To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Levelling Up Fund Round 3: explanatory and methodology note on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which UK Shared Prosperity Fund projects have been selected for randomised controlled trials as part of the UK Shared...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up of 20 November...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what meetings his Department has had with (a) devolved mayoral authorities and (b) local authorities on national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference his Department's workplan for a technical review of the fire safety guidance provided in Approved Document...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that new homes are built in areas subject to a ban on residential...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 204013 on Land Registry, whether he has made an assessment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, many and what proportion of patients receiving teleradiology scans carried out by overseas companies were scans carried out more than...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) awareness among and (b) training for primary healthcare professionals of menstrual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Federated Data Platform will be able to be accessed for commercial purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11698 on Domestic Abuse: Sexual Assault Referral Centres, whether NHS England has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the Adult Senior Intervenors pilot project evaluation report to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to help pharmacies manage workforce shortages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to link GP records with pharmacies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help prevent the closure of local independent pharmacies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Stopping the start: our new plan to create a smokefree generation, published on 8 November...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that patients will not face delayed (a) diagnoses and (b) treatments under the new system of care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide (a) advice on and (b) services for safe sexual health to people under 25 years of age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of (a) allowing pharmacists to undertake wider health assessments and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's expected timescales are for integrated care boards to report on how much of their dental funding allocation they...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to end the use of blister packs in pharmacy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to NHS GP appointments in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) the South West.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure that schools follow the statutory guidance entitled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Food Standards Agency has made an assessment of the potential impact of changing the legal definition of wishbone meat.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she make an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating advanced services for pharmacy within the Community Pharmacy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria her Department used to determine the seven conditions that could be diagnosed and treated through the Pharmacy First service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will increase funding for (a) health prevention and (b) screening programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is readily available to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 27 September 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on access to new treatments for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to help limit the costs of pharmaceutical products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help reduce rates of liver cancer in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the number of clinical radiology staff trainee places on the demand...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 September 2023 to Question 195426 on Brain: Tumours, how much and what proportion of the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to pay (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare and NHS staff for the extra hour they spend on shift when the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of medicine supply in (a) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) nationally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase access to bowel cancer screenings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to encourage regular cancer check-ups for people who smoke.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has for use of the Galleri blood test in cancer testing and diagnosis across the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans NHS England has to update the Accessible Information Standard.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, against what criteria the potential provider of the Federated Data Platform will be assessed to ensure it has the capabilities to deliver...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) cycles of IVF were funded and (b) people received a cycle of IVF in each (i) integrated care board and (ii) clinical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have informed her Department that they have not received information in an adequately accessible format in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the submission by NHS England to NICE of Form ID6262: Nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir for treating COVID-19 (Partial Rapid...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to provide further funding to support National Institute for Health Research into brain tumour research.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Federated Data Platform on (a) healthcare and (b) the ability of health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Federated Data Platform protects the confidentiality of patient details outside of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of hospital beds for acute treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to improve standards of social care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times unauthorized parties have gained access to (a) sensitive data and (b) confidential information on the Federated Data...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps Cabinet members appointed on 13 November 2023 have taken as part of the interests declaration and management process as of 21...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs on 8 November 2023, Official Report, column 114, what...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the results of the the Veteran's Survey, launched on 10 November 2022.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 5.6 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP977, over what timeframe the £10 million funding to support veterans will be spent.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full time equivalent employees in his Department work on the delivery of Op Fortitude.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings he has had with (a) devolved mayoral authorities and (b) local authorities on national resilience in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to implement all the recommendations of the Second Interim Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published 5 April 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many SMEs in Mid Bedfordshire constituency have received Government funding in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will ask Companies House for a planned timescale for its response to the correspondence of 2 November 2023 from the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to encourage the creation of businesses in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of free trade agreements signed with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department's policies of (a) the EU's publication entitled European economic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the recommendations from the 2019 Wigston Review, published in July 2019, have not been fully implemented.