to children and young people after receiving an autism diagnosis.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the backlog of 1,315 people waiting for an autism assessment in south-east London.

      Sodium Valproate: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of levels of disability in children of men who have been prescribed...

      Health Services: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve healthcare for women in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) England.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) children and (b) young adults on a waiting list for an autism assessment.

      Chronic Illnesses: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's funding to treat health problems caused by PFAS chemicals.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to children and young people on the waiting list for an autism assessment.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is routinely provided to adults on the waiting list for an autism assessment.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the unavailability of testing kits free of charge on the accuracy of national...

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the integration of dementia patients into community activities in Solihull constituency.

      Dementia: Hypertension

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of research trials on the link between vascular dementia and high blood...

      Carers: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that full-time carers have access to support to help (a) prevent burnout and (b)...

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the adult social care sector.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support community-led initiatives for dementia support in Solihull constituency.

      Dementia: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to establish additional dementia care facilities in Solihull constituency.

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on rolling out Community Diagnostic Centres.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of hospital process-related delays to discharge in each of the last 12 months.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of the 25 of May 2023 to Question 185279 on Health Services and with reference to Lord Markham's letter of 30...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff absences occurred in each of the past 12 months.

      Continuing Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Continuing Healthcare patients are (a) eligible for and (b) receive 24-hour care.

      Care Homes: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes were rated inadequate by the CQC in each of the last 13 years.

      Hospitals: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide financial support for (a) repair and (b) reconstruction of NHS hospitals affected by the presence...

      Social Services: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle incidents of (a) abuse and (b) discrimination against LGBT+ people in care settings.

      Diabetes: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with international counterparts on addressing shortages medicines to treat type 2 diabetes.

      Bupropion and Lisdexamfetamine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of (a) Lisdexamfetamine and (b) Bupropion Hydrochloride.

      Social Services: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff left the adult social care workforce in each of the last five years.

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Equality

      To ask the Attorney General, how many people were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity since 2020.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their Department (a)...

    • Prisons: Drug Seizures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug seizures took place in prisons from March (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 in each institution.

      Wandsworth Prison: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average ratio of staff to inmates was at HMP Wandsworth in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

      Wandsworth Prison: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the ratio of staff to inmates at HMP Wandsworth in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

      Prisoners on Remand: Risk Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how frequently HM Prison and Probation Service conducts risk assessments for prisoners held on remand for (a) terror-related and (b) national...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prisoners have been moved to higher security prisons since the escape of a prisoner from HMP Wandsworth.

      Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prosecutions for sexual offence cases are awaiting a (a) trial and (b) other court hearing, as of 13 September 2023.

      Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the length of prison sentences for people convicted of a crime who decline to...

      Prisoners: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of children in England and Wales who had a parent in prison on 13 September 2023.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many random mandatory drug tests were carried out by HM Prison and Probation Service from March 2022-2023 by institution.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target was for the number of random mandatory drug tests to be carried out by HM Prison and Probation Service staff in the year to March 2023.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress he has made on a devolution deal for Norfolk.

    • Social Rented Housing: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the extent of the use of RAAC in social housing.

      Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to require property management companies to keep (a) public and (b) transparent records of expenses...

      First Time Buyers: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help first-time home buyers in the London Borough of Havering.

      Public Buildings: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that facilities for people with disabilities in public buildings are kept in...

      Flats: Lifts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that repairs to lifts in apartment buildings are treated as...

      Wilko: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the loss of economic activity on high streets after the closure of Wilko.

  • Home Office

    • Bicycles: Locks and Keys

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with industry representatives on the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to establish security...

    • Home Office: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their...

      Asylum: Boats

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's factsheet: asylum accommodation on a vessel in Portland Port, updated on 25 August 2023, what fire safety...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum seekers that have entered the UK via small boats in each of the last five years.

      Home Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that it takes his Department to respond to Members’ correspondence.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Nutrients: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent advice the Government received from Natural England on Government policy on problem nutrients.

