Written answers

Tuesday, 9 April 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues on the (a) adoption by and (b) use in the NHS of System One computer software.

    • NHS: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the (a) final outturn spend for 2022-23, (b) forecast outturn for 2023-24 and (c) planned budget for 2024-25 for the NHS England...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children of which biological sex were prescribed puberty blockers in each year since 2010.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-compliant disposable vaping products have been seized through Operation Joseph.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown of the allocation of £3million government funding for Operation Joseph.

      NHS 111: Dental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 13013 on NHS 111: Dental Health, how many calls NHS 111 received relating to the...

      Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of operations that were (a) cancelled and (b) delayed by more than two months due to...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications to the Building Safety Fund there were (a) in the initial phase from July 2020 and (b) since it...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help tackle biodiversity decline.

    • Domestic Waste and Recycling: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council with (a) recycling and (b)...

      Flood Control: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2023-24 on Resilience to flooding, HC...

      Power Stations: Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account his Department takes of emissions from (a) wood chip and (b) multifuel power plants in overall (i) air quality...

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on a potential exclusion from the United Kingdom Internal...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department have made an assessment of the increase in water costs for metred properties against unmetered properties.

      Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what compensation do water companies who have released sewage into the river pay to (a) residents and (b) businesses when...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to minimise harm to the environment as a result of improper disposal of vapes.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • TPP: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contracts NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care have with The Phoenix Partnership and for what services; and what assessment they have made...

    • Gender Dysphoria: Children and Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2020 evidence review of gender-affirming hormones for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria...

      Medical Equipment: Storage

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 February (HL2216), why the information mentioned in the Answer on government expenditure is commercially...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the 2021 NICE guidance for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has been implemented...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children and Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government why NHS England has decided to allow the prescription of gender affirming hormones as a routine commissioning treatment option for young people from around their...

      Health Services: Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many incidents of patient records or personal data being accessed without due cause have been recorded in the most recent year for which figures are available.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Billing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time a business waits for the payment of an invoice from the Ministry of Defence.

    • France and Germany: Tanks

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they were invited to participate in the recently announced Franco-German Main Ground Combat System which is intended to jointly provide a successor tank to...

      Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will release the documents relating to the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash.

  • Department for Transport

    • Motorcycles: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) on 18 March (17105), what discussions have taken place between the...

    • Motorcycles: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) on 12 February (12929), when they will publish the chapter on zero...

      Motorcycles: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the  Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) on 18 March (HC17308), whether they will publish a response to...

      Abnormal Loads

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses, or their obvious subsidiaries, have been granted a Special Order under section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to move an abnormal load, or...

      Abnormal Loads

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses, or their obvious subsidiaries, have been granted a VR1 Authorisation under an order made under section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to move...

      Abnormal Loads

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses, or their obvious subsidiaries, have been granted a Special Order made under section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to move an exceptionally...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Cabinet Office

    • Hikvision: CCTV

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the removal of Hikvision cameras from Whitehall departments; and what estimate they have made of the cost to local authorities of...

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for incorporating into pharmaceutical, pesticide and other chemical regulation consideration of impacts on human,...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the regulators referred to in A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation: government response (CP 1019).

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what barriers exist to the unfettered flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and what steps they are taking to remove those barriers.

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of support among Arab residents of Jerusalem for Israeli control of the city; and to what extent this is a...

      Hong Kong: Sanctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 20 March on Hong Kong security legislation, whether they are still...

      Israel: Hamas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they will take, along with international partners, to secure a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Accommodation and Sentencing

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned any research on a causal link between (1) an expansion of prison places and more custodial sentences, and (2) a reduction in violent...

    • Prisons: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the built prison estate to account for the estimated population increases to 2035 and beyond.

      Prisoners' Release: Overcrowding

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the early release of prisoners with a custodial sentence of less than 12 months, in order to alleviate overcrowding...

      Reoffenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their strategy for ensuring public safety and efficacious offender management in respect of hyper-prolific offenders.

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