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to take steps to commemorate those who served on (a) Operation Overload, (b) Operation Market Garden and (c) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department have taken part in the Leading with Empowerment initiative since it was introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of spending by his Department on (a) novel and (b) directed energy weapons for land domain system technologies in the (i) 2019-20, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement of 21 November 2023 by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Official Report, column 214, how much the rebranding of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints relating to the timeliness of decisions from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme his Department has received in each of the last 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 November 2023, Official Report, column 3, on what date in November 2023 the next RAF flight will take off...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 November 2023, Official Report, column 4, on what date he asked the Chief of the Defence Staff to review...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 November 2023, Official Report, column 3, where the additional 600 UK troops deployed in the Middle East...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 November 2023, Official Report, column 4, how many UK troops are in (a) Jordan, (b) Lebanon, (c) Oman, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 November 2023, Official Report, column 4, how many UK troops are in Israel as of 21 November 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for Service Family Accommodation over the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in his Department (a) had and (b) were awarded accreditations in contract management in each year since 2019.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, published on 22 November 2023, and to the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government is still committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence when the fiscal and economic conditions allow.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 2114 on Sloane Helicopters: Contracts, for what length of time the contract with Sloane...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was for an investigation to be completed into (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination since the introduction...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the death sentence passed on Abdullah al-Derazi.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether Israel possesses nuclear weapons.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of formally recognising the State of Palestine...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the release of Palestinians detained since 7 October...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the International Commission...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) detainment and (b) treatment of Dr Gubad...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the address to the UN General Assembly by Kiribati's President in September 2023, if the Secretary of...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will take steps to seek renewed negotiations on a resolution in Cyprus.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart on the removal of military personnel in Northern Cyprus.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Russian drone...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the expansion of illegal settlements in the...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has provided humanitarian support to people in Armenia who have been displaced by the...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help prevent weapons being supplied to the Rapid Support Forces by...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that people working for international aid organisations overseas...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to support humanitarian projects in Somalia.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many (a) FCO, (b) DFID and (c) FCDO staff have been deployed to Sierra Leone in each financial year since 2010.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the Overseas Territories on introducing publicly...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has made representations to the Commonwealth Secretariat on the situation of Nnamdi Kanu.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using sanctions to help ensure that the Federal Government...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Sudanese counterpart on (a) travel permissions for international...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 21 November 2023 to Question 1621 on Sri Lanka: Ports, how much UK funding was...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Australian counterpart on China.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help (a) the WHO and (b) international counterparts end tuberculosis by 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 755 on Carers: Finance, how her Department plans to spend the remaining £6 million committed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reforms on (a) mediation and (b) choice of education placement for children and young people who have an Education, Health and Care plan are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education to the question from the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of support for kinship carers (a) nationally and (b) in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to deliver family hubs in every area of the country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish the National Kinship strategy by the end of 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 200806 on Schools: Buildings, what her Department's unallocated budget is for the 2023-24...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 22 on Schools: Asbestos, what information her Department holds on levels of asbestos in Harrow...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's planned timescale is for publishing its consultation on relationship, health, and sex education in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) legal advice on proposals to change the structure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether senior officials from her Department have travelled to China since January 2019.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to introduce statutory class size limits in key stage two and above.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been provided for school buildings in the Folkestone and Hythe district for each year since 2010; and how much funding was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete also have asbestos on their estate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of fitting schools with air cleaning technology.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of apprenticeships in the music industry in each academic year since 2018-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials within her Department are working on the management of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete across schools and colleges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications have been received for funding from the music hub investment programme (a) in total and (b) in each geographic area as of 22...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number food technology teachers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the focus groups conducted by Hanbury Strategy in June 2020 on behalf of his Department for (a) over-40s and (b) under-40s in the (i) North East...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing inheritance tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC staff receive commission on sums collected in tax arrears.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT for the hospitality sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the analysis of school funding published by School Cuts; and whether his...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of cost of living support has been accounted for by spending in Folkestone and Hythe constituency in each year since 2019.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) interest rates and (b) incomes on the number of mortgage defaults in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of (a) misleading and (b) fraudulent financial advice and services available on the internet.