Monday, 11 March 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding Angus constituency has received from (a) all funding schemes put in place to replace EU structural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within his Department have taken in each of the last three financial years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of residential properties constructed in Hendon constituency in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new M4(2) homes have been built in England outside London in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to prevent violence and abuse targeted at people experiencing rough sleeping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent homelessness upon discharge from a public institution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the insurance industry on premiums for buildings affected by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Disabled Facilities Grants were distributed to private rented sector tenants last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with local councils in Greater Manchester on the potential availability of housing for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support efforts to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness in Darlington...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to support the Bolton Interfaith Forum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of skills levels in the house building (a) sector and (b) supply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that EWS1 certificates are only issued by qualified (a) chartered or (b) incorporated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 61 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, whether it his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government plans to respond to the letter of 29 November 2023 from the Hon. Member for Brent Central to the Prime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) other Local Authorities designate an adequate number...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much investment has been made to improve Bournemouth hospital in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of hospital admissions for falls in each region in England; (a) South West, (b) London, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the average time taken between a 999 call for help and first hospital treatment for patients suffering a severe heart...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the prevalence of discrimination against LGBTQ+ (a) residents and (b) staff in care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that any person operating as a (a) hypnotherapist and (b) psychotherapist is (i) registered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how often the number of specialty training places for rheumatology consultants is reviewed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE (a) fully qualified grade 1 adult rheumatology consultants and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support people who have long covid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mental health training programs equip future clinicians with the necessary digital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide financial support to County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to facilitate an improvement and expansion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken recent steps to commission research into (a) reducing ill health and (b) retaining (i) physical function...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) Anaesthesia Associates and (b) Physician Associates to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on the final delivery plan for ME/CFS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take in the next year to help ensure that children with severe epilepsy can access effective...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) physical and (b) mental ability of NHS staff to work beyond the state pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has commissioned independent research to make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of using (a) dogs as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waste of NHS equipment that can be safely reused.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dental practices stopped providing NHS services in Somerset in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on applications to the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme by (a) cancer patients up to 25 and (b) families of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses there were in Bournemouth in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of a call from over 250 members of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department holds data on the number of (a) establishments that received food hygiene inspections in 2023 and (b) ratings that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department provides ringfenced funding for dentistry to the Devon integrated care board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on building resilient global supply chains for branded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to defibrillators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment with NHS England of the potential merits of left ventricular assist devices as long-term therapy for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) care for people living with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of children born as a result of IVF treatment in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure that families of children in Special Care Baby Units whose babies are being treated out of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of having to visit (a) children and (b) babies in hospital out of area on low income families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the article by the former Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Rt hon. Member for Fareham, entitled Too many...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022, (e) 2023, and (f) 2024 Border Force implemented a (i) red, (ii) amber and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the review entitled The process of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional funding for policing in Cardiff in recognition of its capital...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of extending visas for people resident in the UK on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Gaza have arrived in the UK following a successful application for a visa as a dependant of someone in the UK on a (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of asylum claims based on false conversions to Christianity between 6 September 2022 and 13 November...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the lack of an appeals process for Visitor Visa's on tourism numbers coming to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider the potential merits of implementing a method for members of the public to report directly and anonymously suspected...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals claimed indefinite leave to remain through the Destitute Domestic Violence Concession in each year between 2018 and 2023.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to deliver aid to Palestine by sea.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing sanctions on (a) Itamar Ben Gvir, (b) Bezalel Smotrich...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 9041 on Ecuador: Emergency Powers, what steps his Department (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department granted a Special Mission Immunity certificate to a (a) visitor and (b) prospective visitor in...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department granted a Special Mission Immunity certificate to a (a) visitor and (b) prospective visitor...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the new legislative package in Turkey entitled...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to provide emergency shelter kits for people in Ukraine.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) implications for his policies of the (i) humanitarian and (ii) civilian...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled Situation of human rights in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the safety of (a) smart and (b) other motorways; and what evidence was used to make that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for for Business and Trade on enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to sell an extension to the lease on the Motorway Service Area at Strensham Northbound on the M5.