Wednesday, 10 January 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Barnardo’s report entitled Double discrimination: Black care-experienced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure there is an adequate provision of SEND places in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of increases in energy prices on university students living in private rented accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2023 to Question 232 on T-levels: Hounslow and the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 814 on T-levels:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the Multiply programme in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) starts and (b) completions of flexi-job apprenticeships there have been through the flexi-job apprenticeship agencies register since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of her Department's capital grants to local authorities have been spent on internal (a) administration and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on ensuring that schools in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England have defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her department has made a recent assessment of the potential (a) economic, (b) health and (c) educational benefits of extending eligibility...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RAAC in schools on the coursework results of those studying creative subjects at (a) GCSE, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish an equality impact assessment on the draft guidance for schools and colleges on gender questioning children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will next review the repayment threshold for repayment of (a) student tuition fee loans and (b) student maintenance loans; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the level of student maintenance loans on the labour market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has carried out an equality impact assessment on the uprating of the student maintenance loan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department has spent on research into reducing inequalities in (a) pregnancy loss and (b) baby deaths in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to make consolidated payments to members of the NHS Professionals National Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of NHS dental treatment in Southend.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of registered general practitioners that are unemployed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of trends in the level of sexually transmitted diseases in (a) men and (b) women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of student dentistry places.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of NHS dental treatment in St Helens North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the statutory guidance on promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children published on 17 March 2015, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including non-alcohol related liver disease assessments in the NHS Health Check...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospital admissions there were for (a) rickets, (b) tuberculosis, (c) renal tubular acidosis type 1 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Introducing further advertising restrictions on TV and online for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that all primary care networks offer an earwax removal service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce sugar consumption in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with pharmacists' representatives on the potential impact of community pharmacies delivering the NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of fluoridating the water supply in Devon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will increase the number of community diagnostic centres in Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of available places on the Foundation Programme for medical students who studied in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on relieving the financial burdens for same-sex couples receiving fertility treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether women who have received criminal convictions for (a) non-violent and (b) non-sexual crimes are eligible for NHS fertility treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on delivering the Women's Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department issues guidance to healthcare professionals on having conversations with Black and Asian parents on potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made on the proportion of funding for clinical brain tumour research spent in each region of the UK in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission customised workshops for researchers that have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer in young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of the availability of Elvanse medication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of private copy levy schemes on the creative sector in the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the cancer research sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of AI on democracy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 17 October 2023 to Question 200502 on Clinical Trials, whether she is taking steps to support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to support the growth of the human-specific technology sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Oral Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 42, when he plans to publish details of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of couples who will be impacted by the planned increase in the minimum income threshold for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their asylum claims (a) removed and (b) withdrawn from the legacy asylum backlog and then gone on to submit new...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 3c of the Asylum accommodation support transformation: policy equality statement, updated by his Department on 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what review his Department is undertaking of asylum applications by people from Hong Kong who have been involved in pro-democracy campaigns;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of flashing lighting on speed cameras on people with (a) epilepsy and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties are being used to house asylum seekers in Wansbeck as of 19 December 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on press and public relations in each financial year since 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national prisoners have indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging the airline industry to alert passport holders at the time of booking...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to publish a consultation on his proposed increase to the income requirement for spousal visas for (a) people earning...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent comparative assessment of the income requirements for spousal visas in (a) other countries and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letters of 3 October and 6 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare sent on behalf of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 14 and 18 December 2023 to Questions 6067, 6068 and 6383 on Tractors: Batteries, what assessment she has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many items of retained EU law were (a) revoked and (b) assimilated before 1 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6145 on Greensill: Redundancy Pay, whether she has made an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6863 on Ministry of Defence: Theft, what each of the (a) items of service equipment and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for HMS Westminster.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has invoked penalty clauses in the service accommodation contracts with (a) VIVO, (b) Amey and (c) Pinnacle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to extend the service life of the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on his Department's potential role in the UK-Rwanda migration partnership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to task an aircraft carrier to the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the (a) brigades, (b) regiments and (c) supporting units in (i) 1 and (ii) 3 Division.