To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities have adequate funding to invest in early intervention services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 180437 on Independent Schools Inspectorate, what steps her Department is taking to monitor...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of children in residential care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the average age at which neurodivergent conditions are identified among children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that (a) teachers and (b) other education professionals receive training in the early identification...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for children’s services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in state schools have a specific learning difficulty according to the latest data available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits every school having an identified and trained person to provide support to children and young...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Applied Behaviour Analysis for autistic children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the statutory timescales are for the production of an initial Education, Health and Care Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools closed classrooms due to (a) maintenance and (b) structural issues in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish an updated list of schools known to have RAAC present in their buildings; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the statutory timescales are for production of an amendment to an Education, Health and Care Plan; and what guidance is provided to local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the letter from Susan Acland-Hood to the Chair of the Education Select Committee on National Funding Formula Update, published on 6...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) his Department's revenue budget and (b) the adequacy of revenue...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to assess the proportion of schools and colleges that meet the cyber security standards for schools and colleges, updated on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2023 to Question 187978 on Free School Meals, how her Department reviews the eligibility conditions for Free School...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the recruitment of classics teachers in state sector schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) maintained nurseries, (b) other early years education settings, (c) childminders, (d) other childcare providers, (e) primary schools, (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 22411 on Coronavirus: Schools, whether she has provided guidance to schools on the findings of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional capital funding Queen Elizabeth High School, in the Northumberland local authority area of Hexham constituency, received from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the provision of science-specific after-school clubs in state sector schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 198597 on Pupils: Transgender People, what external bodies she has met in the preparation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote the study of classical languages in state sector schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statutory guidance for local authorities on Travel to school for children of compulsory school age, if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in Solihull constituency were entitled to the pupil premium in the last academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of non-continuation rates at higher education institutions; and whether her Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of (a) changes in the level of the cost of living for students in the (i) last and (ii) next 12 months and (b) the rate of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of school buildings impacted by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school music teachers left the teaching profession in the period between (a) 2010 and 2015, (b) 2015 and 2020 and (c) 2020 and 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds a record of the number of people in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools that have been trained to administer CPR.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of local authority section 114 notices on the (a) availability and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the reach of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme for the purposes of supporting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) introduce a national register of children education at home and (b) provide (i) Ofsted with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers accredited by initial teacher training (ITT) providers in the academic years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding for children in receipt of free school meals at St Leonard's School in County Durham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been out of school for one year or longer as a result of not having been able to find a setting that meets their needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the finances of universities of not having participated in the Horizon programme for two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to outline the (a) financial management and (b) project oversight arrangements for school construction work funded through the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she made an assessment of the potential impact on university (a) finances and (b) research of the proposed new taxes on air travel before the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she made an assessment of the potential impact on school (a) finances and (b) meals of the proposed tax on meat products before the Prime...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the change in the cost of visa fees for students from 4 October 2023 on the effectiveness of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to ImpactEd's evaluation report on Oak National Academy published August 2023, what directions she has given to the directors appointed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education on the closure of Sir Frederick Gibberd...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to protect the mental health of children forced to learn remotely while their schools undergo building works to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of on-campus accommodation at higher education institutions for this academic year; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish guidance for schools on supporting trans pupils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the safety of (a) university and (b) other higher education buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings the Unit for Future Skills has held with external stakeholders in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average Ofsted status was of schools with Combined Cadet Force contingents in 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 196433 on Special Educational Needs, if she will announce a timescale for when her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 204 of the White Paper on Levelling up the United Kingdom, CP604, published on 2 February 2022, how much funding she plans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she had taken to implement plans for schools to have seven separate bins before the Prime Minister announced on 20 September 2023 that this...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve financial education in secondary schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the use of SATs to track the educational progress of primary school children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has published guidance on the recognition of neurodiversity conditions at Further and Higher Education facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to improve the provision of afterschool physical exercise clubs for (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the apprenticeship levy for (a) construction and (b) trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the impact assessment for the Government’s reforms to loan repayments, published in February 2022 and the House of Commons...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support students in rural areas to be physically active.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the interest rate on student loans is set higher than the Bank of England base rate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to increase funding to local authorities for the provision of free bus travel to schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support PhD students with the increased cost of living.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on free childcare of the Childcare and early years survey of parents, published on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in (i) City of Durham constituency (ii) County Durham and (iii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that early year providers have sufficient capacity to maintain provision for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of pay for supply teachers employed through education recruitment agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to reduce the number of music education hubs; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) flexibility and (b) rates of pay of apprenticeship schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the uptake in apprenticeships since 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of career opportunities for young people on apprenticeship schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to meet the needs of areas where there are increases in demand for school placements at (a) primary and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of school visits to EU countries that took place in (a) 2019 and (b) 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to help improve the frequency of bus services in rural areas; and if he will increase funding for the provision of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of new jobs that will be created by Great British Railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 10 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, when he expects flexible season tickets to be introduced for people who commute 2 or 3...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often the Cruise Industry and Government Forum has met since its establishment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199520 on Luton Airport: Construction, if he will make it his policy to pause consideration of...