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15716 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, what his planned timetable is to respond to the Local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's new story entitled New railway station backed for the Vale of Glamorgan, published on 19 February 2024, how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry statistics, published by his Department on 22 February 2024, how many vessels belonging to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within his Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure compliance with UK sanction regimes at (a) airports, (b) seaports and (c) rail entry points.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review, which policies were identified for receipt of core net zero spend funding from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the value engineering report for the design of the proposed Handsacre Junction of HS2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to (a) allow multiple train operating companies to operate on each rail line and (b) take other steps to help increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) models and (b) number of helicopters licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority to transport offshore oil and gas workers to and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the global supply chain on the (a) repair and (b) maintenance of helicopter models...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many schools were served by crossing guards in (a) 2018 and (b) 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) Ltd and (b) the wider industry on the repair capacity for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of non-qualifying seafarers working on vessels in scope of the Seafarers Wages Act 2023; and when he plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on ships that regularly use UK ports who are paid less than the national minimum wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received any representations from Heathrow Airport Ltd on proposals to increase the number of air transport movements at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of performance on the Great Western mainline to South Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the provision of relief lines to allow additional capacity on the South Wales mainline in South Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on improvements to North Road Station in Darlington ahead of the 200th Anniversaries of the Railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 10114 on UK Tradeshow Programme, how many SMEs were provided with grants to participate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what reports and guidance their Department and its predecessor Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to (a) support the manufacturing sector and (b) help increase national productivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Ministers approved the contracts to implement the Horizon system in Post Offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make a comparative assessment of energy prices for steel production in (a) the UK, (b) China, (c) Germany and (d) the US.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will have discussions with Royal Mail on the allocation of the RO postcode to Rochdale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report entitled Paying polluters: the catastrophic consequences of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish an explanatory memorandum in relation to her Department’s supplementary estimates for 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to MOD's ministerial travel, January to March 2023, which tickets relating to which journeys were (a) first, (b) business, (c) economy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the visual quality of images on Armed Forces Veteran Cards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11037 on Kenya: Armed Forces, for what other matters £5.253 million in compensation was paid;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for early termination of service have been (a) made, (b) approved and (c) rejected by each of the services in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15795 on Yemen: Military Intervention, how many planes have been used; and how many sorties each has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure retention and recruitment of staff for Royal Navy support ships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence People and Families of 27 February 2024 that was sent in response to Question 3427 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces Personnel have been prescribed Mefloquine in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on the prescribing of Lariam to armed forces personnel of the potential side effects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have made claims to the MoD for alleged side effects relating to the use of the antimalarial drug Lariam.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the UK Armed Forces have been made by individuals from Commonwealth nations in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the storm overflow action plans produced by water companies to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the financial burden on families facing increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flooding (a) remediation and (b) prevention work has been undertaken in East Yorkshire constituency since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the accompanying guidance for the Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 3 October 2023 on animal welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2024 to Question 14673 on Dangerous Dogs: Registration and with reference to his oral...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to help secure adequate quantities of vaccines for (a) BVT-3, (b) BVT-4 and (c) BVT-8 over the next year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the impact of the recent outbreak of the bluetongue virus on farmers' profits as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2024 to Question 12797 on Marine Protected Areas, when his Department expects to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental projects have been funded through Darwin Plus in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made on the average 12-month inflation rate in (a) agricultural outputs and (b) agricultural inputs in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 21 of the report entitled A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: Government response,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within (a) her Department and (b) the Department for Business, Energy and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of (a) smartphone and (b) social media use by under 16s on their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department and predecessor Departments in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13769 on Artificial Intelligence: Risk Assessment, how many risks have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to tackle regulatory systems that slow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that (a) researchers and (b) their families are able to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of authorising the Information Commissioner’s Office to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2024 to Question 14701 on Broadband: Social Tariffs, whether the data on the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Britain to be made AI match-fit with £118 million skills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether officials in her Department have had discussions with British Telecom on the potential use of former telephone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with an offence relating to domestic violence were released under the home detention curfew in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days in each young offender institution in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 14123 on Shoplifting: Reoffenders, what the proven re-offending rate was for an index offence of shop...