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 694 on Russia: Defence Equipment, how many (a) allegations have been received, (b) investigations...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) cancelling and (b) refunding penalties issued for late tax returns in cases where there is...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Wallasey of 13 October 2023 on an identity theft matter relating to a tax rebate.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people (a) applied for and (b) received Specified Adult Childcare credits in each of the last three years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting air jackets for motorcyclists from VAT.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's planned timescale is for the implementation of OECD Pillar 2 rules.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken an assessment of the effectiveness of the Intensive Personalised Employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on 20 November 2023, HCWS44,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the (a) National Police Chiefs Council and (b) Police Federation on expanding powers of arrest to DWP benefit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many real time information disputes were raised by Universal Credit claimants between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the migration of data from the national insurance system to the universal credit system has completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the imposition of benefit sanctions on levels of demand for other public services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 193037 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 17 on Universal Credit, if he will estimate the number of working Universal Credit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that PIP assessors receive adequate training relating to (a) Parkinson’s disease, (b) multiple...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the written ministerial statement by the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work of 20 November 2023, HCWS44, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Local Housing Allowance for enabling access to housing for claimants who are (a) disabled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of trends in rental costs on the ability of people eligible for the Local Housing Allowance to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) pension companies to hold a consultation when considering closing a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help tackle pensioner poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants who will have 53 charging days for rent in 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacancies there are within his Department; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff that will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the local housing allowance to the 50th percentile of local market rents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the over 80 pension.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Pension Tracing Service plans to the follow-up to the hon. Member for Wallasey’s original correspondence of 10 January 2023 on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the one-off civil servant cost-of-living payment available to retired...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of eligible people claiming Pension Credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2023 to Question 90 on Motability, if he will make it his policy to increase the mobility element of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who had not been refused entry at ports were subject to (a) enforced, (b) facilitated and (c) voluntary deportations in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) were granted and (b) held UK citizenship in each year since 1993.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of fire stations that have closed per region since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police use the passport database for facial recognition searches.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of (a) Jewish and (b) Muslim communities in the UK in the context of the war...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of live facial recognition technologies on the right to privacy.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will have discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of funding technology to (a) prevent cycle thefts and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog of asylum applications.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to fast-track asylum applications for Palestinians in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's measures to tackle anti-social behaviour.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to improve the application process for student visas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of levels of neighbourhood policing.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of when the asylum backlog will be reduced to 2010 levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle retail crime and violence against shop workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made on reducing the backlog of asylum cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure that fire and rescue services are able to respond to extreme weather events.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact on privacy of the use of Sentio speed cameras.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse for policing (a) national and (b) regional marches in relation to the Israel-Hamas...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for an exemption to the Life in the UK Test on the basis of a long-term (a) physical and (b) mental condition in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were (a) granted and (b) denied for people visiting the UK for the purpose of donating stem cells in each year from 2010 to 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration raids his Department carried out on employers in each employment sector in each year since 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Statement on Illegal Immigration on 15 November 2023, Official Report, column 649, whether he plans to lay the treaty...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 1202 on Members: Correspondence, if he will make an assessment of the status of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to increase the effectiveness of the Electronic Legal Deposit system since the cyberattack on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the group or individual responsible for the recent cyber-attack against the British Library has been identified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cyber-attack against the British Library at the end of October 2023 on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of online illegal gambling sites accessible from the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing deaf athletes to access funding allocated to Olympic and Paralympic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the whistle-to-whistle ban on gambling advertising in football on the number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the availability of swimming (a) pools and (b) lessons for children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the impact of energy costs on the charity sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been provided by (a) Sport England and (b) the Arts Council for projects in the Folkestone and Hythe district in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of the cost of living on university...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to freeze the television licence fee in 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Television Licensing Authority on the potential merits of expanding payment exemptions for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to give people who feature in pornographic material the right to withdraw...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to the independent report by Sir Paul Nurse entitled Research, development and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 4.49 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, published on 22 November, whether the £750...