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has held with local authorities on equality of access to tender processes for new bus fleets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on ending the sale of new non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 43 of his Department's report entitled Bus back better: national bus strategy for England, published on 15 March 2021, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on updating circular 01/2007 on Use of speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement: guidance on deployment,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish guidance on socially and economically necessary bus services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 50 of the National Bus Strategy for England, when his Department plans to commence the review of the rights of local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the safety of pedestrians in (a) City of Durham constituency and (b) County Durham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of planning officers needed to approve plans for each of the Network North projects, broken down...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Wales Rail Board has met since it was established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Command Paper 946 entitle Network North: Transforming British Transport, published in October 2023, whether Bradford station has an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local transport authorities have introduced lane rental schemes; how much mileage is covered by each scheme; what the average reduction in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 16 October 2023 to Question 199996 on Motorways: Speed Limits, on what (a) basis and (b) authority National Highways...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Network North plan; what estimate he has made of when the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Command Paper 946 entitled Network North: Transforming British Transport, published in October 2023, what the evidential basis is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was made to withdraw funding for phases 2a and 2b of HS2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 62 of the Integrated Rail Plan, published in November 2021, whether it remains his Department's policy that improvement of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 26 of First Greater Western Limited 2022: business plan commitments for 2022, published on 14 June 2022, what proposals the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, how much funding has been allocated to each of the Network...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what the expected delivery date is for each Network North project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, how many and what proportion of the Network North projects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help support the work of community railway station adoption groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of options for maintaining the Great Western Railway night riviera sleeper service during engineering works.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact on (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall of cancellations to the GWR Night Riviera service during...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Great Western Railway on (a) the frequency of and (b) plans for its night riviera sleeper services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using public finance initiatives to help fund the Euston redevelopment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its proposals for the private financing of the Euston development.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential income to the public purse from selling the land bought for Phase 2B of the HS2 project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on not proceeding with Phase 2b of HS2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's news story South West to benefit from £6.5 billion transport investment, published on 4 October 2023, whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Translink on introducing incentives for people working in the city to take (a) trains and (b) other public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with Transport for London on the vandalism of ULEZ cameras and the potential cost to the public purse of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 99 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of a diverse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the HS2 budget will be allocated to transport upgrades in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the membership of the Wales Rail Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of rail has been electrified in each year since 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which rail lines have been fully electrified since 1997; of those, how many miles were electrified; which rail lines are in the process being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are assigned to work on the Network North scheme.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date Leeds Bradford Airport submitted its application for designation as a coordinated airport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of air traffic controllers.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department as made an assessment of the potential effect of the installation of clean air zone signs across the City of Manchester on road...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 89 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, whether his Department has published an environment plan to establish rail as a key...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an independent oversight mechanism will be established to oversee Great British Railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the West Coast Main Line to meet anticipated future passenger and freight usage in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the potential increase in freight that will be transported along the West Coast Main Line in the context of...

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Marine Accident Investigation Branch 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 expedite delivery of the Haughley Junction rail project, north of Stowmarket.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 91 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, what steps he is taking to prioritise long-term investment in climate resilience...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of passengers (a) embarking and (b) disembarking UK passenger cruise ports in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with car manufacturers on helping to ensure there is a provision of a range of wheelchair accessible...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of rail season tickets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of affordable turn up and go rail tickets available to passengers.

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 90 of the Williams-Shapps plan for rail, what progress his Department has made towards (a) tree planting and (b) introducing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) types of (i) national and (ii) regional railcards issued by Network Rail in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce new regulations for e-scooters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the viability of the second hand market for electric vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of his Department's progress on increasing the number of electric vehicle charging points across Bristol North West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help support fuel transition within the freight transportation sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of emissions produced by private jets on the UK's ability to reach its net zero target.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce legislative proposals to ensure that gig economy delivery companies are responsible for (a) the roadworthiness of delivery...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase road safety in Portsmouth South.

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

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what personal information on (a) vehicle owners and (b) registered keepers can be provided to private parking enforcement companies through the KADOE...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to encourage local authorities to increase their use of artificial intelligence to identify the presence of potholes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of upgrading Heaton Norris Junction to increase rail capacity in south east Greater Manchester.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to reallocate funds allocated to HS2 in the South East to projects in Maidstone and the Weald constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential need to reconfigure Heaton Norris Junction to (a) facilitate new local rail services through...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact on (a) local rail services in south-east Greater Manchester and (b) the potential for new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on crossover capacity from Stockport station on the Stockport-Stalybridge line at Heaton Norris...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of HS2 trains using the West Coast Mainline on rail capacity at Stockport station.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of people with sight loss on tackling pavement parking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed A66 expansion on (a) (i) health, (ii) safety and (iii) the environment at Brough...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on (a) the upgrade to the A30 between Penzance and Camborne and (b) other road schemes submitted for consideration in the...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the evidential basis is for his statement made on 3 October 2023 that local authorities were planning to use CCTV to restrict people’s...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help reduce the impact of road works on delays for motorists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to extend Mini-Holland schemes into (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) other cities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a Silverstone International railway station following the cancellation of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using funds released by the cancellation of the second phase of HS2 for (a) a new Silverstone...

