To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on motorcycle air vests to help increase their usage.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help support small businesses in the hospitality industry; and whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of closures of (a) bank branches and (b) free-to-use ATMs in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 97498 on Treasury: Incentives, what the total value was of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 June 2023, Official Report, column 694, what the evidential basis is for not accepting the findings of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy ISAs that have been opened in each of the last two years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Grade (a) 6, (b) 7 and (c) SCS staff in his Department are contractually based in (i) Scotland (ii) London and (iii) the Southeast of England.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of civil servants in his Department on full-time equivalent contracts at senior civil servant pay band 2 are women.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in his Department are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the breeding of animals that are genetically predisposed to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources in the (a) Animal Health and Plant Agency to respond to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the readiness of (a) food border checks and (b) veterinary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with international trading partners on the use of avian influenza...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of dog legislation enforcement officers in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timescale is for publishing the Waste Infrastructure Roadmap; and if she will make an assessment of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to mandate Birmingham City Council to expand its Clean Air Zone for the purposes of generating income...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of provision of sanitary bins for men experiencing incontinence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's authored article entitled What the PM’s new approach to Net Zero means for you,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to encourage private investment in the alternative protein sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to support research and development in the alternative protein industry in the context of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle illegal dog fighting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of regulatory (a) frameworks and (b) standards at supporting the (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals for a ban on live exports before the end of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to support the alternative protein industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission a statutory inquiry into alleged dumping of raw sewage by the water industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long on average it took the Environment Agency to respond to category (a) three and (b) four incidents in the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of different domestic farm support regimes in England,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to provide bins for food waste...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Incineration Overcapacity in England, published by the United Kingdom Without...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce legislative proposals to help reduce food waste.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the spread of invasive bamboo.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the impact of subsidies to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support local councils in tackling fly-tipping.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023 on businesses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department held discussions at the recent North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation on protecting salmon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the level of illegal waste disposal in Erith and Thamesmead constituency in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect chalk streams.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that its data on levels of packaging waste is accurate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to remove regulations 9 and 10 of the National Emission Ceilings Regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce fly-tipping on private land in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory food waste reporting for large businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) manage and (b) reduce waste pollution in rivers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the use of bilingual street signs in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Network Rail spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the London and Continental Railways Limited spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential safety merits of requiring bells to be attached to new bicycles for (i) pedestrians and (ii) people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the British Transport Police Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of speed limits for e-bikes in areas also used by pedestrians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of not proceeding with the northern leg of HS2 on the number of lorries on UK roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to tackle illegal e-scooter usage on public roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the DfT OLR Holdings Limited spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reopen the railway line into Fleetwood as part of Network North.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on meeting the government's target of delivering a net zero railway by 2050.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the roll-out of (a) hydrogen and (b) battery power technologies on emissions from trains.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on removing all diesel-only trains from the rail network by 2040.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to pages 89-90 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, if he will provide an update on the steps taken by his Department to strengthen...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Access for All funding has been allocated; and if he will make it his policy to provide funding to improve accessibility at Erith station.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of train stations to disabled people in (a) London and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the accessibility of railways for passengers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 77 of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands, published by his Department in November 2021, what progress his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with his Japanese counterpart on increasing cooperation between the UK and Japanese (a) railway, (b) automotive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Directly Operated Railways Limited spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to (a) commute and (b) make other journeys by train.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking to steps to help reduce the potential impacts of timetable changes by rail operators on passenger rail travel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to roll out London North Eastern Railway's model of expanding single leg pricing to other networks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what formula his Department plans to use to determine the increase in rail fares for 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take capital gains tax into account when calculating the resale value of land bought by his Department under a compulsory...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he was first informed of the Prime Minister's decision not to go ahead with the Birmingham to Crewe section of HS2; and when compulsory purchase...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains his Department's policy to construct the Birmingham Interchange Station as part of phase one of High Speed Rail 2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the High Speed Two (HS2) Limited spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of passenger demand for train services across (a) England, (b) Wales, and (c) Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with the Rail Delivery Group on the provision of public wifi across the rail network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trackside masts to improve signals to trains have been installed across the UK in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department’s policy is on the minimum level of provision of standard speed Wi-Fi that will be required in future railway franchise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of passenger Wi-Fi provision by each train operator.