Written answers

Thursday, 4 January 2024

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the environmental sustainability of biomass lubricants in wind turbines.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 16 August 2023 and 25 October 2023 from the hon. Member for Manchester,...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to Question 1853 tabled by the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on 14 November 2023.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Energy Drinks: Supermarkets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021 on restricting the...

    • NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of unused personal protective equipment during the covid-19 pandemic; what steps her...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what public funds have been made available, through the aid budget, to the Gaza Strip in each of the last three years; what safeguards they have put in place to...

    • The Gambia: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of potential plans to repeal the law banning female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Gambia; whether representations have been made...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Hydrofluorocarbons: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the EU’s F gas regulation review; and whether they intend to keep alignment with the EU.

    • Food Supply: Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of adopting crop diversity to mitigate against climate change crop failure and promote sustainable food production and security.

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to permitting farmers transitioning from Basic Payments to Delinked Payments to discount one or more of the years in the...

      Flood Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support communities in becoming more aware of the risks of flooding and developing flood preparation measures.

      Flood Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to collecting data on communities at risk of flooding with a view to designing a purposeful early warning system.

      Forest Products: Origin Marking

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to ban the commercialisation of products derived from deforested areas and certify more strongly the origin of...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Victims and Prisoners Bill: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Welsh Ministers and officials of the Welsh Government concerning the implications of the Victims and Prisoners Bill for...

    • Prisoners: Suicide

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of suicides in prison.

  • Home Office

    • People Smuggling: English Channel

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of organised criminal gangs attempting to enable migrants to cross the English Channel illegally have been arrested.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of access to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator modulator therapies for people with cystic fibrosis...

    • Dental Services: Sussex

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many dentists delivered NHS services in Sussex for each year from 2015 to the present.

      Respiratory Diseases: Intensive Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 15 December 2023 (HL453), whether their planning scenarios specifically include (1) a respiratory...

      Primary Care Networks

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings in the Health Foundation report, Doing more for less?, published on 12 December, that (1) primary care network (PCN)...

      Respiratory Diseases: Intensive Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 15 December 2023 (HL453), why they have decided to abolish the COVID Strategic Intensive Care Unit Reserve...

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 12 December 2023 (HL688), how many apprenticeship completions were recorded on the Senior Leadership...

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many apprenticeship starts at level 6 were for legal, finance and accounting in 2021–22 and 2022–23; how many of these apprentices were...

      Children: Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance, if any, is included as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme for parents on how to speak to their children and awareness of what...

      Children: Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Children's Commissioner for England regarding the verbal abuse of children by adults; and what plans do they...

  • Cabinet Office

    • UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure an agreement with parties in Northern Ireland regarding trading arrangements between Northern Ireland and the rest of the...

    • Dual Nationality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the number of UK dual nationals; whether those estimates include a breakdown of the countries in which they are currently...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Companies: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide to UK businesses so that, in the process of meeting their environmental, social and governance obligations, they are still able to meet...

    • Companies: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have made of the advantages and disadvantages of environmental, social and governance obligations on UK companies.

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