Written answers

Monday, 25 September 2023

  • Department for Education

    • Prisoners: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support children who have a parent serving a prison sentence.

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to support schools to provide formal education to children with SEND.

      Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department have taken provide children with SEND who are not currently in formal education environments with access to care and...

      Pupils: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to schools on making adjustments to support pupils who are on the waiting list for an autism assessment.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of school places for children with SEND.

      Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with SEND are not in formal education.

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor compliance with the statutory guidance entitled Cost of school uniforms, published on 19 November 2021;...

      Sustainable Development: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing sustainability content to GCSEs.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which minister in their Department is responsible for overseeing work on long term strategic challenges; and how many officials work in roles...

    • Universal Credit: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of Universal Credit for meeting average (a) food and (b) fuel costs.

      Universal Credit: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that Universal Credit is sufficient to cover average (a) food, (b) housing and (c) energy costs.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • South Sudan: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Government of South Sudan.

    • Libya: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the African Union on the humanitarian response to the floods in Libya.

      Iran: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the inclusion of a separate operative paragraph on the persecution of...

      Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase access to Human papillomavirus infection vaccinations globally.

      Development Aid: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consideration his Department makes of animal welfare when determining its aid development policies.

      Burkina Faso: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the security situation in Burkina Faso on access to education for...

      G20: African Union

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the African Union being made a permanent member of the G20 on...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to require workers to be paid at least (a) £10.90 per hour in the UK and (b) £11.95 per hour in London.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2023 to Question 195180 on asylum applications, what assessment her Department has made of the...

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her French counterpart on the potential merits of preventing small boats from crossing the...

      Online Capability Centre: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled new tech partnership to stop the boats, published 6 August 2023, whether social...

      Short-term Holding Facilities: Paintings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which immigration centres have painted over murals welcoming lone child refugees.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2023 to Question 195180 on Asylum: Applications, what recent progress her Department has made on...

      Artificial Intelligence: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use artificial intelligence to help (a) predict and (b) prevent incidents of (i) rape and (ii) other sexual...

      Artificial Intelligence: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use artificial intelligence to help (a) predict and (b) prevent violent attacks involving (i) machetes and...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether new British citizens receive a letter congratulating them on obtaining British citizenship.

  • Department for Transport

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal and Plant Health Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met with the Chief Executive of the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

    • Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on the Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan.

      Water: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what length of time warnings are required to be displayed at bathing water sites where there has been an indication of...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds data on the number of occasions when local authorities have not provided information on quality...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Primodos: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to secure financial redress for the victims of Primodos.

    • Primodos: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with Bayer on the potential effects of Primodos.

      Autism: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autism Strategy, whether he plans to publish the research action plan for autism.

      Baby Care Units: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of babies in neonatal units in the context of the Lucy Letby case.

      Health Services: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England about funding for the Cavell Centres national pilot scheme.

      Patients: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS responds to concerns raised by staff about potential harm to patients (a) appropriately...

      Medical Records: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's new in-house IT system that will replace the National Immunisation Management Service will include (a) a single...

      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 143,119 people waiting for an autism assessment.

      Care Quality Commission: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of service level agreements relating to processing (a) safeguarding (i) alerts and (ii) concerns and (b) whistleblowing...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Rented Housing: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance to (a) residents and (b) landlords on the risk of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in (i)...

    • Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-qualifying leaseholders who will pay uncapped remediation costs for...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that developers under self-remediation contracts (a) start and (b) complete...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a pilot building safety remediation...

      Incontinence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of Approved Document M for ensuring that men who...

      Housing: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for all fire safety remediation up-front on a...

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Help to Buy scheme gives timely responses to enquiries from...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Sizewell C Power Station: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 195847 on Sizewell C Power Station: Construction, if she will issue a...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether former members of the Afghan Special Police Commando Force 333 benefit from the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy; and if not, why not.

    • Air Force

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Service Inquiry into the loss of the F-35B Lightning ZM152 (BK-18) of 617 Squadron, embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth on 17 November 2021, what steps...

      Ministry of Defence: Lost Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government to list the items handed into lost property offices at UK military bases and Ministry of Defence sites in 2022–23.

      Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up delivery of the Type 26 frigates so as to avoid any decrease in the number of Royal Navy frigates.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many former members of the Afghan Special Police Commando Force 333 have applied to the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy; and how many have been rejected.

      Nuclear Submarines: Deployment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the reason that none of the Royal Navy’s six commissioned SSNs was at sea at the end of August, as shown by open source reporting, relates...

      Ministry of Defence: Theft

      To ask His Majesty's Government to list the items stolen from UK military bases and Ministry of Defence sites with a value of more than £100 in 2022–23.