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the steps that it is taking to reduce (a) noise and (b) air pollution emitted from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen to discuss industrial action on the railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen on finding a resolution to industrial action on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to incentivise train operating companies to encourage more people to use railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met with representatives from Network Rail to discuss industrial action on the railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the National Rail Contract with Avanti West Coast that is set to commence on 15 October 2023 includes Wi-Fi provision on all train services...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers to discuss industrial action on the railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with the Rail Delivery Group on the potential merits of expanding the provision for set down...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with the Rail Delivery Group on the provision of baby changing facilities across the rail...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of civil servants on temporary contracts in the Department for Transport are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of FTE civil servants in her Department at pay band SCS2 are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Transport Focus spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects in the Network North scheme are funded (a) partly and (b) wholly by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a map of the area defined as the north in the command paper, Network North, Transforming British Transport, CP 946, published by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide a breakdown of new funding for transport in South Yorkshire as a result of the cancellation of phase 2a of HS2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department considered proposals for private financing for Euston HS2 station between between 13 February 2020 and 15 July 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail were consulted on the decision to create the Network North plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Command Paper 946 entitled Network North: Transforming British Transport and published in October 2023, what recent discussions he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how much compensation will be paid to (a) contractors, (b) rolling stock suppliers and (c) other business following the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of closing phases 2a and 2b of HS2 in financial years (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the transparency data entitled Train operating companies: Passenger’s Charter compensation, published on 25 August 2022, if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for which Network North projects his Department has undertaken (a) an environmental impact assessment and (b) a local consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of Network North projects in 2023 prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 40p of Network North: transforming British transport, CP 946, published by his Department in October 2023, how much he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to The Plan for Drivers, published 2 October 2023, what 20mph zones his Department expects to be affected by changes in guidance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the National Cycle Network for promoting active travel in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his department plans to publish a response to L-category vehicles consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of motorcycle air vests in reducing injuries to motorcyclists; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the designated maritime routes are between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on whether it plans to release the results of its 2021 call for evidence on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to NICE's draft for consultation entitled Harmful gambling: identification, assessment and management, published in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of removing the cap on charity lottery sales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of loneliness and social isolation in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure local TV services can continue to secure (a) carriage and (b) discoverability on TV...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce administrative (a) time and (b) cost for local TV operators renewing local TV licences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on tackling the use of sexist and misogynistic language in broadcast news.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of gut health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to review whistleblowing processes in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote screening for breast cancer to people who are eligible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding cystic fibrosis medication to the prescription...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cap mechanism in the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance on hospital eye services partnering with local optometrists to deliver local care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making Dental (a) Foundation and (b) Vocational Training mandatory for dentists...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) screening and (b) treating ovarian cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of raising of the age at which someone can purchase cigarettes by a year each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to address the use of sweet flavoured nicotine powders by minors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people registered with an NHS dentist are within the (a) Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people on waiting lists for GP appointments in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve recruitment and retention in (a) GP services and (b) dentistry services in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dental services in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the number of mutual recognition schemes in dentistry qualifications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council on proposed changes to the Overseas Registration Exam.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on obesity rates among children in the last five years; and when he plans to publish his Department's most...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support patients unable to access NHS dental services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to improve access to NHS dentistry in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the availability of face-to-face GP appointments on trends in the number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment spent on equality and diversity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS workforce vacancies in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending prescribing rights for stop smoking medicines to (a) dentists, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 199250 on General Practitioners: Enfield North, how many (a) branch and (b) main...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many highly specialised technology evaluations of medicines for very rare diseases conducted by the National Institute for Health and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the cost-effectiveness of his Department's preventive healthcare strategies; and whether his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many single technology appraisals for medicines for rare diseases conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the effectiveness of preventive healthcare (a) programs and (b) interventions at (i) increasing average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial support to (a) health and (b) social care workers who are affected by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he has allocated to spending on preventive healthcare in the next fiscal year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of availability of prescription drugs from unregulated sources.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Primary Care Data Gathering Programme carried out for NHS England between 2020 and 2022 relating to the condition...

