Written answers

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which spending programmes their Department devolves for administration to (a) local government in England and (b) other...

    • Sleeping Rough: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Rough Sleepers Accommodation Programme, (b) Single...

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many veterans are reporting as homeless.

      Loneliness and Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will have discussions with local authorities on establishing community hubs with the aim of helping to tackle (a)...

      Antisemitism and Islamophobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) antisemitism and (b) Islamophobia.

      Right to Buy Scheme: Council Housing and Housing Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support households to buy their (a) council and (b) housing association homes...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 114 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Incentives,...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to enable local...

      Holiday Accommodation: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Renters (Reform) Bill on the ability of...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will raise the threshold above which local authorities can increase the level of the police and fire precept before...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department spent on (a) current and (b) legacy IT infrastructure (i) in total and (ii) purchased in 2013 or earlier in...

    • Department of Health and Social Care: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework,...

      Sexual Assault Referral Centres: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England paid for the provision of sexual assault referral services to (a) Mountain Healthcare Ltd and (b) G4S Health UK Ltd...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has plans to work with professional eye care bodies and organisations to ensure that the principles identified in Royal...

      Ophthalmic Services: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to improve digital connectivity across the whole eye care pathway.

      Respiratory Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to prepare for future viral respiratory diseases.

      Sexual Assault Referral Centres: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England paid for the provision of sexual assault referral services in the financial years (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c)...

      Health Services: Police Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England paid to (a) Mountain Healthcare Ltd and (b) G4S Health UK Ltd for the provision of healthcare in police custody and...

      Health Services and Social Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the implementation of accessible information in (a) NHS England and (b) social care services.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to promote the uptake of Covid-19 booster vaccinations.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 125389 on Protective clothing: Procurement, how much his Department has spent...

      Patients: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to improve patient data on ethnicity.

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the security and privacy of patient data transmitted through Chinese-made cellular internet...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of elective surgeries cancelled in the last 12 months.

      Health and Social Care Leadership in England Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made towards implementing the recommendations of the Messenger Review.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of diagnostic tests have been carried out by the NHS (a) in total, (b) six weeks and (c) ten weeks after a...

      Radiology: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients receiving teleradiology scans in NHS settings were scans carried out more than once in the last...

      NHS: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on rolling out a national approach to costing and contracting for commercial clinical research undertaken in...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether incentives are included as part of work coach performance management.

    • Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to incorporate the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant into welfare and benefits policy making.

      Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to disregard...

      Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make n assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to disregard compensation offered to wounded...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty in Manchester, Gorton constituency.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to improve the accuracy of the information collected on parent finances by the Child Maintenance Service.

      Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times to speak to the Disability Service Centre.

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's consultation on Disability workforce reporting, published on 16 December 2021, whether he has made an...

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the minimum training required for new work coaches is.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of work coach appointments took place in person in the latest period for which data is available.

  • Home Office

    • Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with refence to the Answer of 21 June 2023 to Question 189060 on Hate Crime: LGBT+ People, when he plans to publish the Government’s...

    • Demonstrations: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential role of members of Hamas in pro-Palestinian protests in the UK.

      National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle hostile state activity.

      National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to counter hostile state activity.

      UK Border Force: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detector dogs has the Border Force had for each year since 2015.

      Refugees: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a resettlement scheme for Palestinian refugees.

      Passports: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed by the Belfast Passport Office in each year between...

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of (a) system upgrades and (b) maintenance on the time taken to process...

      Dog Fighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure that police forces have the resources to tackle illegal dog fighting.

      Organised Crime: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of organised crime in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) the South West.

      Community Security Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing multi-year funding for the Community Security Trust.

      Migrants: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department provides support to Palestinian people living in the UK to (a) work and (b) study; and whether his Department...

      Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to revoke licences for testing cosmetics ingredients on animals issued between 2019 and 2022.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Visas and Immigration seasonal workers team was established; how many visits it has made to farms since its establishment;...

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were (a) taken into Larne House short-term holding facility and (b) transferred to a longer-term...

      Community Policing: Portsmouth

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

      Firearms: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to tackle the illegal possession of firearms in England.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of trialling community-based alternatives to detention for asylum seekers in Northern...

      Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of (a) homophobic, (b) biphobic and (c) transphobic hate crimes.

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people living in asylum accommodation have culturally-appropriate food.

      Home Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much their Department spent on (a) current and (b) legacy IT infrastructure (i) in total and (ii) purchased in 2013 or earlier in each...

      British Nationality and Visas: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to reduce the cost of application fees for (a) visas and (b) citizenship.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to include (a) information on and (b) opt in forms for (i) organ, (ii) stem cell and (iii) blood donation with...

      Visas: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will take steps to support Sudanese nationals who were given six-month Leave Outside The Rules and whose visas are...