    • Climate Change: Inland Waterways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of climate change on (a) inland waterways and (b) the costs of...

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislation to ban (a) new dogs and (b) cross-breeds in addition to those dogs already banned...

      Office for Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Office for Environmental Protection.

      Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure compliance by animal owners with the Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars)...

      Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the 2023-24 financial year.

      Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to extend the period of testing bathing water sites to 52 weeks a year.

      Swimming: Public Service Messages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism her Department has for provision of public information on bathing water testing at locations across England.

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public body is responsible for informing the public of bathing water test results.

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed ban on the sale of horticultural peat in England will apply to imported peat from non-UK countries.

      Natural England: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish all correspondence sent between Natural England and her Department on changes to regulations on nutrient...

      Nature Conservation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) Natural England, (b) private sector stakeholders and (c) other organisations...

      Property Development: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Climate Change Act 2008 on trends in the number of property...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours the training programme for a work coach was in September 2015.

  • Treasury

    • Ulster Bank: Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the use of (a) interest rate hedging and (b) swap-like products in connection...

    • Central Bank Digital Currencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of a UK central bank digital currency on the right to privacy.

      Central Bank Digital Currencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of a UK central bank digital currency on financial exclusion.

      Treasury: Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their Department (a)...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Policy

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

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long-term strategic challenges; and how many officials in their Department (a)...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Ofgem: Conflict of Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to investigate whether the former Director of Retail at Ofgem accurately declared conflicts of...

    • Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing restrictions on the creation of new onshore wind farms.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support energy-intensive industries with energy costs.

    • Supply Chains: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Irish counterpart on promoting resilient supply chains across the island of Ireland.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many councils have an up-to-date council plan.

    • Housing: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support London Councils who have reported a 120 per cent rise in requests by landlords for return of properties used as temporary...

      Sleeping Rough

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) their rough sleeping strategy, End Rough Sleeping for Good, and (2) their Rough Sleeping Initiative one year...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of new homes completed in 2022 were for social housing; what is the figure net of social housing demolitions and sales; and what proportion of the...

  • Ministry of Justice

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) support, and (2) guidance, they are offering to schools to enable them to maximise teacher retention.

    • Schools: Flexible Working

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) teachers, and (2) schools, are supported to enable them to benefit from the provisions of the Employment...

      Education: Parents

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many parents of children under four years of age are in full time education or training.

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what support the Houses of Lords Administration receives from His Majesty’s Government regarding the issuing of parliamentary passes and the vetting of...

    • House of Lords: Costs

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what the most recent annual cost for the House of Lords was (1) in total, and (2) per member.

      Palace of Westminster: Beverage Containers

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the environmental claims printed on the paper cups now in use on the Committee Corridor; if no such assessment has been made,...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Property: Foreign Companies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to identify the beneficial ownership of 100,000 properties held by foreign shell companies on behalf of others as disclosed by the...

  • Treasury

    • Property: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to mitigate any decrease in property prices.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the National Audit Office's report on the Government's Asylum and Protection Transformation Programme.

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been placed in HMP Elmley in Kent; and how many are still held there.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers arriving in the UK are not placed in adult prisons.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Pets: Travel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what price will be charged to obtain a pet travel document for pets travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

    • Question

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to introduce a universal social tariff for water to keep water bills affordable for all customers irrespective of income.

      Cotton: Supply Chains

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Benyon on 11 September (HL Deb col 666), how many clothing retailers are using element analysis systems rather than paper...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Rare Diseases: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK Rare Diseases Framework on international collaboration since January 2021.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the average tenure of office notwithstanding machinery of government changes, during the past 10 years, of (1) the Prime Minister, (2) the Chancellor...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • ASW: Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with former Allied Steel & Wire employees regarding the non-payment of those employees' industrial pensions for the past 21 years.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Patrick Ryan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ireland on any plans to prosecute Father Patrick Ryan following recent admissions published in the book The...

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