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 (a) patient and (b) staff satisfaction with hospital food.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the New Hospital Programme in Preston and Lancaster; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were receiving auditory verbal therapy in England as of 6 October 2023; if his Department will make an estimate of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to help support people with obsessive compulsive disorder in (a) the workplace and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that results from privately purchased rapid lateral flow tests for Covid-19 can be reported on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis processes for adults with (i) autism and (ii) ADHD.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with NHS England on expanding the provision of clinical care for Tourette Syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising the covid-19 vaccine booster programme for people diagnosed with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist mental health ambulances were in use in the NHS in September (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of flu vaccination across (a) support staff and (b) other professions working...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to set targets for reducing the number of people with autism without a learning disability that are confined to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled Vaccination against shingles guide from September 2023, updated on 22 August 2023, whether his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people with autism that are confined to inpatient care in mental health hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to MBRRACE-UK's report entitled UK Perinatal Deaths for Births from January to December 2021, published in September 2023,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support provision inside Pentonville Prison.

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 St Helens North...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reach his target of reducing pre-term births from 8% to 6% by 2025.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to establish a mental health emergency helpline.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Mental Health Support Teams in reducing levels of demand on Child and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of masking on adult (a) autism and (b) ADHD assessments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has made available for research into paediatric brain tumours in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 16 of Annex B of the Impact Assessment for the Statutory Scheme – Branded Medicines Pricing, what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the British Society for Echocardiography made in its report entitled The UK Echocardiography...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the major conditions strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposed update to the 2023 statutory scheme to control the cost of branded health services medicines, what (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with dementia are routinely offered the option of taking part in research.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Resolution spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Pay Review Body spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Business Services Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Independent Reconfiguration Panel spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Health Research Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Commission on Human Medicines spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the British Pharmacopoeia Commission spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including policies on epilepsy in the the Major Conditions Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to refer the Impact Assessment for the 2023 statutory scheme to control the cost of branded health services medicines to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question HL8900, on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, what the evidential basis is for precluding individuals with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status of each of the Royal Navy's frigates and destroyers is by name of ship.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff at the (a) Army Foundation College, (b) Infantry Training Centre and (c) Army Training Centre have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) found...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost to the public purse of running the Army Foundation College.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 199706 on Navy: Greenwich Hospital, whether he holds Ministerial responsibility for (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Written Statement of 19 September 2023 on New Accommodation Offer, HCWS1053, whether allowances for private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2023 to Question 199705 on Navy: Greenwich Hospital, how many times his predecessor meet any Director of Greenwich...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Quinquennial Review 2023, published on 17...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken to resolve an appeal is in the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; and what steps he is taking to reduce that time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for full rollout of ID cards for veterans; and what assessment he has made of the merits of veterans having such cards (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) end of service year for each Type 23 frigate and (b) in service year for each Type 26 frigate due to replace those frigates is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complete Challenger 2 power packs are (a) in active use and (b) in storage as of 17 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent (a) inflation and (b) interest rates on his Department's plan to develop a £242...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost growth is of the CH47(ER) since approval by his Department's Investment Approvals Committee.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected out of service date for HMS Westminster is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the management information bulletin on the Community Payback Rapid Deployment project pilots published by his Department on 24 August...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the list of subjects defined as positions of trust in Section 22A of the Sexual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants had their sentence increased after appealing the (a) sentence and (b) conviction they received from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) administering the Community Payback Rapid Deployment project pilots between 19 July and 17 October 2023, and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Security Service spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children are being housed in arranged hotel accommodation as of September 2023; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting refugee status to the female medical students who are represented by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that female asylum seekers do not fall victim to modern slavery.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow asylum seekers housed in the Bibby Stockholm barge to enter and leave during the day and night.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the ONE Campaign entitled Getting a grip: How the Home Office should improve refugee and asylum seeker...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK illegally on a small boat were men aged between 18 and 40 in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees have been held at detention centres for more than 24 hours since July 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Departments holds on the number of asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK via the Republic of Ireland in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of security checks for naturalisation applications have expired and required subsequent re-vetting in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long has her Department's current longest-running naturalisation application taken so far to be processed as of October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to her Department by Educational Testing Service in compensation for shortcomings in administering its Test of English for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support students who were falsely accused by Educational Testing Service of cheating in its Test...