Written answers

Thursday, 9 May 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the average time from first contact with the NHS specialist mental health services to the...

    • Ambulance Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23378 on Ambulance Services: Databases, which directive issued under section 254 of...

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of children unable to access NHS dentistry in England; and whether she has set a target date by...

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the potential impact of outdoor advertising on children’s (a) diet...

      Cannabis: Misuse

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

      Dental Services: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with (a) Healthwatch England and (b) other relevant stakeholders on the potential impact of the change to...

      Hospitals: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support hospital radio stations.

      Leukaemia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve research into acute myeloid leukaemia.

      Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of trends in levels of morale in the dental profession; and what steps her Department is taking to...

      Dental Services: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her policy paper entitled Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, published on 7...

      Liver Diseases: Washington and Sunderland West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the detection of liver disease in Washington and Sunderland West constituency.

      NHS: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on ensuring compliance by NHS suppliers with NHS England’s target for all suppliers to...

      Hormones: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on steps to (a) tackle the illegal sale of...

      Post-polio Syndrome: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support people with post-polio syndrome in the North West; and if she will make an assessment...

      Carbamazepine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with Novartis on the adequacy of supply of the epilepsy medication Tegretol.

      Health Professions: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that degrees awarded by the Open University are recognised as...

      Phramacy: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle shortages of medicines in pharmacies.

      Liver Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the development of intelligent liver function tests by the...

      Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making laser treatment for prostate cancer available on the NHS.

      Coronavirus: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a list of medical professionals (a) warned, (b) suspended and (c) with attempted suspensions for raising concerns...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for people with suspected young onset dementia.

      Ambulance Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department are taking to reduce ambulance waiting times in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham, Erdington constituency.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Depressive Illnesses and Neurodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the number of people who were claiming (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) out of work Universal Credit...

    • State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the findings and recommendations from the Parliamentary and Health Services...

      Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support people to save for a private pension.

      Women against State Pension Inequality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign since 2015.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Kenya: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help ensure that humanitarian aid reaches people forcibly evacuated due to dam safety concerns...

    • Burkina Faso: Press Freedom

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the suspension of foreign media access in Burkina Faso.

      Development Aid: Education

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of UK Official Development Assistance spending on the resilience of primary and secondary school education in...

      Gaza: Civilians

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he is having discussions with Gazans living in the UK on Government support for their relatives living in Gaza.

      Development Aid: Education

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how many girls have been supported by UK Official Development Assistance funding to (a) enter and (b) continue education.

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of plans by Israeli settler movement organisations to march to Gaza on 15 May 2024 with the...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) officials from his Department have had with their counterparts in Israel on the (i) airstrike at Al Mawasi...

      Gaza: Aid Workers

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 22287 on Gaza: Aid Workers and with reference to the investigation by the IDF which reported on 5 April...

      Israel Defense Forces: Private Military and Security Companies

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2024 to Question 22165 on Israel Defense Forces: Private Military and Security Companies, for what reason the Israeli...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions he has had with (a) the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and (b) United Nations Relief...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of links between the Israeli government and Israeli settlers.

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking to maintain international support for (a) humanitarian aid and (b) reconstruction in Ukraine.

      Ethiopia and Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how much and what proportion of funding announced at the pledging conferences for (a) Sudan and (b) Ethiopia is new; and how will that funding be released.

      Occupied Territories: Violence

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2024 to Question 20107 on West Bank: Violence, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on (a)...

      Rwanda: Rule of Law

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the operation of the rule of law in Rwanda.

      Gaza: Ceasefires

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent progress he has made on helping to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza.

      Haiti: Turks and Caicos Islands

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 23264 on Haiti: Turks and Caicos Islands, how many additional specialist police officers have been...

      Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he is taking steps to (a) promote and (b) defend the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.

      Morocco: Western Sahara

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether arms exports licences have been issued for (a) equipment and (b) technology to Morocco for use in Western Sahara.

      Gibraltar

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Gibraltarian counterpart on self-determination in Gibraltar, in the context of negotiations with the EU on the...

      Manuel Guerrero

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made representations to the Qatari government on allegations of (a) mistreatment and (b) torture made by Manuel Avina Guerrero.

      Gibraltar: UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what his Department's expected timetable is for concluding negotiations with the EU on Gibraltar.

      Haiti: Politics and Government

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what support his Department plans to provide to (a) Fritz Bélizaire, (b) Edgard Leblanc and (c) the Transitional Council in Haiti.

      Gibraltar: Spain

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the strategic role of Gibraltar, in the context of the negotiations with the EU on...

      USA: Demonstrations

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on the (a) handling of pro-Palestine protests on university campuses and (b) potential impact of...

      British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what his (a) process and (b) timetable is for engaging with (i) governments and (ii) elected representatives on his Department's upcoming strategy refresh on...

      Ukraine: War Crimes

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) provide funding for and (b) otherwise support the Ukrainian government to (i) investigate, (ii) arrest and (iii)...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking to support the local delivery of humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

      Georgia: Elections

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his Georgian counterpart on the impact of the foreign agent bill on the treatment of (a) UK and (b) international...

