Written answers

Wednesday, 13 March 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Records: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of new-born children were give a digital NHS personal child health record in the last 12 months.

    • St Peter's Hospital Maldon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received intermediate inpatient care in St Peter's Hospital Maldon in each year since 2000.

      Palliative Care: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ask the Care Quality Commission to undertake an assessment of the quality of the commissioning of children's palliative care...

      DNACPR Decisions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to ensure that patients' relatives are aware of their right to a second opinion when a doctor makes...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of evidence-based digital mental health innovations on reducing waiting lists...

      Mental Health Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number and proportion of (a) counsellors and (b) adult psychotherapists in the mental...

      NHS: Facsimile Transmission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of fax machines used in the NHS.

      Dental Services: Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons publication entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Wetherby by HM...

      Veterans: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans are in receipt of specialist mental health support.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps (a) her Department and (b) NHS England have taken to incentivise the integration of digital technologies into...

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with Integrated Care Boards in England on replacement programmes for radiotherapy machinery (LINACS);...

      Diabetes: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15459 on Diabetes: Medical Equipment, what the evidential basis is for growth in...

      Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her expected timescale is for the availability of the Galleri blood test in cancer testing and diagnosis across the NHS.

      Mermaids: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department provided funding to the charity Mermaids UK in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

      Health Services: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15620 on Health Services: Postal Services, whether his Department collects...

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage people to be tested for HIV.

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people on Ukraine visa schemes did not have visas automatically extended.

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely processing of Ukraine Extension Scheme applications.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the needs of an unaccompanied minor placed in the care of a local authority; and what assessment...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the cost of caring for an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker with special needs who has been placed in the...

      Overseas Students: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of international students who go on to work in the NHS after studying in the UK.

      Human Trafficking and Sexual Offences: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice on tackling female (a) trafficking, (b) exploitation and (c)...

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of serious child abuse offences committed in the last 12 months.

      Crime: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce crime in Hampshire.

      Detention Centres: Dunkirk

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterparts on the construction of a new detention centre near Dunkirk.

      Home Office: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and what other steps he is taking...

  • Department for Education

    • Extracurricular Activities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support local partnerships between schools and youth organisations to support educational enrichment work in...

    • Education: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) protect the UK's education exports.

      Schools: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RAAC-related disruption on exam preparations for students in years 11 and 13.

      Schools: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) pupils and (b) schools that have been unable to take part in national tests due to disruption caused...

      St Leonard's Catholic School

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of Durham University's research entitled A report on the impact of RAAC...

      Students: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with (a) AQA, (b) OCR, (c) Edexcel and (d) Pearson on adaptations for students studying for (i) GCSEs, (ii) A-levels...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow for mitigating circumstances for pupils whose education has been disrupted due to the...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum value of a student maintenance loan (a) was in 2018 and (b) is as of 4 March 2024; and if she will make an estimate of the real-term...

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.25(3) of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, how local authorities can apply for funding for...

      Department for Education: Fraud and Maladministration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.

      Artificial Intelligence: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of apprenticeships undertaken in artificial intelligence related positions in the last 12 months.

      Academies: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15463 on Academies: Sports, if she will publish a list of academy trusts where consent was...

      Department for Education: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department and has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.

      Department for Education: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which unit in her Department is responsible for equalities.

      Higher Education: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and (b) representatives of...

      Postgraduate Education: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of childcare provision for PhD researchers.

      Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made with Cabinet colleagues on implementing the International Education Strategy.

      Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the income to the public purse from international students in each of the last three years.

      Nurseries: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of the cost of nursery places in (a) North Yorkshire County and (b) the City of York.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement...

      Education: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to (a) promote and (b) support education exports.

      Children in Care and Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children who were looked-after in a (a) relative and (b) friend foster placement in each local...

      Art and Design and Performing Arts: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools in (a) Oxford, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) the South East and (d) England are expected to offer GCSEs in (i) art and...

      Languages: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of future trends in the level of student uptake for GCSE level modern foreign languages in (a) Oxford, (b) Oxfordshire,...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission research on why children are not in school.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Stonewall: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has provided (a) grants and (b) funding to Stonewall in the last five years.

    • INEOS: Belgium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the benefits to the UK are of the funding committed to the Ineos energy investment in Belgium.

      Export Credit Guarantees: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15586 on Export Credit Guarantees, whether Export Development Guarantee funding can be...

      Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK's exit from the EU on the volume of goods imports and exports between 2018 and 2023; and...

      Department for Business and Trade: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT...

      Shipping: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential merits of establishing minimum wage corridors for...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question 187857 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have...

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to assess the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund after...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases in the targeted case review system were (a) discontinued and (b) endorsed on the grounds that they were likely to...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.35 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, whether he has had discussions with the...

      Personal Independence Payment: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a marker to enable the collection of data on the number of veterans that are claiming Personal Independence Payments.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

    • Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all prisoners released under the end of custody supervised license are required to wear an electronic tag.

      Prisons: Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Gold Command suite was opened for a prison incident in each year since 1 January 2010; and for which (a) prisons and (b)...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of cells by female inmates was on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days at HMYOI Wetherby in January 2024.

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Wetherby Young Offender Institution

      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...

      Ministry of Justice: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to paragraph 62 of the Third Report of Session 2022-23 by the House of Lords...

    • Kate Sang

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her statement issued on 5 March 2024, how much official time was spent (a) drafting that statement and (b)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Russian missile strike on Odesa on 6...

    • Press Freedom

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the joint debate entitled Countering...

      Ukraine: Children

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the debate entitled Situation of the...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent estimate he has made of when UK officials will be granted consular access to Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

      Gaza: Orphans

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to help support children in Gaza who have been orphaned in the conflict.

      Armed Conflict: Visas

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of enabling...

      Gaza: Journalism

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the protection of journalists in Gaza.

      Hong Kong: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on (a) ending transnational repression of and (b) the removal...

      Russia: Exports

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to prevent businesses from evading sanctions by exporting goods to Russia via third...

      Pakistan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on political stability in Pakistan.

      Burkina Faso: Churches

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the attack on a church...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that civilians in Gaza receive medical aid.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial...

      Colombia: Homicide

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the alleged murders of (a) José...

      Colombia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with his Colombian counterpart on support for peace talks with the Estado Mayor Central...

      Children: Abuse

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the debate entitled Child abuse in...

      Belarus: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the debate entitled A democratic future...

      Torture: Europe

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the debate entitled Allegations of...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory regulator to improve the quality of...

    • Social Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the consultation on a direction to the Regulator of Social Housing to set a Competence and Conduct...

      Levelling Up Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the status is of the third round of the Levelling Up Fund in Northern Ireland.

      Housing: South Holland and the Deepings

      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 South Holland and the...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of homes for social rent that will be delivered through the Affordable...

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 16462 on Parking: Private Sector, what representations his Department...

      Housing and Carbon Emissions: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will commission research on the potential (a) social, (b) economic and (c) environmental merits of introducing...

      Shared Ownership Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase access to shared ownership properties for potential buyers who have inherited a...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the (a) Social Housing Act 2023 and (b) Housing and Regeneration Act...

      Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation on building safety directors, published on 1 December 2022, which closed...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on what date will draft legislation to ban conversion practices be published.

  • Wales Office

    • United Kingdom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of the Union.

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future of the steelmaking industry in Wales?

      Wales Office: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 the...

  • Treasury

    • Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to undertake a review of the criteria used to determine which industries are included in its carbon border adjustment mechanism proposals.

    • Companies: Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that companies have access to bank accounts.

      Household Support Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, published on 6 March 2024, how much Barnett Consequential funding Northern Ireland will receive from the...

      National Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of reductions in national insurance on (a) public services and (b) investment in business.

      Public Finance: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that the positive financial impact of measures in the Budget is equally experienced by people (a) with and (b)...

      Aviation: Training

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce VAT relief for pilot training.

      Treasury: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of providing relief from the emissions trading scheme to businesses that export products to...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new measures to help support businesses participating in the emissions...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Infected Blood Inquiry: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2024 to Question 16659 on Blood: Contamination, how much members of the expert group who are not legal experts will...

    • Civil Servants: Veterans

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Going Forward into Employment initiative for veterans.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have a criminal conviction.

    • Hawk Aircraft: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current out of service date is for the Hawk T2 aircraft.

      Ministry of Defence: Capita

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to meet representatives of Capita.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pilots were placed on international flight training schemes as of 5 March 2024.

      Hawk Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Department’s Hawk T2 aircraft are operational.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF pilots have been trained in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in each year since 2010.