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, if he will publish submissions made by the Wales Rail Board to his Department.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase the affordability of bus travel for school children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what charge the DVLA levies on private parking enforcement companies for fulfilling requests for information on (a) vehicle owners and (b) registered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has held discussions with (a) artist representatives and (b) live music businesses on the report by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest spent on equality and diversity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Treasure Valuation Committee spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the British Museum spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Theatres Trust spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the British Library spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Archives spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Royal Parks spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Historic Royal Palaces spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Heritage Memorial Fund spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Historic England spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Churches Conservation Trust spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the British Film Institute spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much VisitBritain spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the S4C Board on their level of spending on equality and diversity training in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the BBC Board on their level of spending on equality and diversity training in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Channel 4 Board on their level of spending on equality and diversity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Sports Grounds Safety Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Gambling Commission spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much UK Anti-Doping spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much UK Sport spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Sport England spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Citizen Service spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Community Fund spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Charity Commission spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to identify (a) stolen and (b) confiscated (i) treasures, (ii) art and (iii) other cultural assets that were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to improve the protection of listed buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of safety and security at national heritage sites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the National Heritage Lottery Fund’s grants were awarded to local churches, chapels and meeting houses open...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number charities that are funded through the charity lotteries managed by People’s...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the prevalence of degenerative brain...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the prevalence of anterior cruciate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper entitled A sustainable future - reforming club football governance, published on 23 February 2023,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support is available to cricket clubs in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper entitled A sustainable future - reforming club football governance, published on 23 February 2023,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department took to help ensure that streets were (a) safe and (b) not overcrowded during the coronation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support sports clubs in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent protestors from disrupting sporting events.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has provided to Sport England in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times Sport England has used statutory powers to restrict community access to sports (a) pitches and (b) other facilities in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has provided to the Football Foundation in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on (a) increasing the provision of and (b) improving sports pitches in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Manchester City Visitor Charge on tourism in the North West of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department holds on the number of enforcement property visits that were carried out by the Television Licensing Authority...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide support to local press organisations affected by proposed reductions in BBC funding for local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the financial sustainability of the regional...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will commission research on the potential impact of media reporting on suspects under criminal investigation who have not been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether officials in her Department have received representations from (a) the UK Cinema Association and (b) cinemas acting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to encourage the BBC to publish the 2004 Balen Report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chair of the BBC on the appropriate description of Hamas in its news coverage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the social value to (a) the elderly, (b) rural communities and (c) vulnerable people of free to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an estimate of the potential impact on the cost of living of digital terrestrial television ending in 2034.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what role public houses have in his Department's leveling up policies; and what steps his Department is taking to utilise them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral statement of 19 September 2023 by the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Official Report columns...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides financial support for registered charities to cover (a) a waking watch and (b) other fire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to amend planning regulations for pubs through the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Centre Point...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing (a) mechanisms and (b) funding available to local authorities to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of maintaining the freeze to Local Housing Allowance rates on levels...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to end youth homelessness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department is providing in (a) the London Borough of Havering and (b) other parts of London to reduce...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many grade (a) 6, (b) 7 and (c) SCS staff employed by his Department are contractually based in (i) Scotland, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many requests have been made by local councils for capitalisation directives in the last 12 months; and of those, how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has held meetings in 2023 on (a) Islamophobia and (b) hate crime against Muslims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to resume issuing multi-year financial settlements to local councils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities were in deficit in the financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to remove nutrient neutrality rules placed on local planning authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure HM Land Registry completes the registration of new titles where a previously...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the planning system on onshore renewable energy projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to introduce legislation to cap the ground rent at £250 per annum for properties with existing leases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on potential steps to improve the quality of new housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department’s policy is on the building of (a) Traveller sites and (b) other forms of housing on greenfield land.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the speed with which (a) London and Quadrant and (b) other social landlords...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authority contracts are (a) awarded following fair processes and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of updating the valuations upon which Council Tax...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has provided local authorities with guidance on schedule 1, part II of the Council Tax (Discount...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Prime Minister's Office spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to (a) increase efficiency in Government Departments and (b) reduce the number of civil servants.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants on full-time equivalent contracts at senior civil servant pay band two (SCS2) are women.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in the Cabinet Office are women.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with Cabinet colleagues on (i) accessible and (ii) affordable offline access to...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on implementing the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry's report entitled Second Interim Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) factors that contribute to long-term unemployment and (b) impact of long-term unemployment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to provide additional funding for advice services in Northern Ireland to assist people who have been underpaid their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Jobcentre work coaches receive on identifying potential recipients of the Universal Support programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the upcoming Cost of Living payment eligibility cut off...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Health and Safety Executive requires people to have specific accreditation to purchase rodenticide from vendors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed in his Department's Economic, Serious and Organised Crime team as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing discretionary payments for bereavement support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Independent Case Examiner spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Social Security Advisory Committee spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to uprate social security benefits for 2024-25 in line with the Consumer Price Index rate published on 16 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken part in the severe disability group test group as of 13 October 2023; and how those people were selected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government Equalities Office is taking steps to encourage (a) private companies and (b) the public sector to adopt neuro-inclusive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total budget underspend for the Office for Nuclear Regulation was for the financial year 2022-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there were significant changes in the level of uptake of pension credit claims after the launch of the invitation to claim trial.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pension Protection Fund spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to approve the budget for the Office for Nuclear Regulation for the financial year 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time from the initial receipt of a complaint is for the Pensions Ombudsman to conclude an investigation that the Early...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish a report on the outcome of the pension credit public awareness campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of state pension payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) oral and (b) written communication with Universal Credit claimants at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that attendance allowance forms can be submitted electronically.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, whether he plans to accept the invitation from Garden Court Chambers to attend mediation talks with Joanne Welch from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people residing in Northern Ireland who are likely to have been underpaid their state pension as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to increase the (a) basic and (b) new state pension by at least the September 2023 rate of increase in average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Office for Nuclear Regulation spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training work coaches receive on supporting jobseekers with complex disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by his Department to determine the outcome of Access to Work assessments as of 1 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Remploy Pension Scheme Trustees Ltd spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to advertise its employment schemes to employers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Employment and Support Allowance claimants with cystic fibrosis as their main disabling condition have been (a) placed in the support...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199184 on Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Internet,...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of benefit claimants per work coach was December 2019.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobseekers with complex disabilities who have received one to one support from a Work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to advertise the JCP and DWP Work trial programme to employers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his Department's policy to conduct all Personal Independence Payment assessments in person.