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 4.83 of the Autumn Statement 2023, CP 977, whether the £20 million of funding announced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help tackle car convoys making political protests that block roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received representations on services at Altnabreac railway station from Network Rail.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to work with rail service providers to help tackle (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) sexual assault on rail services in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of accidents at the M1 junction 13 interchange in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch report Accident Investigation Report 7/2023, published on 9 November 2023, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of takeaway delivery drivers that do not have adequate car insurance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount that was spent by Network Rail on (a) research and development and (b) rail innovation in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts his Department agreed with (a) Angel Trains, (b) Porterbrook and (c) Eversholt Rail for the leasing of rolling stock as part of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department provided for the Class 769 train development programme in each year since 2018.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of debt held by Network Rail as of 20 November 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratios were for each (a) new station built and (b) reopened line in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the roadworks on the M62 at the Ouse bridge, what estimate his Department has made of when (a) those roadworks will be completed,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on rail enhancements in each year since 2019.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost for the Old Oak Common to Euston branch of HS2 is; and what proportion of that cost will be met by private finance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to collate data on the number and proportion of train journeys that did not stop at a scheduled station due to late...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) businesses and (b) projects have received matched funding from the emerging drone technology pilot scheme since 1 January 2020; and how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 60, if he will make an assessment of the capacity of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proven re-offending was rate in each year since 2015 for people convicted of cruelty to children or young persons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ethnic minority staff were recruited to positions in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community sentences were issued in each month in 2023; and what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the proposed presumption...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 61, which countries his Department has had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's timescales are for the completion of the local security strategy for HMP Bedford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent attacks by inmates on inmates were recorded in Young Offender Institutions in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department collects data on the number of prison staff dismissed for entering into (a) romantic and (b) sexual relationships with prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison wardens, (b) probation officers and (c) prison governors were dismissed for (i) sexual harassment, (ii) sexual assault and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been convicted of a serious further offence of murder, by type of index sentence in each year between 2010 and 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders by the type of index sentence, were convicted of a serious further offence of murder in each year between 2010 and 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people supervised by the probation service were on post sentence supervision licences in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid by the Legal Advice Agency to providers of the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme in financial years (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to reduce the cost of crown court transcripts for victims of serious crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she plans to take to incentivise the development of low-carbon cement technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding to support the development of the low-carbon cement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the Construction Industry Council on decarbonising the cement industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households have been awarded funding for energy efficiency installations under the ECO4 scheme in (a) Mid Bedfordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to attend meetings on the matter of methane reduction at COP28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy to sign affordable power purchase agreements with Sizewell C nuclear power station.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with Ofgem about the level of compensation for customers from Eon Next for poor customer service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the difference between fuel prices (a) on and (b) not on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the trend in the level of average fuel prices in the period between 25 October 2023 and 22 November...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average price for fuel was at (a) motorway stations and (b) other petrol and diesel stations in the latest period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with fuel retailers on the level of fuel prices on motorways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent energy companies from attempting to recover debt that customers have inherited...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of wide area network coverage on the availability of smart meters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people who have been employed by the United Kingdom Atom Engineering...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2023 to Question 189111 on Energy Bills Rebate: Boats, what recent progress her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to support rural households in Selby and Ainsty constituency with increases in the cost of energy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of launching a consultation on a social energy tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will hold discussions with Ofgem on the potential merits of including standing charges for the non-domestic sector in its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of telephone calls to the contact centre for help with the Energy Bill Support Alternative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Government’s land use framework for England; and with reference to the commitments in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the case of bluetongue virus in a cow in Kent on (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has issued guidance for local councillors on what may constitute an imperative reason of overriding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answers of 16 November 2023 to Question 1065 and 23 October 2023 to Question 202935 on Game: Birds,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a ban on trail hunting on land owned by her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on when a Bill to ban live animal exports will be introduced.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 28 September (HL10391), what is the “normal manner” for (1) reviewing the...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether refugee support organisations, in addition to Migrant Help, currently operate within Napier Barracks.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many refugees have been resettled in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme via (1) Pathway 1, (2) Pathway 2, and (3) Pathway 3; and for...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently waiting for decisions on eligibility under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme; and how many people approved for...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to stop the availability of Captagon in England.

