Wednesday, 20 December 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many staff work on the Help to Buy Customer Service team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of shared ownership properties there are in (a) London and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 195098 on Buildings: Disability, when he plans to publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many officials in his Department work on access to nature; and what the full-time equivalent of those officials is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of local authorities at risk of issuing a Section 114 notice in the next six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Oral Statement from the Minister for Veteran Affairs of 13 December 2023 on Afghan Resettlement Update,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the British energy security strategy, published on 7 April 2022, for what reason his Department's review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of hate crime against the Sikh community in the last 10 years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Homes England Investment Partners for the Affordable Homes Programme have filed for insolvency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department collects on levels of home ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what is his planned timetable for the consultation on a new Permitted Development Right for subdividing houses into two flats.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of Palestinian children (a) arrested by the Israeli authorities and (b)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the 12 December 2023 United Nations General...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has taken steps to monitor the Israeli military's compliance with international law in its...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the announcement by the Secretary of State on 14 December 2023, whether any of the settlers who will...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government has had discussions with Israeli counterparts on the (a) detention of children in Israeli...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if his Department will make an assessment of whether parties to the Israel-Hamas conflict have committed (a) war crimes...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take steps to support inquiries by the International Criminal Court into potential breaches of...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he had discussions with his UAE counterpart during COP 28 on reports that UAE has (a) brought new charges...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has plans to impose visa bans on Israeli settlers committing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps he has taken to (a) encourage the Israeli Government to uphold international law and (b) ensure the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has held with the(a) the United Nations, (b) Israeli government and (c) Palestinian...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made representations to the Israeli Government to encourage Israel to become a state party to the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the potential risks associated with AI-generated misinformation.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary General of the Commonwealth on the situation in Guyana.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the issue of invasive species in the Overseas Territories.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the stability of biodiversity in the Overseas Territories.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department takes to help safeguard the (a) rights and (b) welfare of British nationals detained overseas.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Venezuela on the border dispute with Guyana in the last three months.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the letter of 27 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk and Lord Scriven on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on the case of Cabinet Office v Chair of Covid Inquiry, [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin).
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service jobs previously based in Whitehall have been permanently relocated outside of London and the South East since 2019.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Sir John Holmes' Military Medals Review, published in July 2012,whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5438, if he will make an estimate of the number of people that are waiting for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload of a Jobcentre Universal Credit case manager was in the most recent period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there have been any power cuts on their Department's property in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 208 on Restart Scheme, for what reason the Customer Satisfaction Measure results of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is her Department's policy to restrict the future availability of Snus and vapes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many obesity-related hospital admissions there were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much from the public purse his Department has spent on the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme in the last 12 months for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include GPs in the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of alcohol use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to recruit more General Practitioners in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of maternity exemption certificates that were issued in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a commission on addressing alcohol harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to raise public awareness of obesity-linked illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people still required to shield can access (a) in person and (b) other essential health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2023 to Question 3997 on Incontinence: Health Services, whether her Department plans to engage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the proportion of pharmacists who supply prescription-only medicines without a GP appointment for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ICBs have introduced self-referral routes for (a) fall services, (b) musculoskeletal services, (c) audiology for older people,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices have signed up to the general practice improvement programme as of 12 December 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was received by (a) North East London Integrated Care System and (b) other London trusts in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of care for the elderly in care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of ensuring that patients are always able to see the same GP for each visit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of information supplied with vapes about the level of nicotine they contain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of excluding ADHD spend from Mental Health Investment Standard money and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methods (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare providers use to register adverse events following immunisation; and what recent assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken recent steps with (a) Health Education England and (b) Royal Colleges to provide information to health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make tackling loneliness and social isolation a public health priority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the level of mental health support available to bereaved parents following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the (a) maximum and (b) minimum cost of an ear wax removal treatment by a private sector provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework 5-year deal at ensuring that community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2023 to Question 346 on Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs, whether her Department plans to measure the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether there have been any power cuts on their Department's property in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decline of free to use ATMs in Rotherham on residents.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken with the Financial Conduct Authority to tackle mis-sold holiday timeshares.