Written answers

Thursday, 18 January 2024

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.25 of the Autumn Statement 2023, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on...

    • Low Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of workers that earn less than the Lower Earnings Limit.

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether jobcentres collect data on the (a) number, (b) age and (c) disabilities of children in households subject to Universal Credit sanctions.

      Personal Independence Payment: Gower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Gower constituency had personal independence payments overturned as a result of an appeal hearing in...

      Employment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS release Rising ill-health and economic inactivity because of long-term sickness, UK: 2019 to 2023, dated 26 July...

      Personal Independence Payment: Gower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of constituents in Gower constituency have had their personal independence payments overturned as a result of...

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the average length of time between submission of a PIP mandatory reconsideration and the decision.

      Employment and Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total rate of (a) employment and (b) unemployment was of people aged 16 to 64 between February and April 2010.

      Social Security Benefits: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Autumn Statement 2023, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the...

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workers that do not qualify for statutory sick pay because they earn less than the Lower...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers in Scotland do not qualify for statutory sick pay because they earn less than the Lower Earnings Limit.

  • Department for Education

    • Children in Care: Kingswood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of looked after children raised in Kingswood constituency who are placed (a) outside and (b) twenty miles or...

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure local authorities have sufficient resources to deliver specialist education services for (a) children and (b)...

      Special Educational Needs: Kingswood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average waiting time for an education, health and care plan in Kingswood constituency.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Eastbourne constituency have applied for a grant for senior mental health lead training.

      Absenteeism: Bournemouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce school absences in Bournemouth.

      Pupils: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state school pupils in each local authority (a) belonged to each ethnic group, (b) had English as their first...

      Department for Education: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against her Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in...

      King James Academy Royston: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the King James Academy in Royston following recent flooding and the loss of its roof.

      Department for Education: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against her Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December 2022, (b) 31...

      Free School Meals: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were receiving free school meals as the result of the transitional protections associated with the April 2018 introduction of an...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2023 to Question 6351 on Local Government: Debt Collection, with reference to...

    • Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support the long-term viability of high streets.

      Private Rented Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the rent review tribunals proposed in the Renters Reform Bill will use sector specific data for deciding the level...

      Internal Drainage Boards: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase funding for Internal Drainage Boards in the 2024/2025 local government finance settlement.

      Council Tax: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8376 on Council Tax: Asylum, if he will take steps to ensure that...

      Regeneration: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Riverside town centre development on levels of economic...

      Elections: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative estimate of the cost to the public purse of holding a general election on (a) the same date...

      Floods: Rotherham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what funding has been made available to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for clean-up operations following recent...

      Local Plans: Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 20 December 2023, what steps he is taking to help...

      Local Government Finance: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has plans to help Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council with its budget shortfall for financial...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact that the new National Planning Policy Framework will have on decisions on...

      Antisemitism: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many anti-Semitic online hate crimes were reported on the True Vision website between (a) 7 October 2022 and 6 January...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the interventions listed in section 6.2 of...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Baroness Stedman-Scott

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 194 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 4 July 2023, for what reason the former Parliamentary...

    • David Evennett

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the severance payments for former ministers published on Page 132 of HM Treasury's Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23, published...

      Question

      What steps his Department is taking to strengthen national security.

      Question

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of public sector procurement processes for digital goods and services.

      Fujitsu: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the contracts awarded to Fujitsu since 2010 were put out to tender.

      Electronic Government

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the GOV.UK chat experiment.

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to complete an algorithmic transparency report using the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard for the Artificial Intelligence...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health and Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of cases of (a) preventable ill health and (b) premature death (i) in...

    • Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans does her Department have to increase public awareness of the Pharmacy First scheme.

      Transplant Surgery: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have received organ transplants in Romford constituency in each year...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has carried out analysis on the long-term financial viability of community pharmacies.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help patients see their preferred doctor at GP surgeries.