      Visas: Music

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to help support the visa applications of (a) artists and (b) other professionals for the WOMEX...

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the offshore wind workers concession.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: ICT

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published 29...

    • Theft: Rural Areas

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on trends in the level of theft in rural areas in the last five years.

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of homeless veterans have secured accommodation through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme in each region.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tickets: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a ticket levy on (a) arenas, (b) stadiums and (c) major festivals to support...

    • Tourism: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has taken steps to promote tourism from the rest of the Commonwealth to (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

      Culture: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times and on what dates she has attended meetings of the Expert Advisory Panel on Cultural Education.

      Culture: Nottingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is steps taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for cultural activities in Nottingham.

      Carbon Emissions: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict advertising for...

      Television Licences: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were prosecuted for TV licence evasion in Strangford constituency in 2022.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Pest Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on pest control in the prison estate in each year since 2018.

    • Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on delivering 20,000 additional prison places.

      Family Courts: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's report entitled Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases, published in June 2020,...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the annual cost to the public purse of her Department's expenditure on (a) IT infrastructure, (b) IT infrastructure purchased prior...

    • Department for Business and Trade: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published...

      Small Businesses: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 3 July 2023 to Question 191252 on Small Businesses: Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to promote the...

      Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the investor-state dispute settlement within CPTPP on the water utilities...

      Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the letter from civil society organisations to the Prime Minister...

      Trade Fairs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of global trade shows which her Department has encouraged businesses to attend in each of the last two years.

      Audit: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2023 to Question 218 on Audit: Reform, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public...

      Audit: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is her Department's planned timescale on introducing the draft Audit Reform Bill.

      Overseas Trade: Switzerland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress she has made on trade talks with Switzerland.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the statement by the UN entitled Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide...

    • Gaza: Hospitals

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by the World Health Organisation...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the statement by the UN entitled Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide...

      Gaza: Hospitals

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the World Health Organisation on military action on hospitals in Gaza.

      Israel: International Criminal Court

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on Israel’s (a) membership of and (b) cooperation...

      South Asia: Elections

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support free and fair elections in South Asia.

      Israel and Occupied Territories: Weapons

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if the UK Government will launch an investigation to determine whether British-made weapons have been used in acts that...

      Libya: IRA

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make it is his Department's policy to seek compensation from the Government of Libya for victims of...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Cemeteries

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many visits to graves and sacred sites his Department has facilitated for people of Chagossian descent in each of...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Saudi counterpart on the application of a Royal Decree of 2020 on the passing of...

      Gaza: Hospitals

      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 World Health...

      China: Uyghurs

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take diplomatic steps in response to China's treatment of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

      Eswatini: Rule of Law

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the decision of the International Parliamentary Union Governing Council on Case SWZ-COLL-01,...

      Nnamdi Kanu

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the legality of the continued incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu.

      Mali: Tuareg

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the level of risk of (a) identity-based...

      Sudan: Elections

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department plans to take steps with the US and Norway to undertake election monitoring in South Sudan...

  • Treasury

    • Freeports and Investment Zones: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of tax reliefs in (a) freeports and (b) investment zones on tax revenues in each financial year between...

    • Multinational Companies: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the planned timetable for the implementation of OECD pillar two in (a) the US,...

      Banks: Selby and Ainsty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to mitigate the impact of bank branch closures in Selby and Ainsty constituency.

      Halifax Bank of Scotland: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the Dame Linda Dobbs Review into Lloyds Banking...

      Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to use revenue generated by new North Sea oil and gas licensing to fund green energy initiatives.

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of freezing ISA allowances on tax revenues in each year between 2023-24 and 2028-29.

      Treasury: ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department spent on (a) current and (b) legacy IT infrastructure (i) in total and (ii) purchased in 2013 or earlier in each of the last...

      Treasury: ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is the annual cost to the public purse of her Department's expenditure on (a) IT infrastructure, (b) IT infrastructure...

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Qq715-720 of the oral evidence given to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee by her...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment...

      Broadband: Elmet and Rothwell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent progress her Department has made on the procurement process under Project Gigabit for work in Elmet and Rothwell...

      National Science and Technology Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times the National Science and Technology Council met in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023 as of 23 November.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service personnel have received (a) trauma treatment and (b) orthopedic from a private healthcare provider via the NHS...

    • Reserve Forces: Disability and Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of reservists are unable to work due to (a) disability and (b) illness as of 24 November 2023.

      Watchkeeper WK450

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190762 on Watchkeeper WK450, how many Watchkeeper platforms are being used for testing and...

      Armed Forces: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many commonwealth veterans who served in the Armed Forces for six years or more had their visa fees waived in the last year.

      Armed Forces: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many commonwealth veterans have been serving in the armed forces for four years or more.

