Written answers

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Park Homes: Regulation

      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...

    • Park Homes: RoyaleLife

      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...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Ministerial Boxes

      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...

      Political Parties and Public Bodies: Information Sharing

      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...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      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...

      Refugees: Homelessness

      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...

      Public Buildings

      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...

      Housing and Local Plans: Stockport

      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...

      Buildings: Disability

      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...

      Housing: Northern Ireland

      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...

      Building Safety Fund

      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.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Agency: Flood Control

      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.

    • Storms: Emergencies

      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...

      Flood Control

      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.

      Flood Control

      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...

      Norfolk and Suffolk Broads: Dredging

      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.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected lifespan is of flood resilience schemes.

      Property: Flood Control

      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.

      Flood Control

      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...

      Water Abstraction: Licensing

      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...

      River Rom

      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.

      Wetlands: Flood Control

      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,...

      Storms: Agriculture

      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.

      Flood Control: Finance

      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...

      Agriculture: Floods

      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.

      Wetlands: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help restore wetlands.

      United Utilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with United Utilities on bill prices.

      River Rom

      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)...

      River Rom

      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.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Type 26 Frigates: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the subcontractors involved in fabrication work on the Type 26 programme.

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      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)...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      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.

      Navy: Staff

      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.

      Jordan: USA

      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.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      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...

      Patrol Craft: Costs and Deployment

      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...

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      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.

      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...

      RFA Fort Victoria: Repairs and Maintenance

      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...

      Early Warning Systems

      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.

      Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      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...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to purchase Spanish-built VAMTAC vehicles for the army.

      Armed Forces

      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...

      Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in service date for the Multi-Role Support Ship is.

      Ministry of Defence: Contracts

      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.

      Type 31 Frigates: Job Creation

      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...

      Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated budget for the Multi-Role Support Ship programme is.

      Ammunition: Procurement

      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...

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      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...

      AWE: Finance

      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.

      Armed Forces

      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...

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

      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...

      Ministry of Defence: Procurement

      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...

      Veterans: Identity Cards

      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.

      Warrior Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

      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;...

      Ministry of Defence: Subject Access Requests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to resolve complaints about unsatisfactory responses to subject access requests.

      Ministry of Defence: 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.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that armed forces recruitment targets are met.

      Ministry of Defence: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the performance targets are for his Department's recruitment contracts with Capita.

      Navy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time is for a Royal Navy engineering technician application.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of ARAP cases are pending a decision.

      Navy: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy is abolishing tropical uniforms.

      Typhoon Aircraft: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the retirement of Tranche 1 Typhoon fighter jets.

      Aerospace Industry and Defence: Employment

      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.

      Early Warning Systems: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the Crowsnest Airborne Early Warning system.

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      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.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Women

      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.

    • Afghanistan: Women

      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. .

      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...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

      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.

      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, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied...

      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...

      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...

      Gaza: Hospitals

      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)...

      Gaza: Children

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing support for unaccompanied children in Gaza.

      Gaza: Israel

      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...

      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...

      UNRWA: Staff

      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...

      UNRWA: Finance

      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...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      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)...

      Afghanistan: Women

      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.

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will resume the funding of UNRWA.

      UNRWA: Finance

      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...

      UK-Africa Investment Summit

      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...

      Israel: Palestinians

      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.

      Jerusalem: Ethnic Groups

      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...

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      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.

      BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has taken steps to fund the BBC World Service after 2025.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      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,...

      Yemen: Food

      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)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministerial Boxes

      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...

      Gaza: Charities

      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.

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      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...

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      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.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      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.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      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...

      Immigration

      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.

      Biometric Residence Permits: Standards

      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.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      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.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Appeals

      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...

      British National (Overseas): Pensions

      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...

      Biometric Residence Permits: Standards

      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...

      Visas: Families

      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.

      Abortion: Demonstrations

      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...

      Personal Care Services: Organised Crime and Undocumented Migrants

      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.

      Dangerous Driving

      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.

      Police: Domestic Abuse

      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...

      Cross border Cooperation: Belgium

      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...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      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.

      Visas: Fees and Charges

      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...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Homes: Kent

      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.

    • Breast Cancer: Research

      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.

      Prescription Drugs: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prescriptions obtained from a pharmacy are charged as a private patients.

      Electronic Cigarettes

      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...

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      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...

      Dental Services

      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.

      Pests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the spread of bedbugs.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence

      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...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      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...

      MMR Vaccine: Health Education

      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...

      Prisoners: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in prison have epilepsy.

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      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.

      Members: Correspondence

      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...

      Baby Care Units

      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.

      NHS: Digital Technology

      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...

      NHS: Postage Stamps

      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.

      Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board: Finance

      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...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      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...

      Charcot Marie Tooth Disease

      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)...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      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.

      Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

      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.

      Operating Theatres: Fires

      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,...

      UK Health Security Agency: Finance

      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...

      Long Covid: Research

      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...

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      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.

      Mental Health Services: Children

      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.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Abortion

      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...

    • Offences against Children: Convictions and Prosecutions

      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.

      Offenders: Mental Illness

      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...

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the end of custody supervised licence is in operation as of 30 January 2024.

      Prisons: Sick Leave

      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.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction

      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...

    • Refineries: Grangemouth

      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...

      Refineries: Grangemouth

      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.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Eligibility

      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...

      Wind Power: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to encourage wind turbine manufacturing in Scotland.

      Sizewell C Power Station: Construction

      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.

      Sizewell C Power Station: Construction

      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...

      Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions

      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.

      Natural Gas: Carbon Emissions

      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.

      Sellafield

      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.

      Energy Charter Treaty

      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...

      Fuel Poverty: Stockport

      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.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with railway providers to help improve train timeliness.

    • Merchant Shipping: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      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.

      Roads: Accidents

      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.

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out his Department's strategy on sustainable aviation fuel.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of trends in the level of rail freight usage since 2014.

      Railways: Northern Ireland

      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.

      Avanti West Coast: Rolling Stock

      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...

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      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.

      Railways: Suffolk

      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.

      Railways: Electrification

      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.

      Railways: Staff

      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.

      Cross Country Trains: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with CrossCountry Trains on overcrowding on its services.

      Fishing Vessels: Safety

      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...

      Active Travel England

      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...

      Driving under Influence: South West

      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...

      Roads: Bournemouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing in Bournemouth.

      Roads: Accidents

      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.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Household Support Fund

      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.

    • Pensions

      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...

      ASW: Workplace Pensions

      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...

      Chemicals: Regulation

      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.

      Chemicals: Regulation

      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...

  • Treasury

    • Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

      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.

    • Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments

      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.

      Personal Care Services: VAT

      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.

      Wealth: Women

      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...

      Treasury: Ministerial Boxes

      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.

      Freezing of Assets: Russia

      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.

      Debt Respite Scheme

      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...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      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.

    • Horizon IT System: Compensation

      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...

      Horizon IT System: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals for overturning the convictions of subpostmasters.

      Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees

      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...

      Taiwan: Investment

      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,...

      Horizon IT System

      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.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Music: Hate Crime and Sexual Harassment

      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...

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Advertising

      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.

      Gambling: Video Games

      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...

      Gambling: Video Games

      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...

      Music: Self-employed

      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...

      Television Licences: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were prosecuted for TV licence evasion in England in 2023.

      Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry

      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...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Ministerial Boxes

      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.

      Journalism: Self-employed

      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.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the gender pay gap.

    • Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

      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...

      Guide Dogs: Business Premises

      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.

      Menopause: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support women experiencing menopause at work.

      Women: Unemployment

      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.

  • Department for Education

    • English Language and Mathematics: Qualifications

      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...

    • Education: Autism

      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...

      Academies

      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.

      Department for Education: Ministerial Boxes

      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.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans

      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.

    • Civil Servants: Veterans

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on delivering the Great Place to Work employment programme.

      Veterans

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of welfare services for veterans.

      Cabinet Office: Subject Access Requests

      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.

      Prime Minister: Visits Abroad

      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,...

      Remote Working

      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.

  • Attorney General

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

      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...

    • Animal Experiments: Public Opinion

      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,...

      Innovate UK

      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...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Rohingya: Refugees

      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...

    • Foreign Relations: Scotland

      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...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: China

      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...

      Falkland Islands: Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Argentina on the future security of the Falkland Islands.

      Shoaib Bashir

      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.

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      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...

  • Treasury

    • Public Expenditure

      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...

    • Inflation: Economic Situation

      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.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Lake Windermere: Pollution

      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...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade

      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...

    • EU Law

      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...

      Iron and Steel

      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.

      Piracy: Red Sea

      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.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Private Prosecutions

      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...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      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...

    • Asylum: Bibby Stockholm

      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...

      Sir Edward Heath

      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...

      Visas: Overseas Students

      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.

      Visas: Students

      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,...

      Visas: Afghanistan

      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...

      Visas: Overseas Students

      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...

  • Department for Transport

    • Tyne Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance

      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...

    • Railways: Fares

      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...

      Railways: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what statistics they collect about staffing in the rail sector.

      Tankers: Insurance

      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...

      Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

      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.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Poverty

      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.

    • Household Support Fund

      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...

      Household Support Fund

      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...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      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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