Written answers

Tuesday, 7 May 2024

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Diplomatic Service: Neutrality

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to British High Commissioners on their responsibility to not interfere in the domestic political affairs of...

    • Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb: Sovereignty

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make it his policy to recognise Emirati sovereignty of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb.

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on funding for UNRWA of the final report of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will have discussions with the UN on steps that were taken to ensure (a) the independence of the processes for and (b) the accuracy of the findings of...

      Israel: Occupied Territories

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what estimate his Department has made of the value of assets and entities held in the UK by supporters and enablers of the Israeli settler movement.

      East Africa: Floods

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to flood affected areas in East Africa; and whether small farmers will be (a) consulted and (b)...

      Rwanda: Asylum

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the Government's policy on deporting migrants to Rwanda; and whether any...

      Middle East: Conflict Prevention

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK's strategic, long-term approach to supporting security in the Middle East.

      BBC World Service

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has (a) made an assessment of the adequacy of resources available to the BBC World Service in advance of the next Spending Review and (b) had...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he has taken to prevent the transit of items in circumvention of UK sanctions (a) to and (b) from (i) Russia and (ii) Belarus via third countries.

      Christianity

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the safety of Christian (a) clergy and (b) communities (i) in Kachin, Myanmar...

      Christianity

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the safety of Christian (a) clergy and (b) communities (i) in Kachin, Myanmar...

      Russia: Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the resolution of the House of 27 June 2023 on Repurposing Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine, whether he has made a recent assessment of the...

      China: Taiwan

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of gold purchased by the Chinese government on the risk of a conflict in Taiwan.

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take steps to increase third-party (a) monitoring and (b) auditing of UK (i) aid and (ii) financial guarantees to Ukraine.

      European Political Community: Conferences

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, when he plans to publish the agenda for the European Political Community meeting to be hosted by the UK on 18 July 2024; and whether he has had discussions...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve staff retention on the New Hospitals Programme.

    • Streptococcus: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of making Group B Strep a notifiable disease on the (a) prevention and (b)...

      Streptococcus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what systems her Department has in place to (a) track and (b) report cases of Group B Strep infection; and if she will make an assessment...

      Coronavirus: Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims related to Covid-19 vaccinations have been made through the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme.

      Learning Disability: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department takes to involve people with learning disabilities in the development and implementation of measures to reduce...

      Mothers: Exercise and Physiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing access to pelvic floor (a) training and (b) physiotherapy for...

      National Learning Disability Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2024 to Question 23729 on the National Learning Disability Board, for what reason the National...

      Coronavirus: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including carers in the eligibility criteria for the Spring 2024 Covid Vaccination...

      Prostate Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has allocated to prostate cancer research in the last 5 years.

      Ambulance Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timescale is for ambulance service data to be active on the Federated Data Platform for use by participating hospital trusts.

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase (a) internal expertise and (b) capacity in the New Hospitals Programme in (i) technical design...

      Stepping Hill Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 17965 on Stepping Hill Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance, what assessment her...

      Fertility: Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of vaping on fertility.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will (a) respond to the letter of 21 February 2024 from Parliamentarians on Excess Deaths and (b) direct the other recipients to...

      Fentanyl and Nitazenes: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths involving (a) nitazenes and (b) fentanyls have been confirmed by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of admissions to hospital due to alcohol poisoning in the last five years.

      Liver Diseases: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of liver disease in Darlington constituency.

      Glaucoma: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that have been diagnosed with glaucoma broken down by age in the last five years.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help educate children on alcohol harm.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of public health approaches to alcohol from other countries;...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria she uses to assess the success of Government policy on (a) alcohol use and (b) alcohol harm.

      Smoking: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish a response to her Department's consultation on Mandating quit information messages inside tobacco packs, which...

      IVF: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's Women's Health Strategy for England, published in August 2022, if she will publish a timeline for the...

      Prisons: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners were transferred to hospital for (a) physical and (b) mental health concerns in each year since 2010.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure myalgic encephalomyelitis receives a proportionate share of National Institute for Health...

      Dietetics: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending independent prescribing responsibilities to dietitians.

      Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled AI to speed up lung cancer diagnosis deployed in NHS hospitals, published on 30...

      Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to publish the informative learning and feedback from the Innovative Devices Access Pathway pilot.

      Physician Associates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates have been employed in each NHS Trust in each year since 2019.

      Patients: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many never events occurred in each NHS Trust in each year since 2019.

      Learning Disability: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many learning disability nurse vacancies there are as of 30 April 2024.

      Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report from the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by...

