Tuesday, 23 January 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with relevant stakeholders to help support postgraduate international students find employment in the UK on completion of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of looked-after children who were raised in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency who have been placed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average cost of childcare for a (a) two and (b) three and four-year-old child for 25 hours a week in Blackpool...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance entitled Free school meals: guidance for schools and local authorities, published on 31 January 2023, if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of education, health and care plans include nutritional information; and what (a) funding and (b) other support she has made available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that children in school are not exposed to high levels of air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to (a) monitor and (b) assess the financial health of universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the news stories entitled Changes to student visa route will reduce net migration, published on 23 May 2023, and Home Secretary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children have achieved five Grade C or higher GCSEs in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started an apprenticeship course that they did not complete in each academic year since 2010-2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available for children with allergies in pre-school nurseries in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 7744 on Engineering and Nuclear Physics: Higher Education, what estimate she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average cost to parents of childcare for a (a) a two year old and (b) a three and four year old child for 25 hours...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to help encourage more trade between the UK and its neighbours.
To ask the Secretary of State of Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the contribution of domestic medicinal cannabis production to the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 85 of the Department for International Trade's annual report and accounts for 2021-22, HC501, published on 18 July...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of failures by the Horizon software on sub-postmasters who (a) found...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the timeline is for ensuring all victims of the Horizon scandal receive the compensation they are due; and what steps her Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the contract awarded by her Department to People Places Lives Ltd on 20 December 2023 under procurement reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of subpostmasters in (a) Stockport constituency and (b) Greater Manchester who (i) were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many subpostmasters in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West were (i) wrongfully convicted and (ii) quit as a result of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will conduct a review into the regulation of (a) sales of caravans and (b) management fees at static caravan sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to review legislation on the sale of fireworks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will have discussions with Royal Mail on the potential impact of the reduction in opening hours at Royal Mail customer service points...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of spending on strategy consultancy services on his Department since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of spending on organisation and change management consultancy services on his Department since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the National Grid on the proposed pylons from Norwich to Tilbury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of spending on technical consultancy services on his Department since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments related to (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation properties his Department has paid since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 9 of the Defence Equipment and Support Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how many women have completed the four leadership...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6769 on Ministry of Defence: Written Questions, when he plans to respond to Question 4952 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) urgent and (b) routine maintenance and repair appointments for service accommodation properties have been missed since April 1 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 110584 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much his Department has spent on housing forces...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military housing units were treated for (a) damp and mould, (b) loss of heating, (c) loss of hot water, (d) loss of water supply, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the MENSA programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered the potential merits of introducing the FN EVOLYS 7.62 mm ultralight machine gun for use by the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on external consultants for the Joint Crypt Key Programme programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation's Families First Newsletter published on 14 December 2023, how many of the 1000 void homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was between notification of discharge and actual discharge for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on sexual harassment awareness training for armed forces personnel in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to launch the new accommodation offer for armed forces personnel on 11 March.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to issue a response to the Defence Safety Authority's report entitled fatal accident involving a Scimitar Fighting Vehicle on Salisbury...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) annual cost to his Department of, (b) number of records held on and (c) purpose of the Merlin database held by the Atomic Weapons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence People and Families during the debate on Nuclear Test Veterans: Medical Records on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2024 to Question 9179 on HMS Prince of Wales, who is conducting investigations into the illegal salvage of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department calculates labour costs for the contracts it puts out to tender in the maritime sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department stipulates employment conditions on private companies that supply merchant navy seafarers to deliver public sector contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on (a) the sourcing of bearskin hats from Canada and (b) the method by which those bears are killed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all commercial contracts his Department has with external contractors in the maritime industry including what the (a) value and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the Defence Equipment and Support Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how much has been spent on the refurbishment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of RAF aircraft are authorised to carry special nuclear materials over UK territory; and which types of RAF aircraft are authorised by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 60 on Ukraine: Military Aid, whether any further contracts for the International Fund for Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for adult gender affirming care appointments on the mental health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help ensure the return of maternity and children’s services to the Alexandra hospital in Redditch.