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the support that is available to jurors who have been adversely affected by sitting on a jury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunal cases concerning fire and rehire practices in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was for the Ministry of Justice Language Service Contract in (a) 2018 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been subject to a special guardianship order in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunals in relation to fire and rehire practices that have found in favour of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid, published on 29 November 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 156 of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid published on 29 November 2021, whether his Department has made an estimate of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the High Court judgement on the Law Society’s judicial review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to introduce the Phase 2 Means Test Review civil legal aid changes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby by HM Chief Inspector of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby (20 November - 7 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby (20 November - 7 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's contract with Serco for electronic monitoring on the (a) physical and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using Universal Credit graduated income deduction rules for income that is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people economically inactive in England due to eyesight problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of housing support provided through the shared accommodation rate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received housing support at the shared accommodation rate in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to mandate (a) health and safety checks, (b) the provision of adapted (i) computer chairs, (ii) desks, (iii) screens...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government Minister urges pensioners to check eligibility for Pension Credit as Week...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within his Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Trussell Trust on the trends in the level of donations required to meet demand for food banks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants aged under 25 have at least one child.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London in receipt of Universal Credit are aged under 25.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has taken recent steps with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to recruit more (a) people and (b) people from ethnic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports and guidance her Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in state (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in each local authority in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding Family Hubs to all local authorities in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 202520 on Special Educational Needs, on what date he plans to publish additional guidance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) Central Bedfordshire Council and (b) Bedford Borough Council on the adequacy of provision for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 206 of the policy paper entitled National food strategy for England, updated in July 2021, whether her Department has made a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) fund and (b) ensure adequate provision of (i) facilities and (ii) childcare for children with SEND.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the progress that has been made since the publication of the SEND and AP Improvement Plan; how many additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to measure the availability of nursery places in (a) York and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with early years providers on (a) additional charges for (i) meals and (ii) other consumables and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce wildlife education to the early years curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the recruitment of early years workers in the Channel Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure an adequate provision of SEND services for children in the future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for SEND teaching assistants in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a table on the net increase per quarter of the number of Ofsted-registered childcare places for children aged (a) two or under and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of degrees were awarded at first class in each year since 1994.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is offered to Sudanese students in the UK who (a) may be unable to return to Sudan due to safety concerns and (b) are facing financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued recent guidance to schools on the proportion of their funding that should be allocated to the teaching of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were entered for GCSE qualifications in (a) English Literature, (b) French, (c) Spanish, (d) German, (e) Italian, (f) History, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase consistency in the standards of teaching of religious education in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided through the holiday activities and food programme to projects in Darlington in each year since it was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on educational attainment of denial of mitigated circumstances for children whose parent or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average point score was at (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each local authority in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support the playing of rugby in schools in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165185 on Free School Meals, whether any complex data, systems, financial and legal implications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether residents under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme will be considered Home Students for the purposes of university and college fees and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the British Council on the families of students invited to study at universities from the state of Palestine via...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who are absent from school who have (a) mental health challenges, (b) care experience,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his diary for 15 November 2023.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January to Question 7525, for what reason the finalised costs for the Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to the United...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January to Question 8377 on Peter Bone, whether the severance payments incorrectly paid to (a) Mr Peter Bone, (b) Ms...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the waiting time for HMRC complaints.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making defibrillator sales VAT exempt.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential revenue from the abolition of non-domiciled status in 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the preparedness of (a) self-employed people and (b) landlords with an income over £50,000 to begin using Making Tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions for money laundering offences HM Revenue and Customs have brought against individuals in each year since 2013; and how many of those...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterparts on access to pensions held by the Mandatory Provident Fund in Hong Kong for people with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the potential impact of climate change on food price inflation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what reports and guidance her Department and its predecessor Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department and predecessor Department in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her (a) her Department and (b) the Department for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many pensions under the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme have been paid to dependents since 1994.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of imposing financial penalties on network companies that fail to deliver...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many projects that have been granted grid access which have (a) stalled and (b) ceased entirely have been removed from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what percentage of UK North Sea oil is refined at Phillips 66 refinery on Humberside.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what financial support her Department has provided to Philipps 66 Humberside refinery in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her net zero policies on trends in the level of investment in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 7768 on Oil: Refineries, what assessment she has made of the potential impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the switching off of renewable wind power because of grid capacity on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason she chose 29 February 2024 as the closing date of her Department's consultation on a transitional support mechanism...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what reports and guidance her Department and its predecessor Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of infrastructure in the UK to (a) capture carbon from woody biomass burning at...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates her Department has provided on relevant...