      Brunei: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel have been deployed in Brunei in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have reported symptoms of PTSD in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget for specialist mental health support was in each year since 2010.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the Minister for Defence Procurement has met management of General Dynamics Land Systems to discuss the AJAX project since his appointment.

      Armed Forces: Mefloquine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides to personnel prescribed Mefloquine.

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many awards to veterans have been made consequent to the LGBT Veterans Independent Review.

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what benchmark criteria his Department is using to assess the effectiveness of implementation of the Defence Artificial Intelligence Strategy, published...

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying hours have been completed on VIP-configured RAF aircraft in each year since 2019.

      Ministry of Defence: Furniture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on office furniture in each year since 2019.

      Armed Forces: Personal Injury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many motoring related personal injury claims have been made against his Department by armed forces personnel in each year since 2019.

      Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of commercial civilian vehicle leasing and hire contracts with his Department in each year since 2019.

      Defence Equipment & Support: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) permanent and (b) contracted staff there were in Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.

      Armed Forces: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many third party motor claims were received by his Department in each year since 2019.

      Ministry of Defence: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many domestic overnight visits Ministers within their Department have taken in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the...

      Veterans: Aerospace Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2024 to Question 13224 on Veterans: Aerospace Industry and Defence, if he will publish the Career Transition...

      Royal Fleet Auxiliary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of each ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what lessons his Department has learned for the future provision of service accommodation from the Single Living Accommodation Modernisation project.

      Army: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the army’s wet gap crossing capability.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is that it takes the RAF to train a fast-jet pilot.

      Sloane Helicopters: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February to Question 14510 on Sloane Helicopters: Contracts, whether he will be able to publish the figure requested in...

      Chinook Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2024 to Question 12917 on Chinook Helicopters: Procurement, whether he plans to publish the conclusions of the...

      Ministry of Defence: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times a senior responsible owner role in his Department has been vacant for at least one week in each year since 2019.

      Typhoon Aircraft: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 121 of the report entitled Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, HC 1468, published in July 2023, for what...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2024 to Question 15241 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, whether the revised contractual terms with General Dynamics...

      Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to HM Treasury's press release entitled Chancellor delivers lower taxes, more investment and better public services in Budget for Long...

      Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to HM Treasury's press release entitled Chancellor delivers lower taxes, more investment and better public services in Budget for Long...

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of AI-related projects in his Department are undertaken by SMEs.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Export Health Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Border Target Operating Model, whether he has made an estimate of the (a) average cost to businesses...

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Green Deal Scheme: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6847 on Green Deal Scheme: Appeals, how many Green Deal Scheme appeals in...

    • UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the additional support measures for industries covered by the UK Emissions Trading...

      Energy Intensive Industries: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Energy intensive industries given £12 million boost to cut emissions...

      Wind Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether funding will be made available through the Green Industries Growth Accelerator for the manufacture of wind turbine jackets.

      National Grid: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the National Grid on improving the timetable for connecting infrastructure projects to the...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of the recommendations in the...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to ensure that developers of wind farms supply a single point of contact for the public.

      Solar Power: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of homes that have solar panels installed in South Holland and the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Health Services and Social Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland administration on pay for (a) health and social care and (b) NHS workers.

    • Northern Ireland Office: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within his Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Attorney General, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within her Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse...

  • Department for Transport

    • Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 16450, how many of the 1.14 million blue badges issued between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 were...

    • Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle licence plate cloning.

      Aviation: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on implementing his Department's policy document entitled Options for addressing the cost of pilot training, published on 31...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Music Venues: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to provide urgent support to grassroots music venues at risk of closure in the context of increased costs.

    • Music Venues: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of an emergency fund for grassroots music venues to prevent closures.

      Television: Broadcasting Programmes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect television production in the UK.

      Gambling: Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on establishing an ombudsman for the gambling sector since publication of the Gambling Review in...

      Streaming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Ofcom's review of video-on-demand services' (a) age ratings and (b) other audience...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Defamation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers...

    • Scotland Office: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: MOD Wethersfield

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 14 February (HL2168), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what assessment they...

    • Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Migration Advisory Committee's report Rapid review of the Immigration Salary List, published in February, what assessment they have made of the...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have arrived into the UK via irregular routes since 7 March 2023; and of those individuals, how many have a case for refugee status...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the government of Rwanda is supporting the M23 militia and its incursions into and occupation of Congolese...

    • South Sudan: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks of the chairman of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission that there is a lack of political...