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress she has made on increasing the number of tests carried out at community diagnostic centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that families affected by dementia are able to access funding for care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle health inequalities in the North East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure people diagnosed as medically vulnerable can access covid-19 vaccination regardless of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mental health services are accessible to women in all regions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on recruitment and retention of NHS staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of cervical cancer awareness campaigns at reaching people under 25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the average time taken to diagnose ovarian cancer (a) in West Yorkshire and (b) nationally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to (a) review and (b) issue guidance on (i) pay levels and (ii) other employment terms for (A) physician associates, (B)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure a clear delineation of responsibilities between different health professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to regulate additional Medical Allied Professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of NHS clinical staff that were issued with parking penalty notices by NHS hospitals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE’s assessment of the costs and benefits of funding a medication takes into account the size of the community affected;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the research and development of medical technologies in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost to NHS Trusts of the management of venous thromboembolism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of support available to people affected by strokes in West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable for publishing the report on the E.coli O157 outbreak that started in August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's vaccination strategy, published on 13 December 2023, what guidance Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference the NHS England's vaccination strategy, published on 13 December 2023, what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England’s vaccination strategy, published on 13 December 2023, what assessment her Department has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's vaccination strategy, published on 13 December 2023, what guidance her Department plans to provide to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to regulate all professions working in mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health care provision in (a) Dewsbury constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve access to and (b) reduce waiting times for counselling for children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to reduce the waiting time for specialist electric wheelchairs for NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much compensation has been paid out by the vaccine damage payment scheme since Covid-19 was added to the scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claimants have successfully been awarded compensation by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme since Covid-19 was added to the scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for compensation have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) refused by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding (a) alternative therapy methods, (b) art therapy and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8607 on Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists, if she will provide this data by NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on transgender people of delays for specialist gender identity services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2023 to Question 191385 on Liver Diseases: Screening, which 10 community diagnostic centres provide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the diagnosis of liver disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve NHS care for people with migraines; and if she will make an assessment of the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people entered the NHS midwifery workforce through (a) undergraduate training, (b) an apprenticeship, (c) a postgraduate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the average time it takes for a child under the age of 18 diagnosed with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) methods and (b) processes used by the National Institute for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain GPs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of publishing a dedicated cancer strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that cancer waiting time targets are met in (a) Birmingham Erdington constituency and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of pancreatic cancers were diagnosed at an early stage in the most recent year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5383 on NHS: Standards, what steps her Department is taking to to ensure quality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of people living with diabetes who receive their NICE recommended care processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in the Welsh government on the regulation of (a) physician associates and (b)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on (a) the progress of each Department in confirming the presence or absence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Ministers have represented the UK at the World Economic Forum in Davos in each year since 2015.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value of trade between the UK and Palau was in (a) 2023 and (b) 2020.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all those affected by contaminated blood receive appropriate compensation; and what is his planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are employed to work on the access to work telephone helpline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting for an Access to Work assessment as of 16 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on publication of the Disability Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria determining whether individuals should receive social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Health and Safety Executive's annual budget is for accessing scientific papers and other academic journals; to which academic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to work with local authorities to ensure that residents in council accommodation are supported during periods of cold...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q26 of the evidence given by Neil Couling to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 10 January 2024, HC 417, whether it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) aged 16 to 64 who were economically inactive between February and April 2010, (b) aged 16 to 24 who were employed between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the use of machine learning in benefit fraud investigations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fourth Report of the Public Accounts Committee of 2023–24 on The Department for Work & Pensions Annual Report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the UK's commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 1, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 8940, what accounts for the difference between the (a) number and (b) value of transactions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using Non-Fungible Tokens in the administration of benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that women who are (a) self-employed and (b) earn less than £10,000 per year have access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been convicted for offences relating to the fraudulent encashment of state pension payments which were for deceased...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle bike thefts in (a) London and (b) Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle the sale of unlicensed drugs online.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle (a) pickpocketing and (b) illegal street gambling in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to increase the allocation of funding for the police in Hampshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 8727 on Community Protection Notices, what information does his Department hold on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January to Question 8390 on Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, what the cost to the public purse...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on establishing a National Crime Laboratory.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government policies on housing stability for refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has visa arrangements in place to permit registered stem cell donors entry to the UK for the purpose of donating.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish his Department's timescales for the public consultation on the sections of the Draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels used to provide housing for asylum seekers on 1 January 2024 were contracted out to Serco.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Ministerial correction of 10 January 2024 to Question 6124 on Members: Correspondence, when the Security Minister plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statutory guidance entitled Prevent duty guidance: for higher education institutions in England and Wales (2015),...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which civil society organisations the Defending Democracy Taskforce has held recent discussions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 6818 on Refugees: homelessness, what support his Department is providing to local...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he will introduce a National Day of Service and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 16 January 2024 to Question 9201 on Biometric Residence Permits, how many and what proportion of applicants...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to extend visas issued under the Ukraine Extension Scheme beyond the initial three-year period.