Written answers

Friday, 2 February 2024

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to reintroduce the parking code of practice.

    • Local Government: Bankruptcy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent local authorities from declaring bankruptcy.

      Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the number of registered voters living overseas per constituency including the country they are residing in.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (a) approved and (b) eligible Afghans are being housed under homeless...

      Cladding Safety Scheme: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many residential buildings have registered with the Cladding Safety Scheme in (a) Romford and (b) Havering.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sanctions

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish his Department's review of sanctions architecture.

    • Pakistan: Christianity

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what (a) information his Department holds on and (b) steps his Department is taking to help tackle the (i) abduction...

      Antisemitism

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the International Court of Justice case concerning...

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding for the UN relief and works agency for palestine refugees...

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of some countries pausing funding to the UN relief and works...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the Israeli government's compliance with the provisional measures set forth by the...

      Middle East: UN Agencies

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to the UN on the potential steps it can take to ensure it has the confidence of donor...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much aid was given to civil society organisations in Israel and Palestine whose explicit aims include working...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Stonewall

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much funding his Department has provided to Stonewall in each year since 2019.

      South Africa: Antisemitism

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's travel advice on the safety of South Africa for...

      Libya: IRA

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Libyan counterparts on compensation for UK victims of Libyan-sponsored...

      British Nationals Abroad: Detainees

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the Government’s effectiveness in achieving the release...

      Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the release from prison on bail of (a) Niloufar...

      North Korea: South Korea

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his South Korean counterpart on relations with North Korea.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the data entitled FCDO’s ministerial travel, July to September 2022, what the cost was of the...

      China: Falun Gong

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in China on the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners.

      Thailand: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many UK nationals died in Thailand in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023; how many such deaths were due to (i) murder, (ii)...

      Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the potential merits of...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has considered the potential merits of extending visas issued under the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme, (b) Homes for Ukraine...

    • Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rule 35 reports were issued in detention centres in 2023.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people approved for relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are residing in hotels in the UK as of 30 January...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Annexes (a) C and (b) G of the statement of requirements at schedule 2 of the Asylum Accommodation and Support contracts have been...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme have been denied in each quarter since the scheme was launched.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Records: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for the publication of the Unified Information Standard for Protected Characteristics; and whether it will...

    • Dental Health: Blaydon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the relationship between the availability of NHS dental care and (a) adult and (b) children dental...

      Health Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle shortages of health visitors and (b) help ensure that they are resourced to support parents of...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering incentives to dentists to deliver NHS dentistry.

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of equalising dentistry training requirements between the private...

      Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will carry out a national survey to help identify potential spare capacity in NHS hospital buildings; if she will publish a list...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing a bespoke strategy for children's and young people's mental health.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure coordination of children and young people's mental health support across different agencies.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Gambling Commission and (b) Financial Conduct Authority on potential proposals to regulate...

    • Cultural Heritage: Tamworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the condition of heritage assets in Tamworth constituency.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's publication on ministerial travel data for July to September 2022, what the cost was of the (a)...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11390 on Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices, how much was spent on each of those...

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11319 on Import Controls, what the cost to business will be of an individual Safety and Security...

      Cabinet Office: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.

      Cabinet Office: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Ministerial Overseas Travel Transparency data, what the cost was of the (a) plane tickets and (b) accommodation...

      Civil Partnerships

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil partnerships for opposite sex couples have been (a) registered and (b) ended in each year since 2019.

      Government Departments: Sick Leave

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8810 on Cabinet Office: Sick Leave, if he will make an estimate of the total number staff days...

      United Kingdom Security Vetting: Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of clearances were processed by United Kingdom Security Vetting within 95 days in the latest period for which data is...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases.

    • Coroners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page one of the Government response to the First Report of the Justice Select Committee of Session 2021-22 on The Coroner Service, HC...

      Prison Sentences: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of prisoners serving public protection sentences in Wales.

      Young Offenders: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Barnardo's report entitled Double discrimination: Black care-experienced young adults navigating the criminal justice system,...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether spiking awareness training is provided for all members of the armed forces.