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the time taken for employees to receive their reasonable adjustments after applying for an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people with complex disabilities who have been referred to a Disability Employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the repayment period for Advance Payments to 36 months as a means of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received support through the universal support programme as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for employees to receive their reasonable adjustments after applying for an access to work grant has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to provide evidence to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board last met; if he will publish the minutes of that meeting; and when the next meeting of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to advertise Sector-based Work Academy Programmes to employers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants with cystic fibrosis as their main disabling condition have been (a) placed in the limited capability for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Disability Unit took steps with organisations representing disabled people to develop the Ask, Don't Assume campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applied for an access to work grant in the last year; and what proportion of those applications are from people at the start...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have moved into employment as a result of assistance provided through the universal support programme as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of assessors employed by contractors to carry out Access to Work assessments in the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the initial Universal Support programme assessment comprises.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether State Pension data will be included in the Pensions Dashboard Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Prime Minister's announcement on a smokefree generation on 4 October 2023 on his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres have specialist assistive technology installed on their customer computer kiosks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of children is in couple households where one parent is a benefit claimant and searching for work and one parent has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of children is in couple households where both parents are benefit claimants and searching for work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of children is in single-parent households where that parent is a benefit claimant and searching for work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people receiving the Disability Element of Working Tax Credits are not disadvantaged in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of the Mine Hunting Capability Programme (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of New Medium Helicopter (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of the Land Intelligence, Surveillance, Target, Acquisition and Reconnaissance programme (a) were originally and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the whole life projected costs of New Style of I information Technology (Base) (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of MODnet Evolve (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Next Generation (fixed) Communication Network programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Skynet 6 programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ARAP applicants who applied (a) before and (b) during Operation Pitting are awaiting a decision on their application from his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Protector programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Royal Navy personnel identify as non-binary.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question HL8900 on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, how many (a) aircrew and (b) controllers who were (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the New Style of IT (Deployed) programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghans were extracted from Islamabad to (a) the UK and (b) a third country under the Afghans Relocations and Assistance Policy in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Combined Cadet Force in 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to expedite the processing of cases of Afghan people who had senior roles in UK-Afghanistan security cooperation under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government plans to undertake its next defence and security review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned personnel strength of the British Army in the next five years is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question HL8900, on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, if he will publish the medical policy on medical conditions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Albion-class Royal Navy ships were available for deployment as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Submarine Dismantling Project (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his (a) Lithuanian and (b) Polish counterparts on the potential merits of increasing the number of UK troops on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 11 of the Defence Command Paper 2023, published in July 2023, what recent progress his Department has made on supporting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to increase its provision of long-range precision strike weapons, (b) artillery, (c) air defence equipment, (d) armoured...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the security situation in northern Kosovo in the context of the recent violence near the village of Banjska.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2023 to Question 187102, how many and what proportion of applications for relocation under the ARAP scheme by family...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) assist and (b) ensure the safety of interpreters who were previously employed by UK armed forces in Afghanistan who have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce a medal for armed forces personnel who were prisoners of war.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Spearfish upgrade programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Spearcap 3 programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 197431, whether the Government plans to stop advertising Category 3 under the Afghan Relocations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is Department is taking to support (a) industry and (b) academia to engage in the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) statistics and (b) information releases his Department is required to publish before the end of this year; and when he plans to publish each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the safety of accommodation for UK armed forces in Duqm in Oman.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of civil servants that are (a) at the grade of senior civil servant 2 and (b) on full-time equivalent contracts in his Department are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question HL8900 on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, what guidance his Department has issued on the safety of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question HL8900 on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, what the medical assessment process is for serving (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a land Industrial Health Assessment was last produced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Type 31e programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of Meteor (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of Sea Venom (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of MENSA (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of Marlet (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of the Maritime Electronic Warfare programme (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of the Lighting Programme (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff work for the Reserve Forces and Cadets Division as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of racism in the armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many formal complaints of violent behaviour by staff towards personnel under the age of 18 have been recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost to the public purse of Phase 1 and 2 infantry training for an army recruit initially enrolled at (a) Army Foundation College, Harrogate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has set targets for the recruitment of (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities to the armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many schools the Combined Cadet Force worked with in 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Submarine Waterfront Infrastructure Future programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds data on the number of veterans who are to be awarded the new Nuclear Test Medal.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether armed forces personnel are entitled to use local NHS care at their home residence whilst off duty; and whether his Department has issued...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has recently made of the operational capacity of volunteer gliding squadrons; and what steps he is taking to increase the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the TEUTATES programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life cost of the Project Bramley programme (a) was originally and (b) is as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected whole life costs of Naval Support Integrated Global Network (a) were originally and (b) are as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what categories of steel will be required to construct the Fleet Solid Support Ships.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the promotion of illegal body building drugs on (a) TikTok and (b) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Report on an unannounced inspection of short-term holding facilities at Western Jet Foil,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of starting the move-on period for refugees granted asylum when they receive notice of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that freelance journalists who are threatened by the Afghan government will be eligible for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of international (a) cold and (b) scam callers to domestic (i) landlines and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Framework for transparent and accountable asset return, published in January 2022, what steps her Department is taking...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has held meetings in 2023 on (a) Islamophobia and (b) hate crime against Muslims.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps with charities and voluntary organisations to promote (a) social cohesion and (b) community safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a national police uniform for town and county forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides (a) guidance and (b) training to police officers on ensuring that (i) Hamas logos and chants are swiftly...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) convictions, (b) prosecutions, (c) arrests and (d) live, ongoing criminal investigations there were for the new crime of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants sought assistance through the national referral mechanism in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK in the latest period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to reinstate capital grants for police forces in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) family, (b) student, (c) settlement, (d) visitor and (e) work visas submitted in the last 12 months have taken longer...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign-trained doctors have claimed asylum in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Afghanistan who were resettled to the UK under the (a) ARAP and (b) ACRS remain in a bridging hotel after their notice...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact on public health of relocating people seeking asylum that...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2023 to Question 199531 on Rwanda: Visits Abroad, how much and what proportion of the £7,269.90...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made (a) a comparative assessment of the speed of processing asylum claims for (i) her Department's existing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance on the wearing of pride coloured epaulettes by Border Force officials.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) investigate allegations of and (b) prevent potential exploitation of the Skilled Worker route by...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of exploitation of the Skilled Worker route by third parties have been investigated by her Department in the last 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sum her Department has spent on preparing RAF Scampton to house asylum seekers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of creating safe routes to the UK for Palestinians.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to protect Jewish people from hate crimes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference is for the forensic science reform programme board.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198491 on Asylum: Applications, how many legacy cases her Department plans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 188925 on Slavery: Victims, if she will publish her findings following consideration of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Japan on the effectiveness of that country's policies to reduce illegal immigration.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to replace the murals that were painted over at migrant detention centres with more age appropriate artwork.