Friday, 17 November 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support sugar beet growers in areas affected by flooding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the support available for the biopesticide industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) its advisory committees on its guidance on...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what steps the Board is taking to promote gender equality in the Parliamentary Restoration and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to appoint a Special Coordinator for international aid to Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the military detention of Palestinian children.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with (a) his international counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues on proposals to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing his Department's humanitarian funding to Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of British nationals that have requested consular assistance from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme principals his Department has wrongly assessed as eligible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the implications for their policies...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he last held discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the case of Jimmy Lai.
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 report “Join Us or Die”:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) his French counterpart on France's defence cooperation agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made to further detail and quantify the role, motivations and aims of the Muslim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential steps the Government can take to support (a) new (i) prevention...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the ways in which the Government can leverage its diplomatic relationships to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has been allocated to projects related to (a) poverty reduction and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle (a) stigma and (b) discrimination against people living with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to collaborate with international partners to (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to promote (a) gender equality and (b) women's empowerment for women...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department are taking to provide funding for global initiatives focused on HIV prevention,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts at the UN on the potential merits of calling for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 December 2020 on Publicly accessible registers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's publication of ministerial travel data for April to June 2023, how much of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to issue automatic compensation payments to individuals wrongly convicted of serious crimes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were dismissed from employment for what reasons in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference the 7,070 total headcount figure for permanent civil servants excluding agency workers working for his Department as of 31 March 2023, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the rights of staff being compulsorily transferred to a new provider under the Prisoner Education Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to make all parole board hearings available to the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answers of 25 October 2023 to Question 203245 on Probation Service: Red Snapper Recruitment and 26 October 2023 to Question 203246...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answers of 25 October 2023 to Question 203245 on Probation Service: Red Snapper Recruitment and 26 October 2023 to Question 203246...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have been re-locked since 2015; how much was spent on each re-locking process; and for what reason each prison required re-locking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what deadline he has set for ensuring that data on diversionary practices in youth justice pass the data quality threshold for inclusion in the annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 200365 on Young Offenders: Education, what key performance indicators are in place for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officer positions were vacant in (a) June, (b) July, (c) August, (d) September and (e) October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Referral Orders were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with Prison Governors on the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of prison officers ion the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 200374 on Young Offender Institutions: Buildings, what his Department's timetable is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to update his Department's action plan on Sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued in each reporting year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care provided to patients with (a) Crohn's disease and (b) ulcerative colitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of complaints that have been made to the Care Quality Commission about social care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to allocate remaining funding from the People at the Heart of Care funding for adult social care reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961, how many times his Department has asked internet service providers to remove...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with (a) charities and (b) advocacy groups representing people with eating disorders on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance with (a) the Abortion Act 1967 and (b) other relevant legislation by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to (a) practitioners and (b) producers on the use of telemedicine for abortion care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training is required for NHS medical professionals working in abortion provision to ensure that they can (a) identify potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that telemedicine abortion providers are not able to supply abortion drugs to people over...
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) Enfield North constituency, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care for patients with cystic fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres have been opened over the course of the current Parliament; and how many and what percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Government to deliver 160 community diagnostic centres a year early, published on 31 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of NHS continence services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the NHS providing semaglutide injections to eligible individuals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of Asthma and Lung UK's report entitled Saving your breath, published in September 2023, if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement recommendation 27 of Commercial clinical trials in the UK: the Lord O’Shaughnessy review,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to issue serious shortage protocols for (a) lisdexamfetamine and (b) methylphenidate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of availability of abiraterone on the NHS on the health of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of Ozempic pens for patients with type 2 diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the APPG on Brain Tumours Inquiry Report entitled Pathway to A Cure, whether his Department plans to work with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of prescription medication used to treat ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Parkinson's UK entitled Every minute counts, published in September 2023, what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding for biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is adequate; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to help local authorities provide oversight of agency companies that provide social care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the maximum funding available through the Disabled Facilities Grant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been treated using NHS Talking Therapies online in each Integrated care system area in the most recent period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10 recommendations in Kidney Care UK's report entitled Caring for people with kidney disease: Psychosocial health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the APPG on Brain Tumours...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of breast screening participation in Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on (a) establishing and (b) defining the priorities of the Highly Specialised Services Programme Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support young people with arthritis to transition from child to adult health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking (a) with the Secretary of State for Education and (b) through the Major Conditions Strategy to improve support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Radiologists’ 2022 Workforce Census, what assessment he has made of the shortage in the NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 1 August, (b) 5 September, (c) 5 October and (d) 19 October 2023 from the hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve care for patients with acquired brain injuries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to higher (a) education and (b) qualifications for people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in (a) Gloucester and (b) Gloucestershire in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on which universities have not ratified the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to school pupils suffering from (a) partial and (b) total hearing loss.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on providing additional childcare support for single parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to assess the adequacy of the number of childcare places.