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of notices given to asylum seekers to leave accommodation provided by his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that recruitment to (a) police and (b) security services are promoted positively; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to footnote 2, page 9 of the publication entitled No Place to Hide: Serious and Organised Crime Strategy 2023-2028, if his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Legacy backlog cleared as plan to stop the boats delivers, published on 2 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the grounds for appeal were of each of the asylum seekers due to be removed to Rwanda on 14 June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of new refugees who become homeless after leaving asylum accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to prevent almshouses from being sold under right to buy; and if he will take steps to help ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authority accounts (a) were submitted on time and (b) remained outstanding after (i) 6, (ii) 12 and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time is for a successful nationally significant infrastructure project planning application to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department last met the architect named as leading...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the redacted Holocaust Memorial material subject to the freedom of information request by Dorian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the size of the local government workforce in each year from 2010 to 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to develop a definition of anti-Muslim hatred.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9220 on Floods: Rotherham, how much funding has been allocated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on clearing the backlog of local audits in England since the 2015-16 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps the Government has taken to help (a) address funding shortfalls in local council budgets and (b) prevent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using non-fungible tokens in the administration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to consult on making water companies statutory consultees on certain planning applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number (a) police stations, (b) fire stations, (c) hospitals, (d) ambulance stations, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the (a) affordability and (b) availability of housing for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to increase access to shared ownership properties in the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the causes of low levels of home ownership amongst young people in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the recommendations of the APPG on SME House Builders in its report on Access to Finance in the SME...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of new homes that were completed by small and medium-sized...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise the development of (a) GP surgeries and (b) other infrastructure in new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Future High Streets Fund will be extended to smaller high streets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty for combined authorities to form...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Accepting foreign awards: UK rules, last updated on 24 November...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to help improve access to healthcare for older people in the Global South.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Nigerian counterpart on the attacks on Christians in Plateau State on 24...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when his Department plans to publish details of all departmental spending over £25,000 since May 2022.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in countries most affected by climate change on the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department has taken to help tackle anti-Christian violence in Nigeria in the Christmas 2023 period.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories'...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2023 to Question 4652 on Embassies: Flags, if he will make it his policy to...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of changes to the law of blasphemy in Denmark.
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:...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure maximum value for money in overseas development assistance spending decisions.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has received reports on the loss of life as a result of the recent mine landslide in Tanzania; and whether...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is taking steps to provide humanitarian in response to recent flooding in Congo-Brazzaville.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help tackle and (b) vet HM Prison staff to ensure compliance with rules on the smuggling of contraband into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases relating to the (a) mis-selling and (b) fraudulent advertising of pets took place in small claims courts in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5765 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Standards, whether his Department is taking steps to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help reduce court backlogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 8379 on Ministry of Justice: Tribunals, whether the contingent liability of the judicial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5745 on Ministry of Justice: Communication, if he will publish the (a) policies, (b) procedures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under human trafficking laws in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 7583 on Prisons: Drugs, how many random mandatory drug tests carried out between 2018 and 2023 were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training prison officers receive on violence against women and girls.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which computer systems used by His Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been supplied by Fujitsu since 2000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the sale of illegal tobacco.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper entitled Merger of current small or medium enterprise (SME) and Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure consistency in the processing of claims for (a) Research and Development Expenditure Credit and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to tax accountants on (a) how and (b) whether activity can be classed as research and development for the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 7905 on Welfare Tax Credits, for what reason the awards of tax credit are deemed provisional; and for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit recipients there are in Suffolk Coastal constituency; and how many tax credit recipients have undergone managed migration to Universal...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on pilot flight training courses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help support Japanese companies to open bank accounts in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many games studios have benefited from Video Games Tax Relief since its introduction.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of using non-fungible tokens to replace paper identification required to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme on investment in early-stage British-owned businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of Video Games Tax Relief on inward investment into the UK video games industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Energy Coast Line Upgrades between Carlisle, Workington and Barrow have entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to increase access to affordable public transport options for people aged between 16 and 24 in Newcastle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what capital funding his Department is making available to support the development of infrastructure at regional airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided to support (a) cycling and (b) walking activities in (i) Dewsbury constituency and (ii) West Yorkshire in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking the use case of large capacity L-Category vehicles into consideration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on the timetable for legislating on national minimum standards for taxi and private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with the West Midlands Mayor on increasing the level of devolved powers for local bus services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of additional rail capacity which will be available at the end of Network Rail’s Control Period 7...