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story of 12 September 2023 entitled New Illegal Migration Act measures and age dispute assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of refugees received their documentation before their 28 day move on notice period began in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to negotiate bilateral youth mobility schemes with (a) the EU, (b) France, (c) Greece, (d) Italy and (e) Spain.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of removing the right of appeal for applicants seeking entry to the UK as...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice news story entitled Government to build cases to prosecute rogue immigration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to (a) finalise UK visas and (b) provide permission to travel to the UK for Afghan nationals instructed to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 on Migrant Help: Standards, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her speech to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC on 26 September 2023, whether she plans to change the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Official Statistics on Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2022 to 2023, published on 5 October 2023, what assessment she...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent (a) harassment and (b) violence against (i) women and (ii) elderly people from the UK's Eritrean community.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Fire Brigades Union on its campaign for improved maternity rights in the Fire and Rescue Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people employed by the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner's Office; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve visibility of police in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in Portsmouth South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's aims, purpose and forward plans are for the Overseas Domestic Worker Advisory Group; on what date that group last met;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that disabled people in the asylum system receive the care they need.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the causes of increased levels of retail crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the announcement by Pakistan's Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on 3 October 2023 that Afghan asylum seekers must leave the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many open family reunion applications her Department has from Afghan citizens who legally travelled to Pakistan for the purposes of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce domestic burglaries.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198491 on Asylum: Applications, how long the training lasts for newly recruited...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of advertisements for the sale of items prohibited under the Offensive Weapons Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support community neighbourhood watch groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of police and crime commissioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many responses her Department has received to its consultation entitled Firearms licensing: a consultation on recommendations for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on the right to anonymity of arrested individuals before charge.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of 19 September 2023 by the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Official Report columns 1253 to 1255, how...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) hotel rooms and (b) similar accommodation are occupied by asylum seekers in St Helens.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force personnel have been recruited since January 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people served with a seven-day notice to quit accommodation when section 95...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling physical abuse between people under the age of 18 in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce tax incentives to promote take up of electric vehicles.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Approved Mileage Allowance Payments in the context of trends in the level of oil prices.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the authored article entitled What the PM’s new approach to Net Zero means for you, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 20...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total value of Russian state sovereign wealth that has been frozen as a result of the UK's sanctions.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the National Infrastructure Commission spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) tax incentives and (b) rebates to wholesale sector distributors to help increase (i)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Commission v...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government Internal Audit Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much UK Asset Resolution Limited spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the level of alcohol duty on the financial viability of pubs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support the hospitality and tourism sectors.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to taxis and licensed minicabs journeys on minicab...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the application of VAT to taxis and licensed minicab journeys on vulnerable people who...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on VAT of the High Court judgment of 28 July 2023 in Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the judgment in the case of Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 1975 (KB), what assessment his Department has...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much NS and I spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Reclaim Fund Ltd spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Royal Mint spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Royal Mint Advisory Committee spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much UK Government Investments spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK Infrastructure Bank spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether money a person receives from their pension scheme via the Fraud Compensation Fund is taxable; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Competition and Market Authority on the use of exclusive jurisdiction clauses by insurance companies.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of staff in HMRC working from home on the (a) average time taken to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying a 0% VAT rate for licensed minicab operator journeys.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of large businesses paying into the highest bracket of corporation tax in calendar years (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government Actuary's Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employment tribunal cases have been held involving HMRC staff in each of the last five years; and if he will provide a breakdown by type of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2023 to Question 183901 on Sanitary Protection: VAT, what steps his Department is taking to ascertain whether the savings...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the replacement of the VAT margin scheme on small car dealerships.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the the Adjudicator’s Office spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, what happens to money from the public purse not spent by the Office for Nuclear Radiation when there is budgetary underspend.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to recover funding awarded fraudulently through the Government's pandemic support schemes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on how many and what proportion of the staff of the Financial Ombudsman Service are members of the (a) Institute of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of cash deposit regulations in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 on (a) the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of consumers that are using Buy Now Pay Later products to purchase essential items in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the level of fees charged by companies for supporting people with claims...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the level of VAT applied to children’s (a) swimming lessons and (b) other sports.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 196647 on Taxation: Disclosure of Information, how much His Majesty's Revenue and Customs spent on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the Chinese state's activity relating to genomics on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps have been taken to ensure that the UK Semiconductor Advisory Panel is broadly representative of the sector across...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make it her policy to support a no change position on spectrum allocation at this year’s World...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when Ofcom's review into the transparency of in-contract price rises is due to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Building Digital UK spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Phone-paid Services Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Information Commissioner's Office spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Copyright Tribunal spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the British Technology Investments Ltd spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to the email of 12 May 2023 from the Hon. member for Sefton Central, Case reference BE 1233, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to include the potential impact of the Chinese state’s activity relating to genomics on national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of AI social media usage on people under the age of 18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans she has for the National Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative to encompass all regions and nations of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many artificial intelligence researchers work in her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the field of genomics will form part of the agenda at the upcoming AI...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether representatives of (a) BGI Group, (b) subsidiaries of BGI Group and (c) companies in which BGI Group has invested...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the National Semiconductor Strategy published in May 2023, if she will provide funding in the forthcoming...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of inmates who have a stammer in prisons in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inmates have (a) been assessed by and (b) received therapy from a speech and language therapist in each prison in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many speech and language therapists work in each prison in England and Wales as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make financial support available for patients with (a) avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and (b) other eating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help tackle the growth of (a) gain-of-function research and (b) any other research that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of moving social care workers onto a single contract and set of terms and conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for hospitals to not exceed 85 per cent occupancy levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that 76% of patients are admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours in A&Es...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to commission an independent evaluation of the delivery plan for the recovery of the urgent and emergency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce regional variation in the dementia diagnosis rate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of directing the Care Quality Commission to assess the adequacy of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the email of 27 July 2023 from the Hon. member for Sefton Central, Case reference BE12979, on the use of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendation on introducing a network of brain health clinics...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase funding for palliative care services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of assessing the nation's palliative care needs in the context of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of care workers on zero-hours contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant for 2024-25 will be ring-fenced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) discharge patients from hospitals and (b) reduce the number of patients in hospital who do not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of demand for patient transport services in each regional ambulance service in England...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the treatment by recruitment agencies of nurses working in social care who were recruited from India.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the average ambulance response time to category two incidents is at least 30 minutes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people with dementia are able to access breakthrough treatments as soon as they become available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timescale for the implementation of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide women with education on self-examining for breast cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the waiting times for patients referred to NHS hospital trusts for (a) hearing and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing fracture liaison services across England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that implementation of the recommendations made in the Lord O’Shaughnessy review of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the leukaemia diagnosis rate in young people in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS dentists are accepting new adult patients that are not entitled to free dental care as of October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is (a) of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in total and (b) for the recruitment of clinical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of childhood obesity levels in (a) City of Durham constituency, (b)...