Wednesday, 7 February 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government response to the call for evidence on the review of park homes legislation, published in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to help support park home residents that have been adversely impacted by (a) companies in the Royale...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce has had discussions with the Electoral Commission on enhanced information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with his Ukrainian counterparts on plans for the futures of those resident in the UK on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10209 on Refugees: Homelessness, what steps he is taking to monitor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will have discussions with local authorities on the processes used to determine the purposes for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council on (a) progress in relation to its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 6 September 2023 to Question 195098 on Buildings: Disability, on what date he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the availability of housing in Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much (a) has been spent and (b) remains in the Building Safety Fund as of 31 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on increasing the number of flood defence projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to work with relevant authorities in improving storm resilience and recovery efforts in (a) England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department invested in upper catchment management schemes in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of trends in the level of risk of surface water flooding; and what steps his Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of dredging on water levels in the Broads water system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected lifespan is of flood resilience schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties which have property level resilience measures installed have been flooded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister of the Cabinet Office on the role of the Government Resilience...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds data on the number of water abstraction licences that have been issued by the Environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the condition of the River Rom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) produce centralised guidance and (b) provide training for (i) land managers,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Farming Recovery Fund will be extended to all those affected by storms this winter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ring-fencing funding within the Flood Defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to support farmers whose lands have been flooded in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help restore wetlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with United Utilities on bill prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to support Havering Council in efforts to enhance the River Rom's (a) environmental health, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for the maintenance of the River Rom in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the subcontractors involved in fabrication work on the Type 26 programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of ARAP applications that have been pending a decision for more than (a) three, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the longest outstanding Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy case without an eligibility decision was as of 30 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Royal Navy (a) staffing target and (b) actual number of staff was as of 30 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his polices of the drone attack on the Tower 22 US base in Jordan on 28 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people that have relocated to the UK under the (a) Afghan relocations and assistance policy and (b) Afghan citizens resettlement scheme are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where each offshore patrol vessel (a) is deployed and (b) was manufactured; what the purchase cost was of each vessel; and what the annual (i) running...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to procure a very-short range air defence system (VSHORAD) capability for the army.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q43 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when the maintenance period for RFA...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full operating capability and out of service date for the Crowsnest Airborne Early Warning system.
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 of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to purchase Spanish-built VAMTAC vehicles for the army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q14 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when he plans to complete the force...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in service date for the Multi-Role Support Ship is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the each service's contracts with Capita was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) jobs and (b) technical apprenticeships (i) have been created and (ii) he estimates will be created over the next 10 years from the Type 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated budget for the Multi-Role Support Ship programme is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, what steps his Department is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q21 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when his Department plans to introduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget was provided to the Atomic Weapons Establishment to enable the negotiated settlement of the 2023 pay disputes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q57 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when he expects the planning round to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 4065 on Ministry of Defence: Consultants, when he plans to send the letter to the Rt Hon. Member...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q33 of the oral evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, when he plans to announce changes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans from Northern Ireland have (a) received and (b) had an application denied for a Veteran's ID card as of 30 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 11259 on Warrior Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance, when did the policy of cannibalisation begin;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to resolve complaints about unsatisfactory responses to subject access requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long on average it takes his Department to respond to a subject access request; and what proportion of such requests are answered after 20 days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that armed forces recruitment targets are met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the performance targets are for his Department's recruitment contracts with Capita.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time is for a Royal Navy engineering technician application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of ARAP cases are pending a decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy is abolishing tropical uniforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the retirement of Tranche 1 Typhoon fighter jets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what number and proportion of UK jobs are in the (a) aerospace and (b) defence industry in each constituency as of 2 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the Crowsnest Airborne Early Warning system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, published on 19 July 2023.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure aid reaches (a) women and (b) girls in Afghanistan.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent representations he has made to his Afghan counterpart on the treatment of women and girls in that country. .
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...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help avert famine in Gaza.
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...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied...
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...
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...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the safety of (a) staff, (b) patients and (c)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing support for unaccompanied children in Gaza.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10673 on Gaza: Israel, whether his Department has logged alleged...