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on treating obesity-related diseases in each of the last five years.

      Food: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help encourage the consumption of healthy foods by children.

      General Practitioners: Feltham and Heston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of GP provision for the size of the population in Feltham and Heston.

      Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of integrated care boards offering three full cycles of IVF in line with NICE...

      Kidney Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are undergoing dialysis treatment in Easington constituency.

      MMR Vaccine: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle MMR vaccine disinformation; and what estimate she has made of the number of measles cases by (a)...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to make this winter's Covid-19 vaccine available for purchase.

      NHS: Anniversaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to meet its funding targets for the dementia moonshot.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many government procurement cards were held by people to make purchases against her Department’s budget as of (a) 31 December...

      Physician Associates: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the physician associate role.

      Health Services: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to (a) allocate additional funding and (b) increase staff recruitment for NHS England in winter 2023-24.

      Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will list the 18 NHS acute trusts where Op RESTORE: The Veterans Physical Health and Wellbeing Service are located; and for what...

      Bipolar Disorder: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the number of (a) clinical and (b) non-clinical staff employed in NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies...

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of individuals convicted of fraud related to contracts with her Department for the provision...

      Breast Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for research grant funds for studies into lobular breast cancer have been submitted to the National Institute for...

      Elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with (a) NICE and (b) pharmaceutical companies on the affordability of Kaftrio.

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Hospitals Transformation Programme on the number of beds...

      Prescription Drugs: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the sale of prescription-only drugs to patients without a prescription...

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of funding her Department provides to help tackle (a) less survivable cancers...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Public Lending Right

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cyber-attack against the British Library at the end of October 2023 on (a)...

    • British Library: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 2570 on British Library: Cybercrime, what estimate has her Department made of...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Cutlery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent replacing lost cutlery in the last twelve months.

    • Army: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status of the British Army’s modernisation programme is as of 10 January 2024.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected full operating capability date is for the air-launched variant of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in service date is for the Future Offensive Surface Weapon requirement.

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in...

      Boxer Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for delivering Army-Industry trials for the British Army’s new Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicles.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in service date is for the maritime launched variant of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to re-compete the Morpheus contract.

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 3572 on Artillery: Procurement, whether the project team has submitted an outline business case...

      Red Sea: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to send additional defence capabilities to the (a) Gulf of Aden and (b) Red Sea region following the attack on HMS Diamond.

      Red Sea: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the role of Parliament in military interventions in the Red Sea.

      Military Exercises: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides to those participating in military exercises during episodes of high air pollution.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of levels of recruitment across the armed forces.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met representatives of Capita to discuss armed forces recruitment.

      Air Force and Navy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that recruitment targets for the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force are met.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter sent of 21 December 2023 from the Minister of Defence People and Families on the Haythornthwaite review of armed forces...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter of 21 December 2023 from the Minister of Defence People and Families regarding the Haythornthwaite review of armed forces...

      Ministry of Defence: Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on sexual harassment awareness training for civilian staff in each of the last five years.

      Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter of 21 December 2023 from the Minister of Defence People and Families on the Haythornthwaite review of armed forces...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter of 21 December 2023 from the Minister of Defence People and Families on the Haythornthwaite review of armed forces...

      Air Force and Navy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are working on the in-house recruitment of (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force applicants.

      Navy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the Royal Navy’s ability to recruit sufficient numbers of personnel to meet its obligations.

      Marines and Navy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on one-off incentive payments to join the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines in the last 12 months.

      Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 3.17 on page 7 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance -...

      Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.8 on page 20 of his Department's directive entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 1: Directive...

      Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5.4 on page 10 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance -...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have worked on the recruitment of armed forces personnel on average in each year since 2010.

      Navy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment targets and (b) number of people recruited to the Royal Navy were in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of advertising armed forces roles via LinkedIn in meeting his Department’s recruitment targets.