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the expected number of GP appointments to be freed up as a result of the delivery of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the swap to stop scheme to include smoking cessation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve support people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and what steps he has taken with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising existing (a) training and (b) national curriculum programs for staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of General Practitioners' report entitled Fit for the Future: Reshaping general practice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase spending on (a) estates and (b) infrastructure for primary care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions were due to alcohol consumption in each year since 2019-20; and what steps his Department is taking to help...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons his Department has not responded to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's report on NHS dentistry within two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the report by the World Health Organisation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase understanding amongst employers of endometriosis and its impact on people affected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for regional differences in waiting times for access to NHS specialist menopause services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of perinatal mental health services among ethnic minority communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of public awareness of the National Reporting and Learning System; and whether he is taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) trials and (b) tests were conducted to ensure the (i) safety and (ii) efficiency of mixing and matching covid-19 vaccines and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blind and visually impaired people were prevented from accessing NHS estates with guide dogs in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues on the training NHS staff should receive on (a) assistance dogs and (b) supporting blind and visually...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy to provide 5,000 new hospital beds for winter 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia diagnosis rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre spent on research and development in the (a) 2021-22 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) guidance his Department issues and (b) processes are in place to help prevent patient addiction to prescription medicines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who had an addiction to a prescription drug in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Kidney Research UK's recent report entitled Kidney Disease: a UK public health emergency, what steps his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce waiting lists for ophthalmology care and (b) ensure that access to care is prioritised according to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve survival rates for people with pulmonary fibrosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps through the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy to help improve the diagnosis and management of axial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding allocated by his Department to community defibrillator projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) NHS England plan to review the performance of the Innovative Medicines Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in his Department are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of providing healthcare to people who have registered as patients since migrating to...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of civil servants (a) at grade senior civil servant 2 and (b) on full-time equivalent contracts in his Department are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on delivering the Government's dementia moonshot commitment; and what recent estimate he has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing for work on a pancreatic cancer vaccine; and what his Department's timeline is for clinical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help maintain a resilient supply chain for personal protective equipment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable individuals who are not eligible for the autumn 2023 covid booster vaccine to purchase the vaccine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the UK Health Security Agency on the implications for its policies of trends in cimicosis...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of women undergoing NHS fertility treatment as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the fertility treatments available through the NHS as of October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people who have experienced harm as a result of the hormone pregnancy drug Primodos.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the General Medical Council to discuss its use of gender terms in policy documents referring to (a) the menopause...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on whether (a) trans women with a gender recognition certificate will be banned from and (b) trans men will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cases where patients that developed sepsis in hospital have resulted in (a) permanent impairment and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Patient Safety Alert entitled Shortage of methylphenidate prolonged-release capsules and tablets,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had on ensuring the supply of lisdexamfetamine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to make primary care optometry the default option for glaucoma care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to help the government of Israel to secure the swift return of (a) British and (b) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcome of the United Nations General...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to host the French President in the United Kingdom in the next 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the award of the Václav Havel Prize to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support religious minorities in Pakistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate on the report entitled Ensuring a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will launch a public awareness campaign on the requirement for UK citizens to apply for European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 199460 on Members: Correspondence, and with refence to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen his Department’s work on atrocity prevention; and if he will include...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met his French counterpart since His Majesty the King’s state visit to France in September 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterpart on facilitating school visits to France.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help de-escalate recent violence in Artsakh or Nagorno-Karabakh.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the amount of aid disbursed by the Disaster and Emergency Committee in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the persecution of religious minorities in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) commemorate the Holodomor in the UK, in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on forced disappearances in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the of the implications for his policies of the political situation in Pakistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Israel on the compatibility of restrictions in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his (a) Pakistani and (b) Indian counterparts about reports of involvement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with humanitarian organisations on delivering aid in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release of 16 October 2023 entitled UK announces £10 million humanitarian aid for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he has had since 7 October 2023 with aid and charity organisations operating in Gaza on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Virgin Islands' implementation of publicly accessible registers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Turks and Caicos Islands' implementation of publicly accessible...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia's implementation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands' implementation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the British Indian Ocean Territory's implementation of publicly...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the British Antarctic Territory's implementation of publicly...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands' implementation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has reviewed the Saudi Arabia's human rights record ahead of the Crown Prince’s...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha's implementation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Montserrat's implementation of publicly accessible registers of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Falkland Islands' implementation of publicly accessible...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Cayman Islands' implementation of publicly accessible registers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of flying the Commonwealth flag on (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Bermuda's implementation of publicly accessible registers of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Anguilla's implementation of publicly accessible registers of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s priorities are when allocating funding to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR); and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) African Union, (b) United Nations and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has conducted a review of Saudi Arabia's human rights record ahead of the Crown...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the resolution agreed at COP27 to establish a loss and damage fund to assist countries that are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British nationals have requested consular assistance in Zimbabwe in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of levels of support for an independence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of UK relations with Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has reviewed the Saudi Arabia's human rights record ahead of the Crown Prince’s...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's pledge to spend £11.6 billion on international climate finance between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of his Department's officials are stationed in Zimbabwe as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking as penholder for Sudan on the UN Security Council to (a) tackle the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the target of spending 0.7% of GDP on Official...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the annual aid budget on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department has not approved the draft Tax Information Exchange Agreement negotiated between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the Government's climate finance spending on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent diptheria outbreak in Nigeria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution of 16 October 2023, Official Report, column 24,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with cabinet colleagues about human rights in Saudi Arabia; and whether he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with which UK-based humanitarian organisations he has held discussions on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid his Department has provided for projects in Gaza since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit Mauritius in the next 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received legal advice on the Israeli Government's recent military operations in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Saudi Arabian human rights record in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Israeli Government on the demolition orders issued on 17...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK nationals in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on humanitarian access to Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff work at the UK embassy in Israel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to seek compensation for the victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on the maintenance of British assets in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on taking steps to ensure (a) the safety and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of hostile third-party states in Hamas's recent attacks on Israel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing the 2020 Report on Victim Compensation for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received legal advice on the Israeli Government's (a) evacuation order issued on 12 October 2023 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what reports he has received of the political situation in Sierra Leone since the June elections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the benefits of the international work of Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce levels of deaths from AIDS in Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a referendum on the UK's membership of the European...