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...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has provided (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure the employment of women by (a) aid agencies and (b) NGOs in Afghanistan.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will resume the funding of UNRWA.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Postponement of the UK-African Investment Summit, published...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has sought legal advice on the forcible removal of civilians from Occupied Palestinian Territories by Israel.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the (a) recent physical assault on Hagop...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Somaliland on the ongoing British intervention in Yemen.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has taken steps to fund the BBC World Service after 2025.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) US counterpart and (b) the UK's international allies on (a) diplomatic,...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent unintended impacts from sanctions on food imports to Yemen by (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which properties of UK charities in Gaza have been hit by Israeli military strikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who attempted to enter the UK on small boats who were (a) intercepted by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained after crossing the English Channel in boats involved in uncontrolled landings in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrived in the UK clandestinely (a) on larger vessels and (b) in a vehicle on a ferry in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a minimum of 12 months notice to the first arrivals under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an overall cap on the number of migrants to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many newly issued biometric residence permits have been returned due to clerical errors in their production in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received an award from the Windrush Compensation Scheme in each quarter since that Scheme was launched.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people whose application for an award under the Windrush Compensation Scheme has been denied have appealed in each quarter since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the documentation provided to British National Overseas passport holders to access mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to (a) mitigate delays in producing and (b) ensure the correct (i) names and (ii) bate of births are printed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will issue guidance on exemptions to meeting the minimum income requirement threshold for family visas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the guidance on the implementation of Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 is applied...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the use of barber shops as fronts for (a) organised crime and (b) illegal immigration.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) driving through red lights. and (b) other forms of dangerous driving.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of compliance with the recommendations contained in Police perpetrated domestic abuse: Report...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled PM meeting with the Prime Minister of Belgium, published by the Prime Minister's office on 23...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have requested the total sum of their Windrush compensation award be reviewed for each quarter since April 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing reduced fee tiers of visa payments for individuals with contributory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adult social care residential care home places there were in (a) Kent and (b) Canterbury in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) improving understanding of and (b) finding a cure for Lobular cancer as of 31 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prescriptions obtained from a pharmacy are charged as a private patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the research from University College London entitled Who would be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) increase the capacity of interstitial lung disease services and (b) reduce the time between diagnosis and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of dental activity were (a) commissioned and (b) delivered in each integrated care board in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the spread of bedbugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5802 on Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence, for what reason has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims on (a) MMR, (b) Covid-19 and (c) all other vaccinations have been made to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are providing adequate information to (a) students and (b) parents on the (i) merits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in prison have epilepsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with local mental health trusts on the adequacy of their staffing levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy plans to reply to the letter of the hon. Member for Shipley dated 3...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the capacity of overnight accommodation for parents with babies on neonatal units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 329 of his Departmental Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, how much and what proportion of the £432 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on postage in the latest 12 month period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 7731 on Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board: Dental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of covid-19 infection rates among health and social care staff on the delivery of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in (a) Rother Valley constituency and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on best practice on tackling veterans’ mental health issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce incidences of surgical (a) fires and (b) burns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of theatre-related fires that were reported in NHS hospitals in (a) 2020, (b) 2021,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2024 to Question 9342 on UK Health Security Agency: Finance, if she will publish a breakdown of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department have taken to (a) improve and (b) expand research into (i) the causes of and (ii) potential treatment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects all schools in York to have a designated mental health team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that parents with children with mental health challenges receive the support required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that health and social care staff continue to have access to free covid-19 testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the Oxford–AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria was withdrawn from general public administration in the UK; and for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on its guidance to healthcare professionals relating to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of child cruelty offences in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to amend the right of offenders sentenced to an Indefinite Hospital Order to apply for a review every 12 months; and whether he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the end of custody supervised licence is in operation as of 30 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sick days absences were recorded by prison staff in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with EDF on (a) the adequacy of its capital funding for the completion of the Hinkley Point C...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will publish the studies or data available on the estimated increased emissions caused by increased shipping that would...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much North Sea oil has been refined at Grangemouth Refinery in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to provide support for for households who no longer qualify for the Warm Homes Discount due to changing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to encourage wind turbine manufacturing in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether unanticipated cost increases for Sizewell C will fall on consumers under the proposed Regulated Asset Base financing model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Further steps to prepare Sizewell C for construction, published on 22...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending community benefits to low-carbon electricity generation projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the ban on flaring to 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the incident at Sellafield Nuclear site on 28 November 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2024 to Question 1418 on the Energy Charter Treaty, if she will set a deadline for the receipt...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people living in fuel poverty in Stockport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with railway providers to help improve train timeliness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of seafarer (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the merchant shipping industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual (a) budget for reducing serious injury and death of the roads and (b) cost to the exchequer per casualty is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out his Department's strategy on sustainable aviation fuel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of trends in the level of rail freight usage since 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for the delivery of a feasibility study on the electrification of sections of the Northern Ireland railway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on (a) whether any issues were identified during the testing of new Hitachi AT300 rolling stock to replace...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget has been allocated for track renewals in England and Wales in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work on the upgrade to Ely Junction to (a) begin and (b) be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the length of rail tracks in miles that will be electrified in 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with train operating companies on trends in the number of people working in the rail industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with CrossCountry Trains on overcrowding on its services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency spent on (a) flights, (b) legal action and (c) staff in relation to the monitoring of fishing vessels for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to Active Travel England in each of the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of driving under the influence of (a) drugs and (b) alcohol offences in (i) the South West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing in Bournemouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the lessons that his Department could learn from (a) Oslo and (b) Helsinki on reducing road deaths to zero.