      South Sudan: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about a lack of preparedness for the holding of elections in South Sudan, as expressed in the discussion...

      Tunisia: Political Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Tunisia on the imprisonment of Rached Ghannouchi and of other opposition figures.

      Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the prompt delivery of the pledged £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to support victims of Russia's...

  • Department for Education

    • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ratify imminently Optional Protocol 3 to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to a communications procedure; and...

    • Schools: Uniforms

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average costs to parents of providing school uniform for pupils attending (1) primary, and (2) secondary, state schools.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Central Asia and Russia: Defence Equipment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of drone equipment and heavy machinery going from the UK to Armenia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan which is then sent on...

    • Royal Mail: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Royal Mail are not meeting their delivery targets for letters.

      Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Trade Remedies Authority's interim finding from its review of the UK's steel safeguard measure, published 21 February,...

      Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the Trade Remedies Authority's interim findings of its review of the UK's steel safeguard measure, published 21 February,  in...

      Piracy: Red Sea

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support exporters affected by delays and higher shipping costs as a result of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Arms Length Management Organisations

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many arms-length management organisations there are in England.

    • Social Rented Housing: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the National Housing Federation report The economic impact of building social housing, published in February, what assessment they have made of...

      Local Government: Bankruptcy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many councils have indicated that they are in financial distress and may have to issue a section 114 notice within the next two years.

      Local Government: Bankruptcy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report from the Local Government Information Unit, The State of Local Government Finance in England 2024, published on 28...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the findings of the First-tier Tribunal ruling relating to the appeal of Jane O’Connor against the Ministry of Defence [2024]...

    • AWE Aldermaston: Personal Records

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the findings of the First-tier Tribunal in the appeal of Jane O’Connor against the Ministry of Defence [2024] UKFTT 00153 (GRC), what assessment...

      Armed Forces: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the gender breakdown of people leaving the Armed Forces in each year from 2010 to 2023.

      Defence Business Services: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many sexual harassment specialists are employed in Defence Business Services.

      Ministry of Defence: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the gender breakdown of (1) people currently employed by the Ministry of Defence and associated agencies, and (2) civil servants employed by the Ministry...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Maternity Services: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional £165 million of annual funding provided by NHS England to improve maternity and neonatal care, which will...

    • Genito-urinary Medicine: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of cuts in sexual health services from £14.41 per head in 2013–14 to £9.58 per head in 2022–23.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs of additional inpatient hospital care for sexually transmitted infections resulting from cuts in funding for sexual...

      Facial Palsy and Paralysis: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether (1) facial paralysis, and (2) facial palsy, are primarily recognised as a disability of communication.

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 February (HL1933), what are the agreed efficiency standards following restoration of breast screening...

      Facial Palsy

      To ask His Majesty's Government where the overall responsibility for patients with facial palsy sits within the NHS.

      Vorasidenib

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of international phase 3 clinical trials which suggest that Vorasidenib could offer a new treatment option for low-grade glioma; and...

      Flour: Folic Acid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made on introducing the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid to help prevent neural tube defects in foetuses.

      Primary Care Networks: General Practitioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme to allow the scheme to fund additional GPs, and what assessment they have made of the number of...

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of integrated care board performance reports; and what discussions they have had with NHS England concerning...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Furs: Trade

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the results of the 2021 consultation on the fur market in Great Britain.

  • Wales Office

    • Foreign Relations: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what directives or guidelines they have issued to the Welsh Government in relation to overseas initiatives on matters related to devolved responsibilities.

  • Restoration and Renewal Client Board

  • Treasury

    • Music: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Treasury has made any assessment of the economic effect of post-Brexit arrangements for the music industry, including the altered ability of British...

    • Taxation: Electronic Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they do not include a postal address option on tax code notices to enable digitally excluded people to contact HMRC more easily.

      Arts: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic benefit to creative industries in Northern Ireland of the tax measures announced in the Spring Budget.

      Devolution: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total amount of (1) resource expenditure, and (2) capital expenditure, repurposed from previously allocated funding to form part of the package of...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: BBC

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments made by the retiring Chair of the BBC about the increasing frequency of interventions on BBC matters by the...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • National Security Online Information Team

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance, if any, they provide to ensure that the work of the National Security Online Information Team is compliant with protection of the rights to...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pension Funds

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Baroness Hayman dated 6 July 2023, when officials will hold a briefing for peers...

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