Written answers

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that humanitarian aid reaches those in need in Sudan.

    • Gaza: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the letter by the International Centre of Justice...

      Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the (a) detention of Jagtar Singh Johal,...

      Gaza: Hospitals

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the statement by...

      Israel: Hamas

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he plans to take to support international investigations into reports of gender-based violence perpetrated...

      Gaza: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many UK nationals unable to leave Gaza his Department has contacted.

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has held discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the reported air strike on two Palestine Red Crescent...

      Palestinians: Children

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the reported shooting of two Palestinian children in...

      Religious Freedom

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to promote freedom of religion and belief in other countries.

      British Nationals Abroad: Gaza

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what guidance his Department issues to British nationals that plan to volunteer to assist the Israeli Defence Forces...

  • Department for Education

    • Offences against Children: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when a Minister in her Department last met representatives of the national working group on child abuse linked to faith.

    • Special Educational Needs: Home Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are being home schooled due to a lack of SEND provision in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) England as of 14...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to provide enhanced (a) financial and (b) other support to local authorities in the South East where children's...

      Special Educational Needs: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the need for health services to support local authorities that provide transport to school for children with complex...

      Children: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support the mental health of children from (a) families seeking asylum and (b) refugee families in...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Organic Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of farming land that will be organic by the end of 2024.

    • Cats: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of cat abductions.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to reply to the letters of 7 September and13 October 2023 from the hon. member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of allowing people that are not currently eligible for covid-19 booster vaccines to...

    • Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS is on track to meet the target for NHS Talking Therapies of 1.9 million people in England accessing treatment by the end...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional £1 billion per year for community mental health services has been spent; and if she will make an assessment of...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • United Nations: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposals in the Blue Smoke publication Unveiling Equalities: a briefing examining senior appointments at key UN environment...

    • Gaza: Ceasefires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any damage caused to the relationship between the UK and United States by the UK abstaining on the United...

      Guyana: Venezuela

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the position of the government of Venezuela regarding Guyana's Essequibo region, the security situation in Guyana, and UK's...

      Philippines: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the violations against the human right to freedom of religion or belief in the Philippines following the attack on a Catholic...

      Belarus: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights violations against Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians in Belarus, as detailed in the United States...

      Azerbaijan: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights violations against Shia Muslims in Azerbaijan, as detailed in the United States Commission on International...

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance is included, if any, in the Initial Teacher Training content framework on (1) how to speak to children and what constitutes verbal abuse from adults...

    • Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that children are not absent from school to take part in protests.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL183), whether the Common User Charge is being defined as a ‘tariff measure’ and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NHS England about its desktop review of homecare medicines services, and whether they will publish its terms of reference...

    • NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delays, workforce shortages, and lack of e-prescribing systems, on the health and well-being of patients...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that rheumatology teams involved in homecare medicines services are consulted about possible changes to the delivery,...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish (1) national-level, and (2) NHS trust-level, key performance indicators on missed doses and delayed treatment...

      Sciensus: Complaints

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman correspondence to the Chief Executive of Sciensus on 16 October 2023...

      Surgery: Working Hours

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of acute hospital trusts in England regularly conduct NHS operations on (1) Saturdays, and (2) Sundays; and whether this information is able to be...

      Eastbourne Hospital

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to refurbish or reconstruct Eastbourne District General Hospital.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • EU Defence Policy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that agreements on defence and security collaboration between the UK and the EU made under the Permanent Structured...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to raise the regulatory baseline of accessibility for all new homes to the M4(2) accessible and adaptable standards which was announced in July 2022.

    • Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, as currently drafted, will bind the Crown, and if not, why.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent reports that starting salaries in Britain have risen at their slowest pace in nearly three years, what steps they are taking to support...

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