      Streptococcus: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she expects to receive the outcome of the Group B Streptococcus trial before the House rises for the Summer adjournment.

      Medical Equipment: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for publication of the implementation plan for the Medical Technology Strategy.

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women were turned away from mammogram screening tests because they were unable to hold the required position for sufficient time...

      Elysium Healthcare: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual cost to her Department is of contracts with Elysium Healthcare (a) nationally and (b) in Cheshire.

      Childbirth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) male and (b) female live births there were in each lower layer super output area in each year since 2007.

  • Department for Education

    • Children in Care: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) care leavers and (b) children in care are given placements as close as possible to (i) extended...

    • Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Preparations to extend early years entitlements for working parents in England,...

      Sixth Form Education: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 24 of the report by the Edge Foundation entitled Advancing British standards? Exploring public attitudes towards a...

      Apprentices and T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses can be involved in the provision of (a) a T Level industry placement and (b) flexi-job apprenticeships.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that changes to parent fines for missing school do not unintentionally impact children who are absent...

      Childcare: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.8 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, what metric was used to calculate the hourly rate childcare providers are paid to...

      Further Education and Schools: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to encourage a greater emphasis on developing skills for work in schools and colleges.

      Further Education and Schools: Basic Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to encourage a greater emphasis on developing essential skills for life in schools and colleges.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Lead: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the assessment of lead ammunition restrictions by the Health and Safety...

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Personal Independence Payments on trends in the number of claimants (a) in...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with (a) sector stakeholders and (b) people with lived experience on his Department's consultation on proposed...

      Universal Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people that have been helped into work by the Universal Support scheme since 13 September 2023.

      Universal Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations are contracted providers to identify and refer potential participants for the Universal Support scheme; and how many...

      Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces for the latest assessment period.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average timescale is for an Access to Work application.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in employment receive Personal Independence Payments.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on its Disability Confident employer scheme.

      Universal Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been (a) identified through and (b) referred to the Universal Support scheme by (i) work coaches and (ii) contracted...

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the level of statutory...

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to remove the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay.

      Statutory Sick Pay: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase statutory sick pay for people unable to work while living with cancer.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases,...

    • Poplar HARCA: Tower Hamlets Community Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will have discussions with the Regulator of Social Housing on whether it has instructed the Board of Tower Hamlets...

      Swan Housing Association: Orbit Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he asked the Regulator of Social Housing to report on the effectiveness of its involvement in the proposed merger...

      Local Government: Land and Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance is available to local authorities on valuations when selling (a) land and (b) property.

      Local Government: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many councils had a completed audit on time for the financial year 2023-2024.

      Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of (a) the number of UK citizens living overseas who are eligible to register to vote and...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when reforms to tenancy lengths under the provisions of the Renters (Reform) Bill will come into force for (a) existing...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Dangerous Dogs: Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many XL Bullies registered with the exemption scheme have not been neutered.

    • Dangerous Dogs: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Dog Legislation Officers there were on 15 September 2023; how many and what proportion of those Dog Legislation...

      Wildlife: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the use of catapults to harm wildlife illegal.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on trends in the level of (a) dredging and (b)...

      Livestock: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 21236 on Livestock: Exports, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Furs: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 22091 on Furs: Trade, what his planned timetable is for publication of...

      Furs: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescales are for publishing the results of the consultation entitled The Fur Market in Great Britain,...

      Beavers: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to have beavers introduced under the wildlife licensing scheme, CL50, have been (a) made and (b) accepted.

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his expected timetable is for reviewing the use of cages for laying hens.

      Landfill: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent (a) flooding and (b) erosion of former coastal landfill sites; whether...

      Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 21634 on Inland Border Facilities: Ashford, whether (a) the designation...

      Veterinary Services: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to require veterinarians to (a) record and (b) publish information on all animals they euthanise.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of government procurement card spending by his Department in each year since 2010.

      Agriculture: Tenants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Commissioner for the tenant farming sector.

      Coastal Erosion and Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Q25 of the oral evidence given by the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency to the Committee of Public...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the use of private consultants by his Department in the last...

      Animal Products and Plants: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 138 of the Border Target Operating Model, published in August 2023, whether restrictions will be...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to email correspondence of (a) 11 January, (b) 8 February, (c) 1 March and (d) 15 March...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Mefloquine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23368 on Armed Forces: Mefloquine, how many of the common law claims have been resolved; and how...

    • Stonehouse Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at RM Stonehouse as of 29 April 2024.

      Christmas Island: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the environmental impact of the UK's nuclear test programmes in Kiritimati in the last 10 years.