      Mikheil Saakashvili

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made recent representations to his Georgian counterpart on the (a) release and (b) pardon of Mikhail Saakashvili.

      Georgia: Russia

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in Georgia on the conduct of Russia towards that country.

      Georgia: Elections

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in Georgia on the conduct of elections in that country.

      Georgia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions he has had with his Georgian counterpart on the recent riots in that country relating to the On Transparency of Foreign Influence bill.

  • Home Office

    • Local Government: Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how resources are allocated to police forces for investigating (a) corruption and (b) bribery allegations in local councils.

    • Visas: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 April 2024 to Question 23225 on Visas: Families, how many staff have been (a) recruited and (b) re-deployed to...

      Migrants: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of no recourse to public funds on (a) children from black and ethnic minority...

      Immigration: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been affected by merged identities in the Person Centric Data Platform.

      Sham Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the number of applications to stay in the UK that are made on the basis of a sham marriage or civil...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels that were previously used to provide accommodation for asylum seekers and subsequently closed by his Department have...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that people with indefinite leave to remain that was granted before the digitisation of his...

      Sham Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to stop sham marriages and civil partnerships.

      Prostitution: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2024 to Question 23443 on Prostitution: Internet, whether his Department has received legal advice on the...

      Edinburgh Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to help support Edinburgh Airport to provide pre-clearance for travellers to the US.

      West Midlands Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to West Midlands Police for the policing of road traffic collisions.

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits were delayed due to technical issues in each of the last three years, broken down by month.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Army Foundation College: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff at the Army Foundation College were found to have started (a) intimate and (b) otherwise inappropriate relationships with recruits in...

    • Army: Prostitution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of British soldiers paying for sex in Kenya have been (a) investigated and (b) proven since the introduction of JSP 769: Zero...

      Catterick Garrison

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

      Catterick Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Piave and Bapaume Barracks as of 29 April 2024.

      Catterick Garrison

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

      Catterick Garrison

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

      RNAD Coulport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Royal Naval Armaments Depot in Coulport.

      Army Foundation College: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of charges of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences against people working at the Army Foundation College that were...

  • Department for Education

    • Care Homes: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for trends in the number of new children’s residential homes that have been established in Lancashire.

    • Free School Meals: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of free school meals on educational attainment.

      Confucius Institutes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2023 to Question 182232 on Confucius Institutes, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the Chinese...

      Special Educational Needs: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Education in Northern Ireland on special educational needs training for teachers.

      Religion: Secondary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of studying religious education at key stage (a) 4 and (b) 5 on the educational attainment of...

      Allergies: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of resources for teaching children about allergies in primary schools.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Chemicals: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that chemicals that can be used in the manufacture of choking agents are (a) tracked and (b)...

    • Minimum Wage: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers in Wales her Department named as being non-compliant with minimum wage legislation in each year since 2019.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it his policy to introduce a statutory right for disability support leave for disabled employees.

      Local Government: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what protections are in place for whistle-blowers in local government.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to reply to the correspondence of (a) 26 January and (b) 26 March 2024 from the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran on...

      Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department carried out impact assessments prior to its decision to delay the implementation of the Employment (Allocation of...

  • Treasury

    • Migrants: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the financial support it can offer local authorities in Wales to support them with the costs of the no...

    • Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with HMRC to help ensure taxpayers receive (a) prompt and (b) accurate responses to queries.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time was for processing a new application for Child Benefit in the latest period for which data is available.

      Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is to amend the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 to...

      Public Sector: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses were received to the consultation entitled Public Sector Exit Payments : A New Controls Process for High Exit Payments which closed on...

      Disposable Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made on the levels of household disposable income as a result of the potential impact of the OBR's forecasts on household income.

      British Steel: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any (a) internal reviews and (b) audits conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority on the consistency of the redress scheme for...

      British Steel: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to help ensure that members of the British Steel Pension Scheme receive equal compensation.

      Cash Dispensing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of ATM closures on (a) access to and (b) the depositing of cash.

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on small businesses of trends in the number of bank closures in the last...

      Self-assessment: Maladministration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many paper self-assessment tax returns were erroneously dispatched by HMRC to people who normally complete their self-assessment tax returns online in...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the AI Safety Institute plans to carry out testing on the societal impacts of AI on elections.

    • Telemedicine: Voice over Internet Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 21381 on Telemedicine: Older People, whether her Department undertook an...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Euro 2028: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders on the timelines for the announcement of capital...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the average number of workdays lost in each strike action in each month in 2023.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Care Homes: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on making an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new planning rules on...

    • Housing: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will provide guidance to home owners with rotten loft timbers caused by spray foam insulation on taking...

      Floods: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications were (a) made and (b) rejected to access funding under schemes within the flood recovery framework...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Crown Court: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the potential additional cost to the public purse for the continued use of the digital case management system as well as...

    • Legal Aid Scheme: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people without the means to pay are able to access legal (a) advice and (b) representation for...

      Immigration: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help increase access to legal aid for immigration and asylum cases in Wales.

      Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of community service.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Farms: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department use to assess whether to build solar farms on productive farmland.

    • Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of existing legislation to tackle common nuisances such as (a) smoke, (b)...