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of penalties imposed for unauthorised withdrawals from lifetime ISAs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the consistency of decision-making processes at the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Financial Ombudsmen Service.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to discourage banks regulated in the UK from supporting businesses which receive income from industrial livestock companies...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that financial institutions (a) provide insurance for property owners using carbon-free cement in new buildings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in each year between 2013...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats travelled to the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme via (a) sea, (b) tunnel and (c) air in each year between 2013...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recipients of the Basic Payments Scheme there are in Suffolk Coastal constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in the Welsh Government on taking steps to help tackle livestock...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198983, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase food security in the context of trends in the level of flooding brought...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential environmental impact of (a) greenhouse gas, (b) nitrous oxide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the planned deadline of January 2024 for Environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the number of Highly Protected Marine Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the growth of the hedgehog population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials from his Department attended COP 28.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's policy statement entitled Flood and coastal erosion risk management, published in July...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating guidelines on the level of poly- and perfluoroalkyl...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 from Mid Bedforshire constituency have been (a) made and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to encourage the use of refillable rather than disposable vapes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to monitor the potential supply of Russian crude oil via third parties into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her oral answer of 30 November 2023 on Arms Export Licences: Israel, Official Report column 1050, if her Department will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will publish an assessment of whether UK-produced military goods components have been used in military activity in the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that representatives of the environmental horticulture industry are included in her Department's Domestic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications to the Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme her Department has received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average vehicle availability rate was for (a) Chinook, (b) Wildcat Mk1, (c) Wildcat Mk2 and (d) Merlin HM2 in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified pilots were employed by the RAF in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to question 1813, how many times the Defence and Security Exports Inter-Ministerial Group met in the last 12 months and on what dates
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many expense claims his Department rejected in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2023 to Question 1813 on Defence: Exports, how does his Department monitor progress on increasing defence exports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which major projects in his Departments do not have a full time senior responsible officer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve coherence across frontline commands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military housing units reported cases of (a) mould, (b) heating and (c) external wall insulation problems in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 3662 on Ministry of Defence: ICT, if he will publish details of the 11 red-rated legacy IT systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets have been fired during training exercises in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 5.56x45mm rounds have been fired during training exercises in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Javelin missiles have been fired during training exercises in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5417 on Israel: Military Aid, whether it is his Department's policy not to provide military...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support Israel to tackle Iranian-backed terror groups in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 December 2023, HCWS118, on ICO Investigation Update, whether any other data breaches related to the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications have been (a) submitted and (b) received an initial eligibility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1249 on USA: Military Bases, how many US military personnel are stationed at (a) RAF Alconbury,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Statement from the Minister for Veteran Affairs of 13 December 2023 on Afghan Resettlement Update, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Oral Statement from the Minister for Veteran Affairs of 13 December 2023 on Afghan Resettlement Update, Official Report, whether he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) L123 UGL, (b) L119A1 and 2, (c) L129A1 and 2, (d) L403A1, (e) L115A3 and 4 and (f) L92A1, L921A1, L80A1 and L90A1 have been (i) in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average availability rate was for (a) wheeled support vehicles, (b) Landrovers, (c) Typhoons and (d) Lightnings in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) abandoned and (b) postponed Royal Navy training exercises in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 2505 on Armed Forces: Housing, when does he plan to publish the results of the assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2023 to Question 1813 on Defence: Exports, what criteria are used to assess export potential.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 2508 on Ministry of Defence: Contracts, what was the percentage weighting for the two procurement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2023 to Question 1813 on Defence: Exports, who sits on the Defence and Security Exports Inter-Ministerial Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1812 on Defence: Employment, what plans does his Department have to help ensure a sustainable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to outline what steps his Department is taking to make the Armed Forces inclusive for members of the LGBT+ community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 3729 on Ministry of Defence: Women, what the criteria are for selecting interview panel members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase diversity in his Department’s leadership positions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) bullying, (b) discrimination and (c) harassment within his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 3729 on Ministry of Defence: Women, what targeted development opportunities his Department provides for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 3729 on Ministry of Defence: Women, what steps he is taking to increase opportunities for flexible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 3729 on Ministry of Defence: Women, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) expected outcomes are of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Ministry of Defence Police was in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2023 to Question 4062 on Armed Forces, how the Pan Defence Skills Framework will improve transparency in appraisal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what annual budget he has allocated to the Ministry of Defence Police in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on off-payroll engagements in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how and when LGBT veterans can apply for a financial award.