      Destroyers and Frigates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether maintaining a fleet of a minimum of 19 operational Destroyers and Frigates is still realistic and sufficient; and,...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people employed in insecure work; and what steps they are taking to ensure that more employees have secure work.

    • Small Businesses: Billing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent research published by Intuit QuickBooks this month on the impact of late payments on small and medium-sized...

      Living Wage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Living Wage Foundation's "Living Hours" standard; and what steps they are taking to encourage employers to adopt that standard.

      Postal Services: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the directors of Royal Mail to restore the target to deliver 93 per cent of first-class mail within one working day of collection.

  • Treasury

    • Foreign Companies: Registration

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for trust information from the Trust Registration Service have been (1) successful, (2) refused because the trust is exempt, (3) refused...

    • Housing: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help homeowners who are struggling with rising housing costs.

      Religious Buildings: Insurance Premium Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much revenue is raised from (1) local churches, chapels and meeting houses, and (2) all places of worship, from Insurance Premium Tax.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fisheries: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the recent addition of fishing occupations to the skilled worker visa shortage occupation list on the fishing...

    • Dangerous Dogs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing number of dog attacks on (1) other animals, and (2) people; and what plans they have to (a) review, and (b)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Pakistan: Blasphemy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the developments in the Supreme Court of Pakistan case on the application by Samuel Payara (C.M.A.7748/2023) after the court...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Rugby: World Cup

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the findings and recommendations of the Rodrigues inquiry, regarding the experiences of Liverpool FC fans at the Champion's League Final at the Stade de...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prisons: Domestic Visits

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many times a Prime Minister has visited one of His Majesty's prisons since 2010, and in which years.

    • National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they define (1) a hostile state, and (2) which states they consider currently meet that definition.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Disability and Older People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that new builds are accessible to older people and people with disabilities.

    • Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish a royal commission to address the closure of high street stores.

      Freeports

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many freeports they have established in the past three years; and where they are.

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing legislation to make solar panels mandatory for all new house building projects except for in exceptional...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to consider introducing measures to ensure that no new housing developments are permitted in areas where the sewage system is...

      Buildings: Concrete

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in buildings other than schools.

      Local Plans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of local authorities who have up to date local plans; and what steps they plan to take to encourage local authorities...

      National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the planned contents of each exhibition room in the proposed Holocaust Memorial Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.

      Homelessness: Families

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support homeless families affected by problems in the housing market.

      Freight and Logistics: Planning

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they assess and measure the value to the UK economy of freight and logistics in the formulation of any new planning framework.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Young People: Cost of Living and Mental Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by The Prince's Trust and LADbible Gen Z: Redefining Dream Jobs, published on 19 September; in particular, the...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Stationery and Uniforms

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support parents with back-to-school costs, including (1) uniform, and (2) stationery.

    • Out-of-School Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the (1) mean, and (2) median, amounts spent by a school or local authority on an unregistered alternative provider place in England for (a) pupils with an...

      Schools: Capital Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to update the information on their 'Capital funding for free schools, UTCs and studio schools' webpage; and why the webpage has not been...

      Public Sector and Schools: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following several recent school closures resulting from cyberattacks, what steps they are taking to ensure (1) schools, and (2) other public services, have good...

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total amount of apprenticeship levy unspent and returned to the Treasury in each of the past five years.

      Free Schools: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide detailed surveys to identify issues such as asbestos and unstable concrete before purchasing sites for free schools.

      Teachers: Termination of Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government which (1) age group, and (2) other demographic groups, left the teaching profession in the greatest numbers in each of the past five years.

      Schools: Cricket

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many state schools in the last ten years had grounds that were used for playing cricket; and what steps they are taking to increase access for state...

      Universities: Care Leavers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the number of care leavers who have access to university education.

      Music: GCE A-level and GCSE

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many entries there were for (1) GCSE, and (2) A level, in music for each of the past five years for which figures are available; and of these, how many entries...

      Pupils: Social Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Action for Children’s report, The Educational Outcomes of Children Referred to Children’s Social Care: A Revolving Doors Report,...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Sizewell C Power Station: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that prospective investors in the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant undergo strict national security checks.

    • Electricity Generation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Power Responsive project that has been launched by the Electricity System Operator.

      Business: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support businesses and organisations that are struggling to implement their decarbonisation plans.

  • Home Office

    • Forced Marriage: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many child marriage protection orders were issued in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.

    • Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time taken for a person to receive their biometric residence permit after being granted refugee status.

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Pollution

      To ask His Majesty's Government what monitoring is currently or planned to be carried out of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from road run-off; and what assessment has been...

    • Freight

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to seek examples and best practice in the formulation of freight and logistics plans.

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