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rail industry’s plans to review Ebbsfleet tunnel flooding that occurred on 29 December 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 71 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the new station at Tavistock has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the the proposed electrification of the North Wales mainline, whether that project has entered the Rail network enhancements...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the proposed reopening of Beeching lines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the proposed Midlands Rail hub has entered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 52 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the proposed upgrade to Waverly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed improvements of the M6 Junction 15 South of Manchester to Birmingham have entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed road improvements to the M6 Junction 15 South of Manchester...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A38 Somerset road improvement scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to regional airports for the costs of installing infrastructure to allow a transition to green fuel sources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the Kendal Access Road scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) national and (b) local highway maintenance in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed Blyth relief road has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 26 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 13 October 2023, how the funding to fix potholes will be allocated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A1-A19 Hickleton Bypass Road scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the decision by BA to increase the minimum connection time at Heathrow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of private jets on trends in the levels of (a) air pollution and (b) CO2 emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of public charge points for electric vehicles there will be by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of EV charging points there will be at the end of (a) 2024 and (b) 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicles in the car fleet for (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials are pure electric cars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the planned electrification on the Hull-Leeds, Sheffield-Hull and Sheffield-Leeds routes has entered Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will grant an immediate emergency exemption of at least six months to allow West Coast Rail company to make a new application for a new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much grant money has been given to (a) the Mayor of London and (b) London boroughs for (i) ULEZ and (ii) active travel schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the restoration project of the Don Valley Line between Sheffield and Stocksbridge has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; at what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Plant biosecurity strategy for Great Britain (2023 to 2028),...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 5961 on Agriculture: Floods, how many farmers have been awarded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement action the Environment Agency will take to prevent environmental contamination from Trenchard Scrapyard in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase prosecutions for fly tipping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Trenchard Scrapyard in Four Marks, Hampshire is compliant with the required Environment Agency permits and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings have taken place between Hampshire County Council, East Hampshire District Council and the Environment Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met with representatives from the vaping industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the level of food waste reporting by large businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 8 September, (b) 2 October, (c) 2 November and (d) 7 December 2023...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the time taken to process claims to the Windrush Compensation Scheme from people in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much refined fuel by volume has been exported from the UK in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much refined fuel by volume has been imported to the UK in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her Department holds on the (a) location of sites and (b) estimated UK capacity in each of the next five years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the (a) volume and (b) proportion of oil that is brought ashore by the Forties Pipeline System and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to provide further funding for the (a) upscaling of urban photovoltaics technologies and (b) connection of urban...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2023 to Question 8973 on Wind Power: Bradwell-on-Sea, if she will direct National Grid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications of the provisions of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the level of carbon emissions attributable to (a) the maritime sector and (b) the import and export...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to provide additional financial support to households in Northern Ireland that have high energy use for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the National Grid has had discussions with RAF Wattisham on the Norwich to Tilbury pylon proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of how many existing homes which qualify for (a) home insulation and (b) energy efficiency grants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a Government scheme to fund internet connectivity improvements...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what budget has been allocated to Official Development Assistance (ODA) R&D for the 2024-25 financial year; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to help establish partnerships with (a) private sector and (b) academic institutions to increase skills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many games studios have been supported by the UK Games Fund since its inception.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average length of time taken by HMRC to process tax payments.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 10 January (HL Deb col 8), where it was asserted that His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report by Cambridge Econometrics London's Economy After Brexit: Impacts and Implications, published on 11 January, which estimated that...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for ensuring that setting up a Government Gateway account is more straightforward and accessible.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate the rates of saving by UK households.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many adults in the UK are not expected to pay any income tax in 2023–24.
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they are providing for Prevent practitioners on the circumstances under which they are required to refer an individual involved in human rights,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill on the continuing application of the provisions in Article 2 of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what risk assessments are carried out when facilitating room-sharing on the Bibby Stockholm, and at what intervals this is repeated after the outset of an asylum...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on the cost and speed of extending leaseholds.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to inform and educate employers and occupational health professionals about the specific workplace adaptations that people with...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making COVID-19 vaccines available for people to buy privately.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain a vaccine-based immunity in the under-65s given the spread of the JN.1 COVID-19 sub-variant.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure there is a sufficient and reliable supply of medicines to help patients suffering from ADHD.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that regulated persons in relation to forest risk commodities establish and implement due diligence systems in relation...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to manage grocery inflation in light of disruption to the Red Sea and the potential delay in shipping times.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to undertake post-legislative review of (1) the Automated and Electrical Vehicles Act 2018, (2) the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) pedestrians, and (2) drivers, have been (a) injured, or (b) killed, by electric scooters in each of the past three years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for annually indexing Local Housing Allowance to rent levels.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many alternative education schools are (1) registered, and (2) unregistered.
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