      Reserve Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was to process applications from people wanting to join the (a) regular and (b) reserve forces in each of the last five...

      Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance - Informal...

      Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 7.2 on page 15 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance -...

      Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5.10 on page 11 of his Department's guidance entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 2: Guidance...

      RAF Henlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) plans his Department has and (b) the timetable is for the (i) closure and (ii) disposal of RAF Henlow.

      NATO: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel were deployed on NATO exercises in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.

      RAF Chicksands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Defence Procurement during the debate on Service Accommodation of 19 December 2023, Official...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) heating and (b) hot water issues were reported in service family accommodation properties in each month in 2022.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of service family accommodation properties that (a) reported a total loss of and (b) were left without heat or...

      Ministry of Defence: Lisburn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his planned timeline for the disposal of Kirkwoods Road playing fields; and what steps he has taken toward the disposal.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the Morpheus programme.

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which programmes have benefited from external programme and project management consultancy spending by his Department since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for ration packs for armed forces personnel in each of the last five years.

      Armed Forces: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many inspections have been carried out into the quality of the food served to UK Armed Forces in each of the last five years.

      Ministry of Defence: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been made about (a) food and (b) catering services in the defence estate in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is (a) the contract length and (b) total value of each contract for (i) Ararmark, (ii) ESS and (iii) Sodexo in providing food and catering services...

      Ministry of Defence: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was for catering across the defence estate in each of the last five years.

      HMS Diamond

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Diamond has entered Yemen's territorial waters during Operation Prosperity Guardian.

      HMS Diamond

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether HMS Diamond was in Yemen's territorial waters when it destroyed Houthi drones on 10 January 2024.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he made of the imminence of an attack from Abbs airfield on UK flagged vessels on 11 January 2024.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the recent military action in Yemen on the level of national security risk associated with...

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian personnel will be trained as part of Operation Interflex in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the extent of likely collateral damage from airstrikes in Yemen on 11 January 2024.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2022 Political Declaration on strengthening the protection of civilians from the humanitarian consequences arising from the use of...

  • Attorney General

    • Aiding and Abetting

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 8608 on Aiding and Abetting, what consideration the Crown Prosecution Service gives to a suspect’s level...

    • Aiding and Abetting

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 8608, Aiding and Abetting, if she will direct the Crown Prosecution Service to clarify in future guidance that...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Security Minister's role leading the Defending Democracy Taskforce, if he will take steps to appoint (a) a lead police...

    • Cybercrime: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle cyber-related crime in Solihull constituency.

      Home Office: Feltham and Heston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) schemes and (b) grants their Department administers that are open for (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) other groups in...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what alternative accommodation his Department is providing for asylum seekers being moved out of hotels.

      Home Office: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 171 on Home Office: Consultants, whether his Department plans to publish the outcome...

      Police: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has received recent representations on the financial impact of the police pension scheme 2015 on retired police officers.

      Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with his Irish counterpart on trends in irregular migration flows via Irish ports in the last 12 months.

      Migrant Workers: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department carried out an equality impact assessment on the recent proposed changes to visa salary thresholds.

      Knives: Bournemouth East

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the rise in fatal knife related incidents in Bournemouth East constituency.

      Home Office: Interpreters

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding a pay rise to interpreters working for the Home Office.

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3839 on Dangerous Dogs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the...

      Asylum: Warrington

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers accommodated in Woolston, Warrington are included in the cleared asylum backlog.

  • Treasury

    • Theatre: Corporation Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s draft legislative changes to part 15C of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 on (a)...

    • Trader Support Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the technology used in HMRC's trader support service system; and if he will require the...

      Military Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government Departments will contribute towards the recently announced £2.5 billion assistance package for Ukraine; how much each Department will...

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 17 October 2023 to Question 200203 on Financial Services: Environment Protection, when he plans to publish the next stage...

      Public Finance: Non-fungible Tokens

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential role of Non-Fungible Tokens in tackling corruption in the administration of public finances.

      Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Payment Systems Regulator on ATM interchange fees.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Floods: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what financial support is available to businesses that have (a) been disrupted and (b) had stock damaged as a result of flooding.

    • MADE: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the decision to make a protective award to former employees of MADE.COM, what steps she is taking to help tackle the delays...

      British Shipbuilders: Pension Funds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people who paid into the British Shipbuilders pension fund were not receiving pension payments on 15 January 2024.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review 2020.

    • Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 7116 on Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Females, what his estimate is of the cost to...

      Prisoners' Release: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former prisoners were given tents to live in when leaving prison in each year since 2010.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug recovery programmes were delivered in prisons in (a) 2010, (b) 2018 and (c) 2023.

      Burglary: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate for individuals serving a custodial sentence for burglary is.

      Prisoners' Release: Christmas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Discretionary Friday/pre-Bank Holiday Release Scheme Policy Framework, last updated on 8...

      Prisoners: Release: Christmas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were released on temporary licence for Christmas Day in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023, broken down by each offence committed.

      Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget using a Government procurement card (a) in...

      Reoffenders: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the College of Policing's publication entitled Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions, published on 30 November 2023, if he will...

      McClure Solicitors: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) support clients of McClure Solicitors and (b) ensure former clients are aware of the firm’s...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nicaragua: Religous Freedom

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help promote the freedom of religion or belief in Nicaragua.

    • Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on (a) the raid by Israel Defence Forces on the premises of Action around...

      Nicaragua: Clergy

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has had discussions with its Nicaraguan counterparts on the arrests of Catholic priests.

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has held recent discussions with his counterpart in Nigeria on the persecution of Christians in that country.

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps he had taken to support the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he discussed a timeline for the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah at his meeting with the Egyptian President on 20...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Procurement

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January to Question 8388 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Procurement, if...

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to pause discussions with Mauritius on the proposed transfer of the Chagos Islands to that country in...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help secure the permanent opening of the Kerem Shalom crossing.

      Marshall Scholarships

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what his Department's remaining budgeting is for supporting Marshall scholarships in the current spending review period.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential risk to civilians of a closure of Hudaydah port.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made against his Department’s budget through a...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he plans to respond to Questions 8440, 8441 and 8442 on Israel:Gaza tabled on 8 January 2024 by the hon. Member...

      Bangladesh: Human Rights

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Bangladesh.

      Armed Conflict: Children and Civilians

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has a strategy on protecting children and civilian in conflict zones.

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department has spent on official development assistance for sexual and reproductive health and rights in...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that individuals are held to account for alleged human rights...

      Kashmir: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Countering Illegal Migration during the debate on the Draft...

      Maldives: China and India

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of tensions between India and China over the Maldives.

      Apollinaris Darmawan

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the imprisonment of Apollinaris Darmawan in Indonesia.

      China: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many discussions he had with his counterpart in the People’s Republic of China in the final quarter of 2023.

      Taiwan: Elections

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he had made of the potential impact of the election of Lai Ching-te on regional stability.

      China: Taiwan

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he has taken to help prevent risk of conflict in the Taiwan Strait.

      China: Taiwan

      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 increase in Chinese aerial incursions...

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the adequacy of aid to Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Development Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much official development assistance his Department plans to provide to Ukraine in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether recent progress has been made towards opening the Kerem Shalom border crossing into Gaza for humanitarian aid.

      Israel: Gaza

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the case brought against Israel by South Africa at...

      Development Aid: Climate Change and Poverty

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to UK International Development's white paper entitled International development in a contested world:...

  • Department for Transport

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he pans to reply to the letters of 1 November and 6 December 2023 from the hon. member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent about the...

    • Old Oak Common Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of levels of (a) public and (b) stakeholder support for the construction of a new mainline station at Old Oak Common.