To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Attorney General, how much the Government Legal Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service is adequately resourced to prosecute hate crime against members of religious minority...

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of civil servants graded as senior civil servant two (SCS2) on full-time equivalent contracts in the Crown Prosecution Service are women.

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in the Crown Prosecution Service are women.

To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Protection Service is continuing to consider new cases involving potential breaches of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to respond to Question 195131 on Attorney General: Remote Working, tabled by the hon. Member for Solihull on 19 July 2003.

To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps she has taken to support the prosecution of alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

To ask the Attorney General, how many corporate self-reports the Serious Fraud Office has received in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 197320 on Probate: Applications, how many and what proportion of probate applications took...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in the number of duty solicitors at police stations since 2017 on access to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of contracting (a) rehabilitation, (b) therapy and (c) other similar services for frontline staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on its meeting the commitments made in the Government’s full response to the Criminal Legal Aid...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of newly qualified probation officers stay in the Probation Service for more than 48 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of criminal duty solicitors working in Erith and Thamesmead constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases there are at (a) Dudley, (b) Walsall and (c) Wolverhampton Magistrates Court.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198482 on Ministry of Justice: Procurement and with reference to the contract, reference...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for tribunal hearings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of rates of processing probate applications by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of retention rates of magistrates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to end the (a) Horizon and (b) iHorizon programmes within the probation service for sex offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with his Japanese counterpart on increasing cooperation between the Japanese and UK legal service sectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to South Wales Police under Operation Safeguard in 2023; and how much and what proportion of that funding was used to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the latest status is of proposals of the Senior President of Tribunals to have Employment Tribunal cases heard by a single judge by default.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals are being held in prison beyond the completion of their sentence in (a) England and (b) Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to Essex Police under Operation Safeguard in 2023; and how much and what proportion of that funding was used to house...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of how many (a) incidents of self harm and (b) assaults on police staff by prisoners held in police cells as part of Operation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193369 on Prisoners: Police Custody, if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated to each police force in England and Wales for the use of police cells under Operation Safeguard in the latest period...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the education services provided in prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which facilities were affected by the power cut at HMP Berwyn in October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to (a) review the effectiveness of substance free living units and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of literacy-based education provision in prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of Operation Safeguard in 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of hours each day that body scanners for (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners entering prisons in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on the Probation Service’s trainee probation officer scheme in financial year 2021-2022 remain in the Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will use the set aside process to seek reconsideration by the Parole Board of its decision to release Simon Smith from prison on licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of staff in the Prison and Probation Service working from home on the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to ensure that parents are held accountable in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of living conditions inside Pentonville Prison.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on the (a) number and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of cases of Television Licence evasion that were considered by magistrates' courts in each year between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much Companies House spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the economic impact of the Australia–United Kingdom free trade agreement from 31 May 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Regulatory Policy Committee spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2023 to Questions 200185, 200186 and 200187 on UK Export Finance: China, what (a) labour standards and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Low Pay Commission spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the British Hallmarking Council spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions her Department has had with trade unions on the (a) views and (b) experiences of postal workers following the reduction of...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to reduce exporting costs for small business that export to the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to suspend arms licences to Israel until a full assessment of its compliance with international human rights law can...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Post Office spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals with the US; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people employed in the UK retail industry in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the use of loyalty cards by supermarkets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of officials in her Department on temporary contracts are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of officials in her Department who are graded as senior civil servant two (SCS2) and on full-time equivalent contracts are women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the decline in the number of local pubs on communities.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Competitions and Market Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199561 on World Economic Forum, how much and what proportion of the £6255.20 was...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there have been any civil society dialogue meetings with Colombia under the UK-Andean countries trade agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress her Department has made on connecting innovation ecosystems under the Japan-UK Strategic Economic Policy and Trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory right to paid leave for people undergoing fertility treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the number of products on the market in Great Britain that use UK Conformity Assessed marking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of pubs that have closed in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the change in rate of the National Living wage in April 2023 on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help (a) small businesses and (b) individuals access (i) Community Development Finance Institutions and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies were prosecuted for selling imported goods that did not meet UK safety standards in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of what proportion of imported (a) consumer electronics and (b) electrical goods sold online meet relevant UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with major online retailers to help ensure products sold to UK consumers on their platforms meet UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to increase consumer awareness of (a) UK Conformity Assessed marking and (b) how to verify that products bought...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Small Business Commissioner spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people employed in the UK hospitality industry in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Pubs Code Adjudicator spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of trends in the level of export costs to the EU for small businesses on the economy of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Groceries Code Adjudicator spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help ensure that parcel delivery companies (a) adopt and (b) adhere to her Department's Statement of principles...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on the draft Audit Reform Bill; and when she plans to publish it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require employers to include information about grievance procedures in employment contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to encourage UK-listed companies to pay the real living wage set by the Living Wage Foundation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that legislation protecting plumbers, builders and carpenters affected by delayed payments from customers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which civil society organisations she is consulting in the civil society dialogue meetings with Colombia under the UK-Andean countries trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in domestic excise duty on Scotch whisky on discussions to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support the Government is giving to the British glass industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen regulatory certainty for (a) the lithium industry and (b) other critical mineral industries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 2.7 of the Office of Financial Sanctions guidance entitled UK Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap, published...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 201507 on Electricity: Standing Charges, whether grid connections in one...