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Household Support Fund on vulnerable households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of index linking pension payments of failed pension schemes under the (a) Financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the real-terms change as a result of inflation in the value of pension payments that were not index linked...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of the UK’s chemical safety regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2023 to Question 3556 on Chemicals: Regulation, for what reason no new additions to the UK’s...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect vulnerable tax credit claimants who have accrued overpayment debt through no fault of their own.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the overpayment of tax credits in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT to 10% in the hair and beauty sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of women that will meet the new (a) income and (b) net asset financial promotion exemption thresholds for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to his Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount of interest that Russian designated persons have accrued on assets that have been frozen by the UK Government.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Insolvency Service's publication entitled, Commentary - Individual Insolvency Statistics October to December 2023, published on 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will meet representatives of Royal Mail to discuss adherence to the universal service obligation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what budgetary provision her Department has allocated for payments of redress to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in each financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals for overturning the convictions of subpostmasters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when was ministerial approval granted to UK Export Finance to advance negotiations with Harland & Wolff in relation to a proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled UK and Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership arrangement, published on 14 November 2023,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Post Office on replacing the Horizon system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Second Report of the Women and Equalities Committee of Session 2023-24 on Misogyny in music, what steps is her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to place further restrictions on the advertisement of alcohol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the relationship between (a) the use of in-game loot boxes and (b) the likelihood of future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of the UK Interactive Entertainment principles and guidance on loot boxes; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure freelance workers in the music industry receive the same protections...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were prosecuted for TV licence evasion in England in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the Civil Procedure Rule Committee making rules of court that would...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) long-term viability and (b) economic sustainability of freelance journalism.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, If she will make an assessment of the potential impact on women's health of the Government's progress on implementing the recommendations of the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle refusal of entry of guide dogs into business establishments.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support women experiencing menopause at work.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce economic inactivity among women between the ages of 45 and 64.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish pass rates for level 2 functional skills qualifications in (a) English and (b) maths among people aged 19 and over; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on education for autistic children and young people of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on whether multi-academy trusts must be an exempt charity, rather than a charity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department plans to measure and monitor the impact of the Veterans Strategy and Action Plan.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on delivering the Great Place to Work employment programme.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of welfare services for veterans.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long on average it takes his Department to respond to a subject access request; and what proportion of such requests are answered after 20 days.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to your Department's publication entitled Rt Hon Liz Truss MP and Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP overseas travel, October to December 2022,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of advertised jobs that can be undertaken solely at home in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Attorney General, how many convictions for paedophilia were referred to her Department under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the survey on Public attitudes to animal research, last conducted for the Office for Life Sciences in 2018,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the application process for grants from Innovate UK; and if she...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will consider increasing their funding for the World Food Programme to enable the Programme to restore its monthly food vouchers for Rohingya refugees...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the Scottish First Minister to invite a foreign head of government to a meeting where no official of...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Foreign Secretary intends to visit China; and if so, (1) what assessment they have made of the achievements of the previous visit by a Foreign...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Argentina on the future security of the Falkland Islands.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the government of India about the delay in the issue of a visa to the England cricketer, Shoaib Bashir.
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia regarding the recent executions in 2022 and 2023 in that country which were allegedly based...
To ask His Majesty's Government how much finance, other than that provided under the Barnett formula, was made available to (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, and (3) Northern Ireland, in each of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to mitigate the potential negative impact of the United Kingdom’s current inflation rates on the economy.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 3 January (HL1212), what was the nature of the “learning” undertaken by and shared within the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the proposal from the International Agreements Committee, set out in its letter to the Secretary of State for Business and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to determine which European Union laws will be retained, reformed, or revoked under the plans set out in the Retained EU Law...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the tonnage of coil and sheet steel (1) manufactured in, and (2) imported into, the UK in each of the past five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the manufacturing sector in the light of increased inflationary pressure as a result of supply disruptions in the Red Sea.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their response to the report from the House of Commons Justice Select Committee, Private prosecutions: safeguards (9th Report, Session...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who have arrived into the UK illegally since 1 January 2022 and who would therefore be eligible for removal to Rwanda have been referred to the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that residents on the Bibby Stockholm can access outside space and the surrounding community without requiring inspection by...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 17 January (HL Deb col 466), whether the Home Secretary has had the opportunity to read the relevant section of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of adult dependents of those on student visas who are in work.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued graduate visas in each of the years (1) 2021, (2) 2022 and (3) 2023 who (a) remain in the UK today,...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 24 January (HL1408 and HL1409), how many visas for relocation to the United Kingdom have been...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued student visas in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, (5) 2022, and (6) 2023, who (a) remain in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the £41.4 million funding they have promised for the restoration of the Tyne Bridge will be released in time for the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to address the discrepancy in fares paid by rail passengers purchasing train tickets at vending machines compared with passengers using...
To ask His Majesty's Government what statistics they collect about staffing in the rail sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of (1) environmental, and (2) other, damage posed by the passage through or close to UK waters of uninsured oil...
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of motorway service stations have a grid connection sufficient to power six rapid or ultra-rapid chargepoints for electric vehicles.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) tackle in-work poverty, and (2) create more job opportunities across the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether there have been any consultations with local authorities, charities, and community organisations regarding the impact of terminating the Household Support...
To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency plans are in place to address the potential increase in demand for services such as food banks in the event of the discontinuation of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of Afghanistan’s Commando Force 333 have been admitted to the UK under the various Afghan resettlement schemes (1) in 2021–22, and (2)...
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