    • Ministry of Defence: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of ARAP (a) pending, (b) rejected and (c) approved applicants identified as having served in a triples unit are residing in...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a comparative assessment of difficulties in recruitment to each of the armed forces.

      Warrior Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department previously had a policy of cannibalising the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle fleet.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to restrict the sale of horticultural peat under Section 53 and Schedule 7 of the Environment Act 2021.

    • Wetlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to recommendation 4.10 in the Annex entitled Guidelines for the implementation of the wise use concept in the...

      Hunting: Animal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the e-petition entitled Ban imports of hunting trophies of endangered animals; and whether the...

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services: Advisory Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary during the debate on Financial Advice and Guidance: Consumer Market of 9 January 2024,...

    • No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of when the pilot No Interest Loan Scheme run by Fair4AllFinance will be launched in Northern Ireland.

      Individual Savings Accounts: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Lifetime ISA withdrawal charges there were in the latest available financial year, broken down by local authority.

      Local Government Pension Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take legislative steps to exempt members of the Local Government Pension Scheme from the proposed increase to the national minimum pension age...

      Crown Estate Commissioners: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was generated by the Crown Estate in Wales by activity area in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Blackpool South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children with SEND are (a) persistently and (b) severely absent from school in Blackpool South constituency.

    • Apprentices: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of SMEs that have recruited (a) 10, (b) between 10 and 20, (c) between 30 and 40 and (d) more than 50...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions officials in her Department have had with social media companies on safeguarding users from scams;...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Ministers from his Department have had discussions with Stonewall on recording equality in the workplace.

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to permit universal credit data to be shared with local authorities operating a selective licensing housing scheme.

      Remote Working: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) suitability and (b) availability of remote working jobs for disabled benefit claimants.

      Universal Credit: Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit (UC) claimants are in receipt of UC housing allowance in (a) Easington constituency and (b)...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Indonesia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 28 December 2022 to Question 112071 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:...

    • Net Zero Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many times has the Net Zero Council met since May 2023.

      Net Zero Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the membership is of the Net Zero Council; and what its objectives are for 2024.

      Planning Authorities: Batteries and Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to develop the (a) expertise and (b) capabilities of Local Planning Authorities to deliver new...

      Energy Supply: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK to host new London Energy Security Conference to rewire global energy...

      Environment Protection: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for publishing the Net Zero and Nature Workforce Action Plan.

      Energy Supply: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the London Energy Security Conference will take place.

      Fossil Fuels: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of plans to grant new oil and gas licences.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received the warm home discount rebate in (a) York Central constituency (b) City of York Council and (c)...

      Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of signing up to the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the reasons for change in the mean cost of heat pump installations through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8274 on Transport: North Shropshire, how the £1 billion allocated for Bus Service...

    • Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Bus Back Better: national bus strategy for England, published on 15 March 2021, what his...

      Fishing Vessels: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legal costs were incurred by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for prosecutions relating to the non-wearing of personal flotation devices in the...

      Buses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultation entitled Ending the sale of new, non-zero emission buses, coaches and...

      Bus Lanes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a list of civil enforcement areas that were granted to local authorities for the enforcement of bus lanes in 2023.

      Bus Lanes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the total length of bus lanes per local transport authority.

      Fishing Vessels: Surveillance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notices were issued to fishing vessel owners following the flights conducted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in 2023; and what the (a)...

  • Wales Office

    • Physician Associates: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the Welsh Government on the levels of public awareness of (a) the role and (b) competencies...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Menopause: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to inform and educate employers and occupational health professionals of the specific workplace adaptations that women experiencing...

    • Infant Foods: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to infant formula for families who need it but are finding that rising costs are making it unaffordable.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Hate Crime: Alternatives to Prison

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that non-custodial sentences command public and judicial confidence by ensuring that, when offenders undertake such...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Insulation: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many households they aim to help with home insulation measures in the next 12 months; and what budget is available to support this.

    • Housing: Insulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many households they have helped with home insulation measures in the last 12 months.

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