      Weapons: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) SA80 and (b) Glock 17 have been decommissioned in each year since 2015.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for awarding contracts to maintain (a) Challenger 3 tanks and (b) Boxer armoured fighting vehicles.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 November 2023 on Service Family Accommodation and Winter Planning, HCWS28, on which bases the 4,000...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 November 2023 on Service Family Accommodation and Winter Planning, HCWS28, what support his Department...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 November 2023 on Service Family Accommodation and Winter Planning, HCWS28, which bases the 423 newly...

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) abandoned and (b) postponed Royal Air Force training exercises in each year since 2018.

      Armed Forces: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the (a) Army, (b) RAF, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines in each calendar year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications to join the (i) Army as a NCO, (ii) RAF as an NCO and (iii) Royal Navy as a rated officer were...

      Middle East: Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships are in the Middle East; and how many are tasked to the Middle East over the next 12 months.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for implementing changes to accommodation entitlements to recognise the rights of unmarried families.

      Defence: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) the security of and (b) its ability to defend the UK’s seabed infrastructure.

      Defence: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a UK seabed warfare strategy.

      Defence: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s seabed warfare capabilities.

      Forces Help To Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces personnel used the Forces Help To Buy Scheme each year since 2014.

      India: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on implementing the 2030 Roadmap for India-UK future relations.

      India: Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral military exercises have taken place with India since 2010.

      Kosovo: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops are in deployed in Kosovo as of 21 November 2023.

      Israel: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has undertaken an Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessment for providing (a) assistance and (b) arms to Israel since 7...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Protection: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provisions in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform)...

    • Hedgehogs: Walls and Fences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the use of...

      Biodiversity: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will provide specific (a) guidance and (b) resources for local planning authorities to monitor and enforce...

      Hedgehogs: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the list of animals...

      Office for Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 65693 on the Office for Environmental Protection, when she plans...

      Hunting: Animal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the import of hunting trophies.

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2020 to Question 57159 on Environment Protection, when he plans to embed the...

      Forests: Commodities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Schedule 17 of the Environment Act 2021, what his timetable is for the publication of regulations to...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Waste Management

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's waste policies for supporting (a) reuse, (b)...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Government response to the consultation on Improved Food Waste Reporting By Large Food Businesses in...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish (a) payment calculations and (b) option uptake data for the Environment Land...

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on developing the interoperability criteria for deposit return schemes in Scotland and the rest...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 have been (a) made and (b) approved in Suffolk Coastal...

      Meat: Ritual Slaughter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the quantity and proportion of halal (a) beef and (b) lamb sold in the last 12 months.

      Food: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help support farmers to redistribute their surplus food to food charities.

      Animals: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill.

      Fish: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will accept the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee's report entitled Update to the 2014 FAWC Opinion on...

      Dairy Farming: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure access to skilled labour in the dairy farming sector.

      Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the fisheries management plans updated on 2 October 2023 on UK (a)...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1756 on Seed Potatoes: Exports, if he will publish the conclusions of...

      Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2023 to Question 348 on Fish Farming: Animal Welfare, when his Department asked the...

      Countryside Stewardship Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have applied to the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier in the most recent application window; and what...

      Agriculture: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Environmental Improvement Plan 2023, published 31 January 2023, (a)...

      Cats: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cases of feline infectious peritonitis in Cyprus on (a)...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the annual cost to the public purse of her Department's expenditure on (a) IT infrastructure, (b) IT infrastructure purchased prior to 2013...

    • Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203895 Teachers: Recruitment, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number and...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help parents access specialist support needed to enable their child to (a) fully participate in school life and...

  • Department for Transport

    • Taxis: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage the transition to fully electric taxi fleets in Northern Ireland.

    • Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allow people applying for driving licences on the DVLA website to sign up for (a) stem cell and (b) blood donation.

      Aviation: Volcanoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased volcanic activity in Iceland on aviation.

      Driving

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish guidance on implementing the policies in his Department's policy paper entitled The plan for drivers, published on 2 October 2023.

      Roads: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of highways funding for (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) England.

      Parking: Denton and Reddish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle pavement parking in Denton and Reddish constituency.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will commission research on the potential impact of pavement parking on (a) disabled people and (b) other pedestrians.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase road safety in inner city areas.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many enquiries were submitted to the DVLA by Rt hon. and hon. Members in March 2023.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the DVLA holds data on the number of enquiries submitted by hon. Members during the month of January 2023.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle pavement parking in Liverpool.

      Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all roads have an accessible width of footway.

      Bus Services: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support rural bus services in (a) Selby and Ainsty constituency and (b) Yorkshire.

      Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which spending programmes their Department devolves for administration to (a) local government in England and (b) other local spending bodies; and...