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what outreach strategies his Department uses to help increase the number of women employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3734 on Ministry of Defence: Employment Schemes, what steps he is taking to evaluate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3722 Ministry of Defence: Standards, into what further policy areas he plans a deep dive in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3722 on Ministry of Defence: Standards, if he will publish the conclusions of the deep dive into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Confidential Fraud Hotline was in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2023 to Question 3432 on Ministry of Defence: Fraud, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3734 on Ministry of Defence: Employment Schemes, what steps he is taking to ensure that the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 3427 on Ministry of Defence: Fraud, when he plans to send the letter to the Rt hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3737 on Ministry of Defence: Senior Civil Servants, when he plans to send the letter to the Rt...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the self-assessment framework in the Royal Marines Project Regain programme in helping to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises of four days or more were carried out by (a) 42 Commando, (b) 40 Commando and (c) 45 Commando Royal Marines in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total value of fraudulent expense claims in his Department in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1812 on Defence: Employment, whether his Department has established partnerships with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 2506 on Service Justice System Review (SJSR), what estimate he has made of when the SJSR...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5463 on Army: Recruitment, whether the (a) Royal Navy and (b) RAF operate similar internal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 462 on Armed Forces: Drugs, how many armed forces personnel in each of the armed services were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of the Inter-Ministerial Groups in which Ministers in his Department sit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5463 on Army: Recruitment, when did the internal transfer bounty for the Parachute Regiment begin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution in response to the question from the hon. Member for Ipswich of 6 December 2023, Official Report, column 373,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of secondary schools teachers retiring early.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to help teachers reduce vaping in classrooms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) Northumberland require essential maintenance work as of 14 December 2023; and what estimate her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve awareness of (a) blockchains and (b) Non-Fungible Tokens in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections have been paused due to headteacher distress in each of the last 3 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5246 on Special Educational Needs: County Durham, what interim support is available to families...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce absence rates of pupils in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Administration on SEN teaching provision in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were unable to get a place at their catchment school for (a) primary and (b) secondary education in Wansbeck constituency in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) quantitative and (b) qualitative data is used by Ofsted inspectors to assess the adequacy of SEND provision in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 May 2023 to Question 185868 on Air Pollution: Schools, whether she has made a recent assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of children getting a place at their preferred school in Birmingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating universities to award honorary teaching degrees to people who gained a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of difficulties in the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) primary and (ii) secondary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to respond to reports of increases in the number of incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia in (a) schools, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question198717 on Free School Meals, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the College of Policing Report entitled Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions, published on 30 November 2023, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for knife crime in England since January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the sentencing framework for perpetrators of coercive control.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the time it takes for (a) sexual offences and (b) other criminal offences to reach trial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to reduce the number of cases of sexual offences waiting to be heard in the crown court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been referred to the Court of Appeal, in each year since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 157261 on Biofuels: HETAS, whether any conflicts of interest have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) medallic and (b) other recognition Bevin Boys received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to build on the last tidal stream auction for the forthcoming Allocation Round 6; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department (a) plans to ringfence tidal stream in future Contracts for Difference allocation rounds and (b) has made an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will meet the hon. Member for Newport West to discuss a complaint about the mis-selling of Green Deal loans by HELMS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what medals Bevin Boys or their descendants are entitled to other than the Bevin Boys veterans badge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will award a medal to those who were conscripted to become Bevin Boys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) efficiency and (b) effectiveness of the (i) Energy Ombudsman and (ii) Ombudsman's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the UN entitled Paying polluters: the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the statement of Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance entitled Beyond...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information her Department holds on the number of Bevin Boys that are alive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people have claimed a Bevin Boys Veterans Badge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with the Bevin Boys Association on medallic recognition of their service in the war.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Green Deal Scheme appeal cases in each Scottish constituency have been waiting for a final decision for (a) six to 11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many offers of compensation have been made by her Department to consumers as a result of mis-selling by HELMS; and how many of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of the Fire Brigades Union on the Firefighters’ Manifesto published on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a statutory obligation requiring the fire and rescue service to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letter of the hon. Member for Hendon, dated 25 October 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential factors that contribute to teenage involvement in knife crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of theft from a shop of goods with a value of £200 or less being a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the timetable for approving the sale of tractors with Immobilisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were reported on the True Vision website in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for data-sharing between the (a) police national database, (b) data held by the Passport Office and (c) other national...