      Royal Fleet Auxiliary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has had discussions with (a) Nautilus International and (b) the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 1 February 2024 on Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) Scheme Update, HCWS233, whether his...

      Armed Forces: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel were waiting for dental treatment as of 1 May 2024.

      RM Bickleigh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at RM Bickleigh as of 30 April 2024.

      RAF Gibraltar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the use of RAF Gibraltar, in the context...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled PM to announce largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on visit to Poland, published on 23 April 2024,...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 25 April 2024 to Question 22900 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, whether the Ukrainian authorities have accepted...

      Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will conduct a freedom of navigation exercise around Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb for the purpose of establishing their non-Iranian status.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the funding to Ukraine announced by the Prime Minister on 23 April 2024, what proportion of that funding will be spent on equipment to...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a joint unit with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on Ukraine.

  • Treasury

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5799 on Visas: Gaza, if he will make an updated assessment of the potential merits of...

    • Asylum: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the operational agreement with the Irish government on the return of asylum seekers.

      Undocumented Migrants: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK-France Joint Leader's Declaration, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 10 March 2023, from which budget the...

      Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 23168 on Asylum: Rwanda, what detention capacity the Home Office had on 24 April (a)...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 23168 on Asylum: Rwanda, how many immigration removal centres make up the detention...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals seeking asylum have been detained pending deportation to Rwanda.

      Home Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by his Department as of 30 April 2024.

      Bail

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will require the police to assess the safety of people on bail returning to their home address.

      Drugs: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will enable pharmacists to test illicit drugs.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of overdose prevention units on drug users.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he measuring is the level of synthetic drugs being (a) manufactured in the UK and (b) trafficked into the UK.

      Pornhub

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with representatives of Pornhub since 2018.

      Drugs: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is investing in research into drug testing methodology to identify the presence of synthetic drugs.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of transporting asylum seekers in taxis between (a) contingency and (b) bridging...

      Asylum: Aberdeen

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of asylum seekers that have been transferred from (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel...

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Knowledge of English Language requirement for citizenship, whether retesting is required after citizenship has been...

      Drugs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the UK Border Force are identifying synthetic drugs being imported into the UK; and what steps is he taking to ensure effective...

      Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for the conclusion of an application for a voluntary return through the Voluntary Returns Service in (a)...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) women and (b) girls have arrived in the UK via small boats in each year since 2018.

      Immigration: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued on the provision of culturally appropriate oral and written professional translation when...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what airline took an asylum seeker to Rwanda on 30 April 2024.

      Boats: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to donate confiscated (a) vessels and (b) motors held at the Border Force storage facility in Dover to the Ukrainian...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 23170 on Asylum: Rwanda, how many field visits within Rwanda by the Monitoring Committee...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of illegal immigration on (a) society and (b) the economy.

      Asylum: Wellingborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any asylum seekers in Wellingborough constituency have been (a) identified and (b) detained for deportation to Rwanda.

  • Women and Equalities

    • LGBT+ People

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the total cost to her Department was of (a) events, (b) activities, (c) merchandise and (d) all other associated costs relating to Pride Month 2023.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Agreements: New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in New Zealand on the potential impact of the proposed Fast-Track Approvals Bill...

    • Export Credit Guarantees: Western Sahara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Western Sahara Campaign UK v Secretary of State for International Trade & Anor. [2022] EWHC 3108 (Admin), when UK...

      Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2024 to Question 23805 on Oil: Imports, when he plans to publish the UK Strategic Export Controls Annual...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Press

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23369 on Government Departments: Press, how much and what proportion of total Government...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Network North budget allocated to connect Manchester to Liverpool applies to the entire section of Northern Powerhouse Rail.

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with the Leader of the House on making parliamentary time available for debate on a motion to formalise the point of...

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when strategic development of the Parish of Millington and Rostherne to Liverpool section of Northern Powerhouse Rail commenced; who is responsible...

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when strategic development of the Manchester Piccadilly to West Yorkshire section of Northern Powerhouse Rail commenced; who is responsible for...

      Rolling Stock: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to help support train companies to (a) buy rather than lease trains and (b) purchase UK-made trains.

      Cross Country Trains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in his Department have had recent discussions with Cross Country trains on plans to add additional stops at Worcestershire Parkway...

      Euston Station: Ticket Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with Avanti West Coast on the closure of the ticket office at Euston railway station.

      Aviation: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to help (a) ensure that regulations on cost-sharing flights do not disproportionately affect the general aviation...

      Aviation: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Feedback on Proposed changes to the advertising element of the cost sharing regulations, published on 29 February 2024, what...

      Road Traffic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish revised national road traffic projections before the Summer recess.