      Old Oak Common Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the creation of a mainline station at Old Oak Common on journey times on the Great Western Mainline.

      North Wales Coast Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of the electrification of the North Wales mainline.

      Fujitsu: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) individual value of contracts with Fujitsu entered into by (i) executive agencies of the Department for...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the impact on the cost of ownership of an electronic vehicle of only using public charging points.

      Driving Licences: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 198296 on Driving Licences: USA, whether his Department has written to the American...

      Buses: Driving

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203762 on Buses: Driving, what (a) actions are required by his Department and (b) the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Curlews: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the survival of curlews in Northern Ireland.

    • Medical Records: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ask the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Department of Health to publish an update on the Report of the Expert Review of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Tree Planting: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees have been planted in England in (a) 2020, (b) 2021,(c) 2022 and (d) 2023 using tax payer money.

    • Beavers: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many CL50 licenses were issued by Natural England in 2023.

      Wetlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will support wetlands-focused research on barriers relating to (a) private finance for, (b) land use...

      Wetlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to celebrate World Wetlands Day.

      Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the business case considered by the trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for moving the herbarium...

      Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate (a) his Department has and (b) the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have made of the energy costs of...

      Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the Equality Impact Assessment relating to the move of the herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to the...

      Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the level of (a) damage and (b) loss posed to the contents of the herbarium at Royal...

      Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the likelihood of other countries asking for elements of the herbarium at Royal Botanic...

      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 (a) 5477 and (b) 5478 tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell on 6 December 2023.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Non-fungible Tokens: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using non-fungible tokens in the issuing of North Sea licences.

    • World War II: National Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many Bevin Boys were conscripted from Rother Valley constituency.

      World War II: National Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information her Department holds on which collieries in (a) Rother Valley constituency and (b) the UK had Bevin Boys as part...

      Energy: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help ensure that disabled people with high energy usage do not fall into fuel poverty.

      Energy: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing an energy social tariff to...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress her Department has made on reviewing the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty.

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report from the Parliamentary Office of...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timeline is for the publication of her Department's fuel poverty strategy; and if she will take steps to ensure...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to extend the warm home discount for disabled households.

      District Heating: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people have started on the (a) low carbon heating technician apprenticeship scheme, (b) Home Decarbonisation Skills...

      District Heating: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people have started on the (a) low carbon heating technician apprenticeship scheme, (b) Home Decarbonisation Skills...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Feltham and Heston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) schemes and (b) grants their Department administers that are open for (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) other...

  • Wales Office

    • North Wales Coast Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Transport, (b) Network Rail and (c) the Welsh government on the electrification...

    • Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Transport and (b) Network Rail on the potential impact of Control Period 7...

      Tata Steel: Port Talbot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when the Tata Steel/ Port Talbot Transition Board will next meet.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Accident and Emergency Departments: HIV Infection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure those diagnosed with HIV through opt-out testing in emergency departments are effectively referred for treatment, whether...

    • Infant Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to setting a target for reducing the infant mortality rate.

      Infant Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outcomes arising from the 2020 final progress report of the Each Baby Counts programme run by the Royal College of...

      Infant Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the Health Service Safety Investigations Body to take forward the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Each Baby Counts...

      Perinatal Mortality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the increase in the stillbirth rate in 2021.

      Maternity Services: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards meeting the national maternity safety ambition in England to reduce stillbirth and neonatal mortality by 50 per cent of 2010...

  • Treasury

    • Reclaim Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Government Actuary was consulted by Reclaim Fund Ltd when it implemented the Internal Capital Guidance issued by the Financial Conduct Authority for...

    • Child Benefit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the positive impacts of the Canada Child Benefit that was introduced in 2016, and what lessons they have learned from it in...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Victims' Commissioner: Payments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to provide payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

    • Victims' Commissioner: Payments

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to issue payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, whether the scheme...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Horticulture: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of the environmental horticulture sector in helping the UK to reach its net zero targets.

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