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of times the HM Passport Office database has been accessed to identify suspects as part of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5034 on Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, if he will hold discussions with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2023 to Question 4543 on Firearms: Licensing, whether the Firearms Licensing Fees working group has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2023 to Question 172353 on UK Border Force: Patrol Craft, what his Department's timescales are for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by police forces; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Written Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5046 on Migrants: Health Services and Housing, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the formal process by which asylum seekers (a) are notified that they should leave hotels and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to directly consult with (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees to understand where more integration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children in temporary accommodation have been provided with healthcare support in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has sought legal advice on the compatibility of the planned increase to the minimum income requirement with Article 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to this Oral Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, if he will publish the evidential...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans that the review of the two year post study work visa will be complete.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help asylum seekers to integrate into their local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5400 on Visas: China, what the average waiting time for an appointment at a UK Visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visas submitted to the Visa Application Centre in Khartoum before its closure in April have not been processed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by the Border Force; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan households who arrived in the UK under Operation Warm Welcome remain in interim hotels under the Afghan Citizens...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the new earnings threshold for skilled worker visa applications, including spousal and dependent applications, will come into...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion decisions did not meet the 60 working days service standard in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a temporary work religious worker visa were not approved by his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with English-language testing organisations to help ensure that people coming to (a) study and (b) settle in the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of Northern Ireland's transport budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, What recent assessment he has made of the financial impact of the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from 1 January 2024 on operators of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Department on the (a) maritime registration, (b) crewing levels and (c) maritime safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the total value of waterborne freight grants made to operators of (a) coastal and (b) short sea shipping services in each financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of (a) employment and (b) welfare standards for seafarers employed in transporting freight on (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is planning to reform the slot allocation process to support air cargo operators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is developing new regulations on night flying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether there have been any power cuts on their Department's property in each of the last three years.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their response to their September 2022 consultation on amending the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 and the Bread and Flour...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation along the lines of the proposed Forest Risk Commodity regulations in respect of foodstuffs produced outside the UK in...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans (1) to bring forward their proposed ban on the sale of all peat-containing products, or (2) revise the list of items exempted from the ban...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prepare for potential flooding in homes and business across the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were made for illegal sewage dumping in each of the water authority areas in England in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, when considering whether an area should be designated or retained as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, they take into account whether they wish...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will include experts on migratory species from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee among the UK delegation to the United Nations Climate Change...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken since October to bring the Myanmar military junta before the International Criminal Court.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to permit the seizure of Russian state assets, and the repurposing of those assets to rectify war damage in Ukraine and to assist in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s report on National Level Anti-Conversion Laws Around the...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will impose further targeted sanctions against (1) individuals in the Myanmar military, and (2) military-owned enterprises.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current threat posed by Venezuela to Guyana; and what practical support they (1) have provided, or (2) intend to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ask the World Bank to update their March 2023 Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment of the cost of rectifying war damage in Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will seek to expand partnerships with ethnic community-based organisations in Myanmar to ensure the provision of cross-border aid.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN attended the ‘Hear Our Voices: Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7th Hamas terror...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the role of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development as a broker in the recently attempted Sudan peace talks in Djibouti.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of (1) the consequences for civilians of the fall of Darfur to the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, and (2) reports of related...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UNICEF report Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth, published on 6 December, and its conclusion that of the 39 OECD and EU...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Autumn Statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 22 November (HC Deb cols 325–357), what plans they have to extend the Household...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the budget for the Access to Work scheme has been underspent, and if so, by how much, in each of the past five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what, if any, security vetting is required for Amazon Web Service staff to handle Home Office data under the contract for the supply of cloud computing services...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 14 December (HL767), on what basis the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs report...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made a decision about whether the power under the Illegal Migration Act 2023 for the Home Office to accommodate children will come into force;...
To ask His Majesty's Government how Rwanda compares in population density with (1) China, (2) Russia, (3) the USA, (4) Australia, (5) Libya, (6) France, (7) Spain, (8) Germany, (9) the UK, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Statement by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on legal migration on 4 December (HC Deb cols 41–43), whether raising the minimum income...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the amount by which migration will be reduced as a result of their decision to increase the income threshold for legal migrants to the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the new immigration salary thresholds announced by the Home Secretary on 4 December will apply to language assistants in schools and universities.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to allow Ukrainian refugees who are on three-year visas to extend those visas.