      Local Transport Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescales are for making Local Transport Fund payments to local authorities.

      Motor Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicles on the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency database do not have a valid MOT in (a) England and (b) Easington...

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicles on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database are not taxed in (a) England and (b) Easington constituency.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech entitled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement on the plan to stop the boats, published by the Prime...

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is for a child maintenance case to come before a tribunal.

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average time taken for (a) drug dealing, (b) domestic violence, (c) GBH, (d) domestic burglary and (e) theft cases to...

      Young Offender Institutions

      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 March...

      Undocumented Migrants: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of illegal working since the introduction of that offence.

      Prison Officers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department have made a risk assessment of prison officer vacancies in the Long Term High Security Estate.

      Prisons: Synthetic Cannabinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the detection of and (b) testing methods for synthetic cannabinoids in the prison estate; and...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Broadband: Wigan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to encourage broadband provider competition in Wigan.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Fuels: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled Empowering drivers and boosting competition in the road fuel retail market,...

    • Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that the concerns of objectors are considered during the...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on (a) venues hosting international...

    • Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 21527 on Veterans: Radiation Exposure, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the European Commission on proposals to open negotiations to facilitate youth mobility between the European Union and the...

    • Sanctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the UK sanctions list was last reviewed; and whether they will make the review public.

      Iran: Israel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what diplomatic steps the Foreign Secretary is taking to help de-escalate hostilities between Israel and Iran in order to prevent a wider Middle East war.

      Ukraine: War Crimes

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding (1) they have given so far, and (2) they have pledged to give, to support the government of Ukraine's investigations into war crimes, and how much...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Nutrition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition; how many of their recommendations in relation to nutrition have been...

    • Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports that tropical viruses such as West Nile Virus have spread to Europe, what assessment they have made, if any, of the case for screening...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the eligibility criteria, and (2) the available methods of applying, for people aged under 18 with children who are...

      Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency planning, if any, they have conducted to anticipate the spread of tropical virus transmission to the United Kingdom.

      General Practitioners: Internet

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the triage system used by some GP practices which requires all contact by patients seeking a GP appointment to be conducted online.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of new data from the Office for National Statistics showing that alcohol-specific deaths are now 32.8 per cent higher than in 2019...

      Maternity Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, published on 30 March 2023.

      Maternity Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in establishing specialist care for maternity and neonatal services in every area of England, including pelvic health services and...

      Maternity Services: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether all integrated care systems have published equity and equality plans, and whether they have taken action to reduce inequalities in experience and outcomes...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop a pathway of care for people with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis who require hospitalisation.

      Maternity Disparities Taskforce

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there have been any outcomes from the work of the Maternity Disparities Taskforce.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is (1) the percentage, and (2) the total number, of people who have moved to Universal Credit and who used transitional protection in England and Wales from 1...

  • Department for Education

  • Cabinet Office

    • Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 14 March (HL2915), why they do not plan to publish further information on business readiness...

  • Home Office

    • Counter Terrorism Command: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total allocation of funds to the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command in (1) the current, and (2) previous, financial year; and what...

    • Drugs: Smuggling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that online sales representatives, working for illicit Chinese pharmaceutical and chemical companies, are producing and...

      Identity Cards

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have given any consideration to the use of ID cards.

      Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following news that they have rejected an offer by the European Commission for a youth mobility scheme, what factors they considered when deciding to reject the offer.

      Devon and Cornwall Police: Community Policing

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) police officers, and (2) police community support officers, were employed in neighbourhood policing in Devon & Cornwall Police in each year...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to mitigate potential supply chain disruptions, and (2) to ensure the uninterrupted flow of essential food items, when new border...

    • Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the introduction of import controls on 30 April does not result in significant delays or backlogs at the border.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Eutelsat OneWeb: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any additional equity or debt has been earmarked for further investment in Eutelsat OneWeb, following the Government's $500 million investment in 2020.

    • Eutelsat OneWeb: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current value of the Government's stake in Eutelsat OneWeb.

      Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to launch a call for evidence on the risks of artificial intelligence to trust in information, as proposed in their consultation outcome published 6...

  • Treasury

    • Income Tax: Fraud

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the amount of income tax lost to fraud each year.

  • Attorney General

    • War Crimes: Rwanda

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Attorney General last received a briefing concerning suspected Rwandan war criminals living in England by the Crown Prosecution Service or the police.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Information: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how information education, such as youth work, can complement formal education; and what discussions they have had with key...

    • Youth Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) consideration they have given, and (2) discussions they have had with key stakeholders, on setting sufficiency benchmarks for youth service provision.

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