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to select a preferred bidder for the Armed Forces Recruitment Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government plans to announce its financial commitment for military support for Ukraine for 2024/25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of illegal drugs found in prisons between (a) 2014 and 2018 and (b) 2019 and 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many settlement payments his Department issued following claims of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination in the (i) 2019-20, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to update the HM Prison and Probation Service Strategy for care-experienced people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198320 on Ipsos MORI: Prisons, when he expects to receive the results of the research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the framework for out-of-court disposals introduced in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug-related deaths have occurred in prisons each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons random mandatory drug tests were carried out in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offences were committed in each year between 2020 and 2023; and how many and what proportion of the perpetrators of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the (a) age (b) gender and (c) ethnicity of the prison officers responsible for girls who have been placed at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether girls placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution have been separated for more than seven days in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) classroom and (b) vocational education for girls who have been placed at Wetherby and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement additional safeguarding practices for girls who are placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls through the criminal justice system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of conditional cautions in relation to hate crime.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) form a national team of academics and industrialists to assess the implications for his policies of the conclusions of public-funded...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason international students studying in the UK are included in overall immigration statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a three-month trial for planned border control posts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce stand-alone legislative proposals to tackle puppy smuggling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in (a) the Ivory Coast, (b) Ghana, (c) Central African Republic,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Climate Change Committee on the use of wood burning stoves over the next (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many settlement payments his Department issued following claims of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Towns Fund in Spalding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average monthly rent payment in Warwick and Leamington constituency was in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Oral Statement of 20 November 2023 on Levelling Up, Official Report, column 25, what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce estate management fees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2023 to Question 7031 on Levelling Up Fund: Easington, whether his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of simplifying neighbourhood plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new houses were built in each local authority in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a list of the local authorities he has issued a direction to publish a plan timetable within 12 weeks...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of homes that have been built in areas deemed to be at high risk of flooding from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of town centre redevelopment on flooding in Shrewsbury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish devolved administrations on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislation to ban estate maintenance charges for new build freehold homes.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department received (a) legal and (b) other advice from relevant stakeholders prior to the publication of the updated guidance entitled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive uses when (a) preparing dossiers on restrictions under UK REACH and (b) preparing impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Household Support Fund on low-income households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the potential merits of enabling employers to report to the HSE (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Ethiopia on the treatment of prisoners from the Amhara community in...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many British nationals are held in Israeli military detention.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 7142 on West Bank: British Nationals Abroad, whether UK...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 7141 on Israel: Palestinians, what measures his Department plans...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) civilians, (b) women and (c) children that have been killed...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made representations to the Israeli authorities on the (a) shelling of the maternity department at...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, who will represent the UK at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Inter Governmental Group meeting on Tea...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to protect the Welsh language.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit recipients there were in December 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of rules on duty-free shopping on demand for flights (a) to and (b) from EU destinations at airports...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 September 2023 to Question 197760 on Royal Mint: Fraud, what information his Department holds on whether the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Financial Ombudsman Service on the threshold for exceptional circumstances when considering cases after the six...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to recipients of tax free childcare (a) in total and (b) on average in each financial year since 2017-18.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people receive tax free childcare in Suffolk Coastal constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total annual rates of decommissioning tax relief from corporation tax were in each financial year between 2013-14 and 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the impact of automation on entry-level (a) fork-lift truck drivers, (b) elementary storage occupations and (c) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to provide to repair potholes on public highways in Bournemouth East constituency in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the public consultation on National Highways' Strategic Road Network Initial Report for Road...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of low traffic neighbourhood zones by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the office occupancy rates for the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Authority head office in Swansea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5413 on Motor Vehicles: Insurance, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5413 on Motor Vehicles: Insurance, if he will make an assessment of the impact of increases in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of road casualty deaths and serious injuries in each core city.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has a strategy for second generation biofuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will have discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Transport and (b) industry representatives on the planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the oil and gas industry’s annual expenditure on decommissioning was in each financial year between 2013-14 and 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) help support fuel poor homes to have an EPC rating of C or higher by 2030 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203474 on North Sea Oil: Shetland, whether she has made an assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Government's planned expenditure on buildings decarbonisation between 2022 and 2025, whether (a) schools and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding a programme of free home insulation; and if she will have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofgem on reducing standing charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the PSNI on the time taken to issue firearms licenses in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Northern Ireland's Department of Education on the potential funding...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 18 December 2023 (HL Deb cols 2046-2049) how many members of the Hazara community targeted by the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of children likely to be separated from a British parent as a result of the increase to the salary threshold to...
To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to fill the gap in the jobs market created by the anticipated reduction in legal working migrants as a result of the Government's proposed...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the (1) consistent, and (2) timely, provision of inpatient physiotherapy in acute district hospitals for older...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote collaboration among all professions and support staff within the NHS to ensure comprehensive, patient-centred, and integrated...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the Barnardo’s report Double Discrimination, which looks at the differential outcomes Black children face both in and leaving care.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce mandatory Children’s Rights and wellbeing impact assessments for all policy development and decision-making across Government...
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