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consult child psychologists on the potential health impact of increasing spouse visa fees on affected children.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of people entering the UK illegally by boat.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the average processing time for asylum claims.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK-France Joint Leaders Declaration, agreed on 10 March 2023, when her Department plans to publish the timeline for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to respond to the final report of the Brook House Inquiry.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of automatically granting citizenship to the parents of children under 18...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted refugee status in Newbury constituency were given seven days' notice to leave their asylum accommodation in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is working with the Linda Norgrove Foundation to enable Afghan medical students to study in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing (a) visa extensions and (b) settlement routes for Ukrainian nationals...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a seasonal worker, published in April 2023, which body is...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Educational Testing Service will be permitted to tender to provide the Secure English Language Test.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of inadequately documented arrivals by air.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on resettling 20,000 people from Afghanistan since January 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of gender-based pay inequality among firefighters in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK's national threat level following the recent (a) Hamas terrorist attack in Israel and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding public spaces protection orders to all public places as...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September to Question 196211 on Home Office: Standards, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people who have been made redundant to (a) access training and skills support and (b) find...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants have an advance attached to their claim during the wait for their first payment (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering receive Universal Credit as of 19 September 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claims were subject to sanctions in the last three months for which data is available per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants have an advance attached to their claim during the five-week wait for their first...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 19 July 2023, reference JK41078, from the hon. Member for Solihull.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance since April 2020 on the discretionary income of claimants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of what the income would be for a claimant who is eligible for the housing element of Universal Credit in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that PIP assessors take into account the hidden symptoms of multiple sclerosis when making...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance includes a requirement for pupils to be taught about...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the local authority decision-making process when deciding specialist placement for SEND...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to reduce the number of EHCP applications going to appeal; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2023 to Question 181305 on Free School Meals, what guidance her Department has provided to local authorities on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering higher starting salaries to people entering the teaching profession with wider...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the apprenticeship achievement rate was in the 2022-23 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people in (a) full- and (b) part-time employment have used the Lifetime Skills Guarantee in each year since it was introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Further Education Skills Index is calculated; and if she will publish any changes made to that calculation in the last 20 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of changes in the levels of local authority section 114 notices on the (a) adequacy, (b) resilience...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the (a) level and (b) purpose of funding for the Rebuilding Schools Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) NHS staff and (c) trade unions on the level of (i) training and (ii) skills...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools to make adjustments for children and young people on the waiting list for an autism assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many T-level courses were available for students to start in the 2023-24 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has an assessment of the equity of opportunity of (a) the Prime Minister’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and (b) other upskilling...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that differences in regional needs are taken into account in early years provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychologist training places were funded by her Department in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the attainment gap between pupils from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of regional disparities in funding available for early years providers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding first aid training in schools in on public safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the first Government-funded research or evaluation into phonics teaching was commissioned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of freezing the interest applied to student finance loans during (a) career breaks and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools in areas where there has been an increase in the number of children with SEND with (a) staffing and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to manage increases in demand for nursery places.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report of the National Audit Office entitled, Environmental Sustainability Overview: Department for Education, published on 28...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2023 to Question 197775 on Universities: Student Wastage, what assessment her Department has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to secure pupils' data against cyber attacks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to inform early years providers about the process of accessing funding for school places before changes in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Birmingham Council issuing a Section 114 notice on the provision of (a) adult and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students completed BTEC qualifications in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year and (i) had special...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 97588 on Department for Education: Incentives, what the total value was of non-cash vouchers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was for delivering T-levels in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2020-21 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to question 196237 on Schools: Migrant Workers, how the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) is used to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide children with SEND access to (a) services and (b) support in school holidays.