      Active Travel: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by Sustrans, entitled Disabled Citizens' Inquiry: Giving disabled...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of pavement parking on the mobility of (a) vulnerable and disabled people, (b) children and (c) parents with...

      Public Footpaths: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure footways are accessible for people with visual impairments.

      Northwich Station: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Network Rail on the adequacy of the timetable to complete repairs at Northwich rail station.

      Railways: Midlands and North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which projects in the north and midlands will receive funds reallocated from the cancellation of Phase 2 of the HS2 project.

      High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many properties were purchased by HS2 Ltd using compulsory purchase orders in (a) North West Leicestershire constituency and (b) the UK.

      Flitwick Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's planned timetable is for completing accessibility work to Flitwick railway station.

  • Scotland Office

    • Urban Areas: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Government’s guidance entitled Our Long-Term Plan for Towns on...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: ICT

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published 29 September 2023, how...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • Restoration and Renewal Client Board

  • Department for Education

    • Alternative Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers of (1) schools, local authorities and multi-academy trusts commissioning alternative provision from unregistered...

    • Digital Technology: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand the delivery of digital skills short courses and skills academies.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the human rights implications of the forced deportations of Afghans from Pakistan.

    • Bangladesh: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights implications of the violence taking place in Bangladesh ahead of the forthcoming general election.

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have further to support the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in light of recent actions by President Dodik and the Republika Srpska.

      HIV Infection: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support community-led efforts in other countries that focus on HIV prevention, awareness, and support for key affected populations,...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given recent weather events, what progress has been made in helping the UK to adapt to climate change.

    • Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have in the current session of Parliament either to reintroduce the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill or to support its reintroduction.

      Fishing Catches: Cetaceans

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cetaceans were caught in UK waters in 2022; and how that number compares to estimates of cetacean bycatch.

      Fisheries: Monitoring

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether footage captured through remote electronic monitoring of fishing will be available to the public or just to designated observers; and if just to...

      Fisheries: Monitoring

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the rollout of remote electronic monitoring of fishing (1) is voluntary, and (2) has been slow; and what consideration they have given (a) to making it...

      Fisheries: Monitoring

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are their contingency plans in the event that insufficient numbers of fishing vessels volunteer to adopt remote electronic monitoring.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Army

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the operational readiness and viability of the UK’s Warfighting 3rd Division.

    • AUKUS: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 3 July (HL Deb col 987), what estimate they have made of the planned UK expenditure consequent on the AUKUS...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Affordable Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote affordable housing and appropriate support services to prevent a rise in homelessness.

    • Council Tax: Empty Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the empty homes premium since its introduction in 2013, with reference to the Local Government Association’s...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Ethnic Groups: Equal Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 March 2022 where she stated that they reserve the right to introduce legislation for mandatory...

  • Home Office

    • Fraud: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the comprehensiveness of their current data in estimating total national fraud, and (2) the feasibility of reintroducing...

    • Immigration: Detainees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking over the immigration detention estate to ensure the use of force is continually monitored and recorded for all detainees, and...

      Detention Centres

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to update (1) the Detention Centre Rules 2001, and (2) the Adults at Risk Policy; and if so, when and whether there will be a...

      Refugees: Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are mechanisms available to extend the move-on period for an individual where the issuing of a biometric residence permit is significantly delayed...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any individual is responsible for carrying out a full risk assessment when implementing sharing of hotel rooms for asylum seekers to ensure vulnerable...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the long-term plans for the use of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.

      Suella Braverman

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the written agreement made with the Rt Hon Suella Braverman QC MP, as mentioned in her resignation letter, was used as the basis for any policy direction...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether new or existing patients with Cystic Fibrosis will continue to have access to modular drugs through the NHS to treat that condition.

    • Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what new treatments or strategies are planned to support sufferers of Cystic Fibrosis through the NHS.

      General Practitioners: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage more GPs to practice in rural areas.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Health and Safety: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 5 June 2018 (HL8200), what testing and examination was carried out to ensure that any artificial...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compliance by UK Biobank with NHS England’s assertion that “information is never passed to insurance companies...

    • Broadband

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 14 November (HL Deb col 472), what assessment they have made of whether they will achieve their...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Electric Cables

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Callanan on 22 November that "it is up to 10 times more expensive" to bury power lines (HL Deb col 740), what evidence they...

    • Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward the remaining funding for the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to give the social housing sector certainty to plan for...

  • Treasury

    • Industry: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as reported by Sky News on 14...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Metals: Recycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the quality and consistency of short scrap metal to meet increased demand for future electric arc furnace steelmaking.

    • Delivery Services: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to tackle the issue of underage children working as delivery app riders.

      Mining: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the environmental duties and responsibilities of British mining companies operating overseas.

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