Written answers

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Policy

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

    • Forests: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of woodland (a) creation and (b) management in the last 12 months.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • UK Trade with EU: Small Businesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help small and medium-sized enterprises prepare for new EU (1) regulations, and (2) taxes.

    • Trade Agreements: Maldives

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether, and if so when, they will initiate negotiations towards a free trade agreement with the Maldives.

      Department for Business and Trade: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the most recent visit by Lord Johnson of Lainston to the People’s Republic of China, who he met; what he discussed; what response he...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Lead: Ammunition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the unforeseen clearance issues, if any, that have delayed the publication of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) assessment of the responses to the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Secure Accommodation: Young Offenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average length of stay in the youth justice secure estate for people (1) on remand, and (2) sentenced, in each of the past five years.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Palestinians: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what audit reports have been carried out on payments they have made to the Palestinian Recovery and Development Programme.

    • International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the mandate of the International Commission of Experts on Ethiopia is extended.

      Ethiopia: Emergency Powers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation in Ethiopia following the introduction of the state of emergency declared by the government of Ethiopia on 4 August.

      Armed Conflict: Bank Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential humanitarian implications arising from restricted access to banking services in conflict zones; and what steps they...

      Islamic State: Crimes of Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the mandate of United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL is...

      Armed Conflict: Bank Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliance upon, and the success of, "hawala" banking systems in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan and Gaza and...

      Syria: Turkey

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessments they have made of the implications of closing the North-West Syria "Bab al-Hawa" border crossing upon local humanitarian actors, for whom the...

      Sanctions: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government, while UN Resolution 2664 provides crucial sanctions exemptions for humanitarian work, what steps they are taking to ensure that there are (1) legislative models,...

      Palestinians: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what checks have been carried out by auditors to ensure that their payments to the Palestinian Authority do not go towards the so called "Martyrs Fund".

  • Department for Transport

    • NATS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the staffing shortages at NATS Holdings, (2) the reasons for a staff shortage at NATS Holdings, and (3) the impact of the...

    • Avanti West Coast: Catering

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contractual commitments Avanti gave them for the supply of food in its first-class rail service.

      Rolling Stock

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 20 September (HL10070), whether, when a train is not provided or runs in reduced formation (such as...

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to strengthen the International Civil Aviation Organisation agreement and the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for...

      High Speed 2 Line: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the natural capital destroyed so far by the construction of HS2, either by the Treasury Green Book guide or any other method.

      Energy: Ports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current shore power capacity at ports in the UK; and what will be the percentage expansion of capacity required by 2050 to...

      Railways: Freight

      To ask His Majesty's Government what detailed information they have about freight train operators who have replaced electric locomotives with diesel over the past year because of...

      Railways: Ticket Offices

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they became aware that train operators Southeastern, South Western and Govia Thameslink Railway had halted recruitment of new ticket office staff;...

      Trams: Midlands

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support new tram lines extensions or new tram lines in the East and West Midlands.

      Stansted Airport: Air Routes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the airline industry regarding the expansion of long haul routes from Stansted Airport as a means of driving economic...

  • Cabinet Office

    • British Constitution

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 June (HL8404), why the responsibility of the Deputy Prime Minister for constitutional policy is...

    • Government Departments: Computer Viruses

      To ask His Majesty's Government, over the past 12 months, how many individual devices issued by government departments have been identified as containing malware.

      Government Departments: Cybercrime

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) successful, and (2) unsuccessful, cyberattacks have been identified in each government department over the past 12 months.

      Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote greater awareness of cyberthreats among (1) the civil service, (2) public sector workers, and (3) the general public.

      Legislation: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 7 August (HL9634), which Acts of Parliament are currently eligible for, but are not...

  • Home Office

    • Migrant Workers: Visas

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 18 September (HL9792), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what proportion of...

    • Asylum

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the official statistics published by the Home Office Irregular migration to the UK, year ending June 2023, published on 24 August, which found...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the proscription of the Wagner Group, what assessment they have made of the case for proscribing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

      China: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether China should be specified under the ‘enhanced tier’ of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

      Undocumented Migrants: Sahel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of migrants who arrived in the UK via irregular routes from countries in the Sahel during the past 12 months.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Rwandans have (1) applied for asylum, and (2) been granted asylum, in each year since 2010.

      Undocumented Migrants: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government when, if at all, they intend to publish the operational processes and circumstances in which the Home Office will use the ‘vice versa’ power of child...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for Home Office accommodation for unaccompanied asylum seeking children to be subject to regulation and inspection by Ofsted.

      Asylum: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who arrived in the UK by small boats in each of the last three years claimed asylum based on their (1) sexual orientation, or (2) gender identity;...

      Home Office: Ministers

      To ask His Majesty's Government who has held office since 1 October 1993 as (1) Home Secretary, and (2) minister responsible for immigration; and what were the dates of their appointment.

      Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation relating to cybersecurity practices and offences.

      Religious Buildings

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have figures on the number of places of worship open in the UK.

      Visas: Graduates

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they identify the non-UK universities whose graduates are eligible for a High Potential Individual (HPI) entry visa; and which universities have either been...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost per night, including the cost of safeguarding, of placing an unaccompanied child seeking asylum in a hotel while waiting for a local...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Naltrexone: Gambling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of Naltrexone in the treatment of problem gambling.

    • Asthma: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government which localities in England reported the highest pro rata child hospitalisations for asthma in 2022.

      Fractures: Osteoporosis

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the impact of fragility fractures caused by undiagnosed osteoporosis on informal care-givers of working age; and what the...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to provide policy options on the immunisation programme for Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the letter from the Secretary of State for Health to his counterparts in the Welsh and Scottish governments on 13 August, what (1) arrangements, or (2)...

      NHS: Translation Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the scoping review of issues and options for improving community languages translation and interpretation services in the NHS has been completed; and if...

      Tobacco: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what checks, paperwork or monitoring will be introduced with respect to the movement of the goods covered by the Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) (Northern...

  • Treasury

    • Self-employed: National Insurance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Penn on 13 September (HL9883) stating that HMRC "introduced a new online version of the form CA3837 in...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupil Exclusions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of pupils (1) excluded, and (2) permanently excluded, from (a) primary, and (b) secondary, schools in each of the past three years.

    • Childcare: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 30 March (HL6589), whether the expenditure outlined is additional expenditure to that already previously...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the process by which a pupil becomes eligible for an Education, Health and Care Plan.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Commonwealth Games

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the withdrawal of Victoria and Alberta as hosts for the 2026 and 2030 Commonwealth Games respectively, whether they intend to invite expressions of...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a delay in issuing vouchers in Northern Ireland under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme for rural broadband connectivity.

    • Newport Wafer Fab

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Viscount Camrose on 18 September regarding the Newport Wafer Fab factory (HL Deb col 1199), when they expect the judicial review to be...

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the National Semiconductor Strategy on 19 May, when they expect to make a decision on the level of financial support that will be...

      Science and Technology: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to training relating to the five technologies identified as critical in the Science and Technology Framework,...

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