To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average level of staff attendance has been at the UK Government hub in Cardiff, Tŷ William Morgan in each month since December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs schools there were in England at the end of (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children's homes there were in England at the end of (1) 2021, (2) 2022, and (3) 2023; and how many of those in each year were secure homes.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many residential special educational needs school were owned by private equity companies for the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL2204), whether they intend to apply further conditions to funding provided to the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL2204), what processes and safeguards are in place to ensure that UK funding...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan concerning the denial of the right to vote as Muslims of Ahmadi Muslims in the 2024...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL2204), what methods and tactics they have at their disposal when hostages are held...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to direct the Environment Agency to revise all permits issued in respect of water company sewage discharges under the Environmental Permitting...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the products of the Norwegian fish farming industry imported into the UK on global health insecurity and food...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the impact of mandating the sorting of co-mingled materials collected from households on increasing recycling rates under the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of proposed 'Not for EU' labels on meat and dairy products on (1) food costs, and (2) exports.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, prior to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, seed potatoes could be moved by professional operators to consumers in Northern Ireland.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether payments to farmers in England to rewet upland peat are sufficient (1) to offset management costs and provide income to the farmers, and (2) to ensure...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial situation of internal drainage boards and what plans they have to ensure that internal drainage boards can collect...
To ask His Majesty's Government how they will ensure that all freight vehicles carrying meat present themselves at the Sevington inland border facility having passed through the Port of Dover;...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the construction of border inspection posts in Northern Ireland to be completed.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much money has been allocated for the construction of border inspection posts in Northern Ireland.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the amount of microplastics in tap water.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the results of the Storm Overflow Assessment Framework will be published for storm overflows potentially discharging untreated sewage into English rivers; and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of reservoirs in England and Wales in ensuring continuous water supplies to meet (1) domestic, and (2)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure high recycling rates under the Simpler Recycling policy; and how such rates will be assessed to give consumers confidence.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the effectiveness of introducing statutory guidance on Simpler Recycling which mandates the sorting of materials in order to be...
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the role of the Environment Agency in ensuring that drainage ditches owned by riparian owners are maintained
To ask His Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes for security vetting to be completed in (1) security and policing jobs, and (2) other public service jobs which require security...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total cost of eradicating homelessness in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided to the organisation Remembering Srebrenica in each financial year since its establishment; and what plans they have to...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether a proposal for a toilet commissioner was dropped from the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023; and, if so, why.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a lack of public toilets on people with disabilities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of not renewing funding for the Household Support Fund on unpaid family carers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timetable for their review into operator protection devices on quad bikes.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any Government departments knew about the flaws in the Post Office’s Horizon software system prior to the privatisation of Royal Mail.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office have since died without receiving any redress; and how many of their relatives have received...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place a copy of the Project Zebra review, associated with the Post Office Horizon scandal, in the Library of the House.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Offord of Garvel on 14 February (HL2130), whether the Government were informed of any action by the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, since its creation, how many whistleblowers the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has compensated; how much in aggregate has been paid in compensation; and...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 28 February (HL2548), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what are the...
To ask His Majesty's Government when decisions will be announced regarding applications submitted as statements of business cases in the Autumn of 2022 for the Restoring Your Railway Fund (RYR)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what budget is available for the Restoring Your Railway scheme, announced in January 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the latest design for the approach tunnels and grade separation works for the HS2 approaches to Euston; how many station platforms are they designed to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to mandating a uniform application process for all distribution network operators to reduce costs and delays and to level...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to initiating a public awareness campaign regarding the accessibility of charge points for electric vehicle users, particularly...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks of the NHS using drone delivery supplies in the context of ever busier airspace and a lack of collision avoidance...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the recent conviction of Stephen Green, whether they intend to introduce legislation to amend the Public Order Act 2023 to ensure that it is not a...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many recipients of Tier 1 (Investor) visas were flagged as potentially at high risk of having links to corruption or organised crime in the recent Tier 1...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to request that Ipsos includes a category of "Speech, Language, and Communication Difficulties” in the annual GP Patient Survey.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement the recommendations of Bite Back’s report Fuel Us Don’t Fool Us, published on 22 February, concerning the sale...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that support provided to prison leavers to secure available housing and potential job opportunities is coordinated.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many pornographic websites have been the subject of (1) regulatory inquiries, or (2) formal investigations by the Information Commissioner’s Office,...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of the government of Australia’s response to the Roadmap for Age Verification for online pornographic material in...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that they are able to meet the targets of the Shared Rural Network programme to deliver 95 per cent 4G mobile coverage across...
To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Ministry of Defence has spent in each of the past five years on surveillance operations to protect the network of undersea cables serving the...
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