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children in school who have reported an allegation of sexual assault or rape by a peer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were (a) received and (b) accepted for the Higher Education Short Courses trial in the (a) 2021-2022 and (b) 2022-23 academic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on adult education (a) participation and (b) outcomes by ethnic group since 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support parents with changes to nursery funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils are eligible for the pupil premium in Romford constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) undertook a T-level transition course and (b) started a T-level course after completing transition course in (i) 2021-22 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost to the public purse of delivering adult education in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many individuals (a) applied and (b) were granted an Adult Learner Loan in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received representations from the Alpha Plus Group on the proposed closure of Falcons pre-preparatory school in Chiswick.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employers offered work placements for T-level students in the 2022-23 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who studied T-levels in the 2021-22 academic year went on to undertake a (a) higher technical and (b) higher...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department plans to provide higher funding per hour for childcare in London than in Barnsley.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Cramlington Learning Village in Blyth Valley constituency to improve the condition...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the objective of the Government Consulting Hub to grow the Civil Service’s internal capability, how many officials have...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the second interim report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 5 April 2023, what steps he is taking to respond to...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 97501, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his core...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of recent trends in the level of immigration from (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand and (c) Canada; and how many people from...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department holds data on the number of sick days taken by Northern Ireland civil service staff in 2022.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of Government spending on legacy IT systems 2023.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contracts agreed by his Department with (a) Alma Economics on 27 September 2023, procurement reference CCZZ23A21, and (b) Russell...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions has the media briefing room at 9 Downing Street been used for (a) media briefings and (b) press conferences since its completion...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training is provided to civil servants on political impartiality.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4522 on District Heating: Whitehall, how much was charged to Government Departments by the Government...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on outside catering services for events across the Downing Street and 70 Whitehall estate in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2021-22,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department has spent on plastic (a) pens (b) cups and (c) bags for promotion and marketing in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason smoke toxicity was not included in the scope of the draft Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many civil servants are working on the package of regulatory reforms announced by her Department on 10 May 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has held recent discussions with the (a) agriculture, (b) food standards, and (c) labour rights sectors on a potential trade deal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people are on zero hour contracts in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to bring forward regulations to implement the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023; and whether she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers found to be in breach of minimum wage regulations were (a) named publicly and (b) not named publicly due to mitigating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will outline his planned timetable for the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 impact assessment, in the context of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has held recent discussions with the Association for British Insurers on the provision of insurance for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to promote the optimisation of water use in data centres to reduce their environmental impact.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding has been allocated to the Project Gigabit scheme by (a) region and (b) per capita.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to fund research into technologies that would provide an alternative to animal testing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2023 to Question 198156 on Telephone Systems: Power Failures, what assessment she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to assess the effectiveness of (a) age verification tools, (b) age estimation tools and (c) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department have taken to increase solar capacity to 70GW by 2035.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of insulation costs per home will be funded by the additional £80 million under the Social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions her Department has had with energy providers on the provision of (a) financial and (b) welfare support to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions her Department has had with energy (a) providers and (b) suppliers on supporting households that include a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for the National Grid Electricity System Operator becoming the Future Systems Operator; whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to provide financial support to help disabled people with their energy bills during winter 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in her Department are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to publish a plan to increase public engagement on the Government’s net zero policies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent deaths attributable to living in cold homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to amend the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount Scheme to allow people without an Energy Performance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the use of (a) battery storage and (b) other energy storage installations to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on Net Zero on 20 September 2023, what her Department’s planned timescale...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of smart meter connectivity in apartment blocks with solid...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much from the public purse the Government has provided to local authorities to support Net Zero initiatives in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she will make it her Department's policy to end renewable subsidies for tree burning in power stations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Climate Change Committee was asked to comment on the risk tables created to support the delivery of the Carbon Budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which offshore windfarms in the Contracts for Difference scheme have been granted a postponement of the sale of their offshore...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support community energy schemes in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199094 on Sizewell C Power Station: Construction, what the expected value...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has provided any funding to the Climate Change Committee since 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to maximise the opportunity of floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support for community energy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps have been taken in relation to the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help increase uptake of local authority net zero schemes by small businesses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Prime Minister's 20 September 2023 net zero speech on the readiness of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking with energy companies to support the installation of energy efficiency measures through ECO4 in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that private rented homes meet the minimum standard of EPC C rating.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181721 on Energy: Prices, when her Department plans to publish a consultation...