      Dangerous Dogs: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of measures to reduce the need to seize dogs which are likely...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Christchurch on the potential impact of the level of phosphates in the River...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Christchurch on the Avon Valley footpath between Burton and Christchurch.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 21855, tabled by the hon. Member for Ealing North on 15 April 2024.

      Sewage: Water Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of sewage discharges into waterways on the health of those using the waterways for...

      Farmers: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide financial assistance to farmers in debt.

      Fungicides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Health and Safety Executive’s proposal to...

      Water Companies: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofwat on water companies outsourcing capital programmes to separate companies.

  • Department for Transport

    • Motorcycles: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on assessing the Motorcycle Industry Association’s proposal for assessors from approved training bodies to...

    • Fisheries: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the use of personal locator beacons on lifejackets in the fishing industry.

      Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for an awareness campaign to help tackle negative perceptions over the...

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of financially incentivising the use of sustainable aviation fuel.

      Department for Transport: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken by his Department to respond to a freedom of information request was in each of the last five years; how many and what...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Companies: Registration

      To ask His Majesty's Government what free and fast track process is available for a householder to remove their address from the register at Companies House when that address has been used...

    • Booker Group: Tesco

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Tesco-Booker merger on independent shopkeepers.

      Iron and Steel: Port Talbot

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of steel that will be able to be produced from Port Talbot following its conversion to electric arc furnaces.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pensioners: Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the 'Move to Universal Credit' for pensioners in receipt of tax credits in England and Wales.

    • Pensioners: Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on the situation for pensioners in receipt of tax credits ending in 2025 in relation to the 'Move to Universal Credit'; and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what clinical regulation measures are in place to ensure that care and treatments provided by private medical insurers are the most appropriate for a specific...

    • Abortion: Telemedicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to medical practitioners dispensing telemedicine abortion pharmaceuticals to patients who are more than ten weeks pregnant.

      HIV Infection: Plastic Surgery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of individuals contracting HIV from contaminated blood in unregulated cosmetic procedures.

      Social Media: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with social media companies about protecting the mental health of under-16s, especially girls, using their platforms.

      Rare Diseases

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to have any discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) about continuing to work with the rare...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to build on the proposals in the report of Sir Andrew Dilnot’s Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Fairer Care Funding, published...

  • Department for Education

    • French Language: GCSE

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils took French as a GCSE in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022 and (5) 2023.

    • Children in Care: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to improve the education of children in care.

      Education: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the proposed increase in early years childcare provision could lead to a widening of the attainment gap.

      German Language: GCSE

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils took German as a GCSE in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.

      Artificial Intelligence: Languages

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact of emerging artificial intelligence capacities on the necessity for foreign language learning.

      Relationships and Sex Education: Sex

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about the appropriateness of teaching materials indicating to children that someone can be (1) male, (2)...

      Education: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given the finding by Action for Children in its report, Above and Beyond: How teachers fill gaps in the system to keep children learning, that teachers are...

      Turing Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many students applied to take part in the Turing Scheme in (1) 2021–22, (2) 2022–23, (3) 2023–24 and (4) 2024–25.

      Music: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the opportunities for children to learn to play a musical instrument while at school.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Aukus

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Foreign Secretary has had with the Ministry of Defence regarding future expansion of Pillar II of the AUKUS agreement.

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are taking to ensure transparency in relation to ministerial recusals.

      Colombia: War Crimes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Colombia about reparations for victims of sexual and gender-based violence during the armed conflict.

      Vladimir Kara-Murza

      To ask His Majesty's Government what information they hold on Vladimir Kara-Murza, held in prison in Russia, and the state of his health.

      Freedom of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the issuing of practice recommendations to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office by the Information...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers: Conflict of Interests

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the guidance provided to Ministers on recusing themselves from decision making; and what plans they have, if any, to review that...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agricultural Products and Food: Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that (1) border infrastructure is fully prepared, and (2) there are sufficient staff in place, to handle the increased...

    • Food: Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the new border import controls being introduced on 30 April will impact food safety standards between the UK and EU; and...

  • Treasury

    • Debt Collection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate identity tracing agencies in relation to the recovery of debt.

    • Public Sector Debt

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce public sector debt from its current level of 98.3 per cent of GDP.

      Mortgages: Interest Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the extension of long-term fixed-rate mortgage options to borrowers.

      Police and Crime Commissioners: Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have issued any guidance to Police and Crime Commissioners concerning the taxation of their home security.

      Small Businesses: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of HMRC's reported customer service issues on tax compliance among small businesses; and what steps they are taking to...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Digital Technology: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the population they estimate will be digitally literate by 2030.

    • Broadband: Social Tariffs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for reviewing the social tariff for broadband subscriptions, given Ofcom’s report of the low update of the current scheme.

      Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to update the Digital skills and inclusion policy published on 5 April 2017, and when they plan to publish an updated version.

      Artificial Intelligence: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the AI Safety Institute, launched in November 2023, will report its findings, risk analysis and recommendations to Parliament.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of GDP will be spent on defence in each financial year between now and 2030.

  • Wales Office

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Strikes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the economy of industrial action on Network Rail.

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