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 201507 on Electricity: Standing Charges, how OFGEM differentiate the costs of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the use of rooftop solar panels on (a) civic and (b) commercial buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much Ofgem spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much Salix Finance Ltd spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Electricity Settlements Company spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Low Carbon Contracts Company spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the expansion of oil and gas exploration in the North Sea on the environment.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility criteria of the Warm Homes Discount...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of consumers whose energy is provided by a heat network who are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Government plans to announce the results of the latest round of the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department has taken to enforce the requirement to pass on energy price support to end users under section 19 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her Department holds on the prices paid by customers who receive heating from heat networks as of 13 October 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the North Sea Transition Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her timeline is for the introduction of regulation of heat networks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason Northern Ireland is not included in the Green Deal loan scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of not proceeding with changes to minimum energy efficiency standards...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the draft action plan produced by the energy efficiency taskforce included a recommendation to introduce higher minimum...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department consulted the Energy Efficiency Taskforce on the decision to introduce new minimum energy efficiency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199543 on Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, what (a) types of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to help support commercial laundries to reduce their energy usage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the 2019 consultation outcome entitled Non-domestic private rented sector minimum energy efficiency standards:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to facilitate the installation of heat pumps in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has plans to increase funding for the Home Upgrade Grant scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to have discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential merits of reinstating the offshore wind worker...

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 assessment her Department made prior to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to respond to the Climate Change Committee’s 2023 Progress Report to Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what regions she plans to assess for suitability as locations for future large-scale nuclear reactor projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's progress on the 2050 targets for oil and gas usage; and whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is developing revised operation criteria to ensure that the System Operator moves away from selecting gas by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Committee on Climate Change spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to ensure an objective and equitable approach to decision making for the Floating Offshore Wind...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to ensure an equitable allocation of funds between England, Scotland and Wales from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that energy production estimates by wind farm developers are accurate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that energy supplied from renewable sources only incurs a cost to the public purse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if her Department will produce annual reports on the progress (a) of the Community Energy Fund and (b) towards establishing local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199325 on Biofuels, whether that assessment includes whether transitional...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of grant funding schemes funded by her Department are performing to a satisfactory standard according to their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of how much new energy generation from offshore wind farms the transmission network between Norwich and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of how much new energy generation from offshore wind farms due to connect to the Norwich substation has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her Department holds on the average energy costs paid by consumers who (a) received heating from a heat network and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Civil Nuclear Police Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Coal Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the UK Atomic Energy Authority spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the Committee on Fuel Poverty spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the National Nuclear Laboratory spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the changes announced in the Prime Minister's speech on Net Zero on 20...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department plans to take to support small businesses no longer in receipt of funding from the European Regional...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to to support disabled people with the cost of energy.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Equality Hub spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what proportion of officials on temporary contracts in the Government Equalities Office are women.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to amend (a) provisions on gender reassignment as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010 and (b) section 9...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has held meetings in 2023 on (a) Islamophobia and (b) hate crime against Muslims.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set a target date by which there will be no gender pay gap for all employees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with political parties in Northern Ireland on the potential merits of compensating people affected by acts of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions' proposal to write off...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment the Government has made of the potential implications for its policies of differences between duty free arrangements for people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of bilingual street signs on sectarianism in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of his policies of the Irish Taoiseach's recent comments on a United Ireland; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 June 2023 on General licensing, UIN HCWS820, how many applications to release...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he Department has had recent discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the adequacy of consumer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has published advice for local authorities on the (a) control and (b) removal of giant hogweed on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Scottish Government on its proposals to prohibit biodegradable municipal waste from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to support the planting of species of (a) plants and (b) trees native to the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a comprehensive decarbonisation strategy for the agriculture sector which helps to support farmers and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192201 on Dogs: Smuggling, what actions points her Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase the (a) safety and (b) welfare of professional racing horses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help protect trees of national significance from criminal damage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much grant funding was provided to the Office for Environmental Protection in financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase the level of allotment provision in urban areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2021 to Question 144990 on Plastics: Waste, whether it remains her Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications were received for the Sustainable Farming Initiative between January and September 2023; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the quantities of waste exported in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022, broken down by receiving country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reintroducing funding to clean up contaminated brownfield...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help prepare the UK fishing fleet for the transfer of EU quotas to the UK by June...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 86609 on Recycling: Standards, when she plans to publish the results...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of costs in the private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase transparency on where food is produced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to increase levels of meat and poultry exports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to support farmers to store slurry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will implement the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to minimum catch sizes for crawfish, if her Department will extend the inshore 110mm landing size to outside...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the transparency measures on public tree removal in the Environment Act 2021 will be implemented.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on his Department's provision of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much their Department spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-2023 financial year.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce legislation to ban the use of electric shock collars on cats and dogs in England.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Lord Harlech on 21 September (HL Deb col 1533), whether any companies have asked them to maintain mandatory reporting on food...

To ask His Majesty's Government what checks are carried out on animal and plant products at UK borders; and what quarantine arrangements are in place for potentially infected products.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the geographical boundary at which Regulation (EU) 2017/625 and the associated EU acquis take effect so that food and...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increased cost of living on life expectancy.