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average mile-per-hour excess over the speed limit for speeding penalties issued in 2022, or the last year for which figures are available.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to implement the final report of the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy published in July 2022.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assurances were given, when the establishment of UK Biobank was announced in 2002, that data would not be given to insurance companies after concerns were...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of households that do not have access to reliable broadband, broken down by region.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regional allocations of government research funding.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reconsider the cuts made to aid for the humanitarian response for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to request a meeting of the UN Security Council to address the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 4 July (HL8647) and 18 September (HL9785), what progress has been made in monitoring...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 4 July (HL8646), what steps they are taking to ensure that Sudanese women and women’s civil...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the safe evacuation of British nationals who are facing challenges trying to leave Gaza.

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the value in real terms of vehicle excise duty receipts each year since 2000 for which figures are available.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the latest estimated cost for the construction of HS2 from the Eastern end of Old Oak Common station and the proposed six platform HS2 Euston station.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether accessible station transfers for disabled passengers and passengers with luggage at Old Oak Common and Euston stations will be re-designed, given that...

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with professional musicians and the airline industry to review rules on travelling with musical instruments which cannot be put in...

To ask His Majesty's Government how the Department for Transport co-ordinates policy efforts across its teams in relation to the joint action plan, Realising the Full Potential of Zero Emission...

To ask His Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place within the Department for Transport to ensure that its different teams actively communicate and collaborate on policy matters relating...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address regional disparities in chargepoint provision per capita in each locality.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to put out to full tender the development of the HS2 Euston station, approach tracks and tunnel to Old Oak Common.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement by HS2 Ltd that £11.5 billion of two-tier contacts have been let by HS2 up to July 2023, what reduction in this total value is...

To ask His Majesty's Government how much has been spent by HS2 Ltd on consultants and advisors for each of the Phases 1, 2a and 2b of the HS2 project; which contracts with consultants and...

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the cancellation of much of the HS2 project, whether they will review the design and procurement of the rolling stock to be used on HS2, such that all...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the specifications of the parts of HS2 that have not been cancelled to allow train sets currently operating on the existing West...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal by the Motorcycle Association Industry, as part of its new campaign "A Licence to Net Zero", to merge...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the existing L-Category licensing regime to (1) improve access, (2) reduce costs, and (3) help accelerate progress towards net zero.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to involve the DVSA Motorcycle Strategic Focus Group in reviewing the existing L-Category licensing regime.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce mandatory targets for the reduction of the number of autistic people being held in mental health hospitals.

To ask His Majesty's Government, in relation to the High Court decision in Consultant Connect Limited v NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board, NHS...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 February (HL5209), why the Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board continues to re-review liothyronine...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many complaints the Health and Care Professionals Council has received since 2020 regarding professionals under their regulation providing evidence of parental...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings took place in the last 10 years between Ministers and representatives of Babylon Health.

To ask His Majesty's Government what resources they are providing for the development of new drugs, treatments and processes for those suffering from Cystic Fibrosis.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to extend the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to drinks that are not currently covered by the levy, such as milk drinks and fruit juices.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consequential payments they are making to the Welsh and Scottish Governments under the Barnett formula as a result of their recent announcement of additional...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to encourage high street banks to work together to establish banking hubs to protect access to cash.