To ask His Majesty's Government how long it takes on average to process a British National (Overseas) visa application and what is the longest outstanding application awaiting assessment.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Home Secretary on 4 December (HC Deb cols 41–43), what are the specific components of the 300,000 per annum reduction in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rise in shoplifting; and what steps they will take to reduce these offences.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 to deliver their policy to remove certain migrants to Rwanda.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compliance of the proposed £38,700 income requirement for applications to bring dependents to the UK with the Human...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the contract between Amazon Web Services and the Home Office, agreed on 30 November, includes the guarantees, references or legally required elements for a...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who have acquired Gender Recognition Certificates using section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 have subsequently been arrested, charged...
To ask His Majesty's Government why it has taken six years for them to respond to the report The patronising disposition of unaccountable power: A report to ensure the pain and suffering of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the recent police operation at the Kurdish Community Centre in London on relations with that community.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to local authorities in financial difficulty.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for allowing local authorities to set their own right-to-buy discounts to reflect local circumstances.
To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements, if any, they have made to transfer control of all or part of Victoria Tower Gardens to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current rental market; and what steps they are taking to support tenants facing financial challenges.
To ask His Majesty's Government what options they are considering for the future management of the parts of Victoria Tower Gardens which will not be occupied by the Holocaust Memorial and...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department for Transport considers net revenue implications when making decisions that relate to the capacity of railway services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Hitachi about using spare capacity in their Newton Aycliffe plant to improve the ride quality of their trains used by Great...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussion they are having with East Midlands Railways about restoring the pre-pandemic levels of service between Nottingham and Lincoln.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with the operator to address the shortage of accommodation on railway services between the Thames Valley and the North, including...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to address inadequate accommodation on services between Cardiff and London, and whether that shortage is the responsibility of the train...
To ask His Majesty's Government what additional resources they will provide to compensate local authorities for their expenditure in preparation for the HS2 rail link.
To ask His Majesty's Government by which legal process they expect consent for the East West Rail route section between Bedford and Cambridge to be obtained, and what is the current...
To ask His Majesty's Government what investigations they have undertaken into the potential use of discontinuous electrification on East West Rail.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to minimise disruption from train driver strikes over the festive period.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 6 December (HL701), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, how much money has...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the comments of the Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission in the Financial Times on 26 November, in which he casts doubt...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to report on the GB type approval for road vehicles consultation, which closed on 10 November.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 30 November to issue a Public Interest Intervention Notice regarding the...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to increase the national minimum wage for apprentices from the current £5.28 per hour.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of whether potential apprentices can afford the cost of the tools they require for their apprenticeships; and whether...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average training cost of a traineeship.
To ask His Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage, of levy paying employers have spent all funds in their apprenticeship levy account, for each of the past five financial...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Institutes of Technology have been created, what courses they provide, and how many pupils currently study at the Institutes.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they are supporting the NHS to build additional capacity over winter, in light of pressures including high numbers of patients being admitted with winter viruses.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 75 local authorities eligible for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme received part of the £100 million for parent-infant...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of (1) trading standards, (2) environmental health, and (3) food safety personnel in local authorities, and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the provisional EU plan on the use of artificial intelligence; and how, if at all, this will affect the UK's development of...
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the total costs incurred by the Police Service of Northern Ireland covering the visit of President Biden and other dignitaries to Northern Ireland...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the length of time it takes for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs to calculate capital gains tax returns.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will introduce a zero rate of VAT for repairs of rural churches.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 November (HL210), how many successful prosecutions there were as a result of HMRC investigations into the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 12 December (HL880), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, how much money...
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of individual departmental budgets is spent on logistics, whether by dedicated contract or as part of a broader contract.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the financial pressure faced by mortgage holders due to inflation rising interest payments.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Energy Charter Treaty.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to remain a member of the Energy Charter Treaty.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any UK minister was in Dubai at COP28 on 12 December during negotiations to include the transitioning away from all fossil fuels in the UAE Consensus; and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Eastern Green Link 1 project has maximum economic benefits, including job creation as mentioned in the National...
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