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have asbestos on their estate; how many schools have an asbestos management plan in place; and what funding her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to make a risk assessment of allowing specialist teams to retrieve books, coursework and other items which have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a timeline of the deployment of demountable classrooms for St Leonard’s Catholic School in the City of Durham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all teachers are trained to support children who meet the criteria for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the adequacy of (a) laboratory facilities, (b) equipment and (c) classrooms used for STEM subjects in secondary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish details of funding allocations for early years identification of neurodivergent conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the value for money provided by educational psychologists; whether she has had recent discussions with the Association...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials within her Department are working on the development of the Advanced British Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made towards strengthening (a) early intervention and (b) support for children with neurodivergent conditions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of recent trends in the numbers of newly qualified teachers for STEM subjects.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 202637, whether her Department has collected data on the number of Afghans...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Westminster Hall debate on Safe Asylum Routes: Afghan Refugees on 17 October 2023, whether unaccompanied children who...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating medical visas for people unable to access healthcare in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support family reunions for Palestinians in the UK who have relatives in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to interview UK nationals returning from Gaza in the context of border checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expedite applications for resettlement to the UK made by Afghan people who are (a) in Pakistan and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will lift visa fees for (a) Palestinian and (b) Israeli family reunions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203790 on Visas: Africa, whether the (a) passports and (b) other documents of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's plan to implement The High Court judgment in Independent Monitoring Authority v Secretary of State for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Written Statement of 24 October 2023 on Building Safety Update, UIN HCWS1090, what assessment his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference the 3,190 total headcount figure for permanent civil servants excluding agency workers working for his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the police to tackle the use of illegal fireworks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to engage with tier 2 suppliers developing new hydrogen technology for the aviation sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it is her Department's policy to mandate the use of low-carbon cement in future construction projects.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the impact of the establishment of Crown Hosting Data Centres on the cost of data centre services for the Government in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether an official portrait has been commissioned following the Coronation of His Majesty The King.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of cross-departmental implementation of the Government Cloud First policy.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when does he expect the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report to be published.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference his Department's statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if her Department will publish guidance to inform businesses about the measures that can be taken to ensure they comply with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) role and (b) limitations of carbon capture and storage in supporting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of national policy statements on new nuclear small and advanced modular reactors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the planning system for facilitating the building of new small and advanced modular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the cost effectiveness of ground source heat pump energy production in (a) the UK and (b) North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to (a) scope and (b) scale the production of energy through ground source heat pump technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential risks of generating ground source heat pump energy; and what plans she has to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding her Department plans to provide for research on (a) ground source heat pump technology and (b) good practice in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the potential carbon cost of ground source heat energy production.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how her Department plans to take into account changes in the level of costs when setting the Administrative Strike Price for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of weighting net zero grants towards (a) levels of deprivation and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has held recent discussions with (a) electricians and (b) electrical contracting firms on trends in the level of demand...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to encourage private landlords to retrofit their properties to increase insulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inflation rates on the ability of grants awarded to local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when her Department plans to respond to its consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards for the non-domestic private rented...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether non-domestic privately rented properties will be required to have an EPC rating of C by April 2027.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress the Government is making on setting out sector-specific net zero transition plan guidance to support companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding has been allocated to clean energy research, development and demonstration projects from the Ayrton Fund as of 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's published guidance on the Ayrton Fund, how much funding was allocated to each of the 23 RD&D...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many ECO 4 installations were undertaken in (a) the UK and (b) North Shropshire constituency in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what data her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Cabinet Office statistics on Permanent and temporary civil servants by sex, age band and department: 2023, published on 31 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that V11 reminder forms are (a) sent on time and (b) not sent in duplicate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's planned timetable is for the publication of new statutory guidance on the preparation of local transport plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing DVLA services from the Post Office in March 2024 on (a) elderly people and (b) people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the £150 million funding for improving bus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48313, when his Department plans to launch a call for evidence on the Road Traffic Act 1988.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to increase the availability of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for use by the logistics and warehousing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF (a) transport and (b) air-to-air refuelling aircraft have been stationed on the Falkland Islands in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Typhoons have been stationed in the Falkland Islands in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military helicopters by type of rotorcraft have been stationed on the Falkland Islands in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is he taking to support the humanitarian effort in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan people are in the process of being relocated to the UK from Pakistan by his Department as of 8 November 2023; and under what schemes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme principals his Department has wrongly assessed as eligible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) direct and (b) indirect UK jobs are being supported by funding from the International Fund for Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in (a) resource departmental expenditure limit (RDEL) and (b) capital departmental expenditure limit (CDEL) on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Defence Attaches were stationed in (a) the Indo-Pacific, (b) the Middle East, (c) North Africa and (d) the Sahel regions in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) armoured fighting vehicles, (b) infantry fighting vehicles and (c) protected mobility vehicles were stationed on the Falkland Islands in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and...
To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Crown Prosecution Service met Stonewall in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023 to 8 November.
To ask the Attorney General, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives...
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are offering to local authorities to help them partner with (1) voluntary, and (2) faith, organisations in the implementation of Family Hubs.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many adults completed Multiply adult numeracy courses in (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023 to date.
To ask His Majesty's Government what additional support they are providing to further education colleges to assist with meeting the costs associated with the increased number of students who...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the effects of impending export regulations as a result of the UK's departure from the EU on the manufacturing costs of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK is not left behind following a potential agreement between the US and EU on Global Sustainable Steel and Aluminium.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the rules produced by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments apply to the Prime Minister's trade envoys.
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