Written answers

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Haemochromatosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of diagnosis rates for genetic haemochromatosis.

    • Shingles: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help (i) facilitate and (ii) increase the voluntary uptake of the...

      Mental Health Services: Southport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve mental health services in Southport constituency.

      Dental Services: Suffolk Coastal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional NHS dental appointments have been made available for patients as a result of the Dental Recovery Plan in Suffolk...

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the Association of Optometrists on the adequacy of funding for the special schools eye care service.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the terms of reference are for her Department's review of the vaccine damage compensation scheme; which body is responsible for...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the operation of the vaccine damage payment scheme.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS provision for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in Suffolk.

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the cost to the NHS of providing (a) treatment and (b) other support to patients with mental health...

      Whooping Cough: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the vaccination rates for whooping cough.

      Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2023 to Question 142657 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, what progress has...

      Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department have taken to reduce the time taken from initial presentation of symptoms to diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

      Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if (a) she and (b) a Minister in her Department will meet hon. Members representing Newcastle to discuss the findings of the report by...

      Continuing Care: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of processing times for (a) applications for and (b) appeals relating to NHS Continuing...

      Hydrotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of hydrotherapy centres (a) due to be closed and (b) under consideration for closure by NHS...

      Audiology: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of audiology services in England that have been outsourced to private...

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which public body is responsible for confirming whether patients meet the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010.

      Thirlwall Inquiry: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has allocated to the Thirlwall Inquiry.

      Equality Act 2010: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department publishes information to assist people in establishing whether they meet the definition of disability under the...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans are on a waiting list for mental health treatment.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Disinformation

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help Israel tackle online disinformation campaigns backed by Iran.

    • Gaza: Hospitals

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of recent reports of a weapons cache found by the Israel Defense Forces at the...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment has made of the adequacy of designated safe zones in Gaza.

      Israel: Disinformation

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what support his Department is providing to partners in Israel to help tackle online disinformation campaigns.

      Myanmar: Development Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what his Department’s overseas development aid spend on Myanmar (a) was in the financial year 2023-24 and (b) is predicted to be in the financial year...

      Gaza: Casualties

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) women and (b) children killed in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.

      Mohammad Mustafa Najem

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to take steps in response to reports of alleged anti-Semitic language used by the Palestinian Authority Minister of Religious Affairs and...

      Israel: Bedouin

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the status of unrecognised villages in the (a) Naqab and (b) Negev region of southern Israel.

      Palestinians: Recognition of States

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the potential recognition of a Palestinian state.

      Myanmar: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report by Amnesty International entitled Myanmar: New data suggests military still...

      Hong Kong: Civil Liberties

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether the Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific made representations to officials in Hong Kong on (a) political prisoners, (b) the trial of Jimmy Lai and...

      Myanmar: Human Rights

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the UK's compliance with the UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Situation of human rights in Myanmar...

      China: Overseas Students

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Education, (b) representatives of UK universities and (c) the Secretary of State for the...

      Tibet: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on freedom of religion in Tibet.

      Ghassan Abu-Sittah

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to make representations to the European Union on Germany’s use of the Schengen Information System to prevent British national, Dr...

      Confucius Institutes

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has (a) received representations on and (b) made an assessment of the potential relationship between (i) Confucius Institutes and (ii) the...

      Afghanistan: Floods

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department plans to provide additional humanitarian support to NGOs following the recent flooding in Afghanistan.

      China: Espionage

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he has taken to tackle the People’s Republic of China’s security and intelligence network operating in the UK in response to the arrest...

      India: UN Security Council

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting a permanent seat for the Republic of India on the United Nations Security Council.

      Development Aid: East Africa

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that overseas development aid to (a) Sudan, (b) Ethiopia and (c) other East African countries reaches (i)...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what funding his Department provided for (a) core, (b) non-core and (c) other funding for (i) the UN Population Fund, (ii) the World Health Organisation,...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Food: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data her Department holds on trends in the volume of British food exports to Asia over the last five years; and what steps her...

    • Carers: Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the level of paid carers leave on rates of economic activity.

      Skilled Workers: Mechanical Engineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of skilled mechanics.

      Exports: Trade Competitiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of high energy costs on the competitiveness of UK exports.

      Small Businesses: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in Suffolk.

      Department for Business and Trade: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by her Department were made in Britain.

      Business: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to promote (a) international trade and (b) investment opportunities for businesses based in Suffolk.

      Competition and Markets Authority: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much the Competition and Markets Authority has spent on external consultancies in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to amend Universal Credit regulations to take into account the 53-week rent year for 2024.

    • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department publishes statistics on response times for cases that have been sent to tribunals.

      Bereavement Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) creating a team in his Department that specifically supports bereaved benefit...

      Menopause: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support women to stay in employment when managing menopausal symptoms.

      Veterans: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of employment support available to veterans in Job Centres.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment mandatory reconsideration in each year since 2021.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on Personal Independence Payment tribunals in each year since 2021.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on mandatory reconsiderations of Personal Independence Payment claims in each year since 2021.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department was of a Personal Independence Payment tribunal appeal in each year since 2021.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered the potential merits of allowing claimants' limited capability for work status to be reinstated without further...

      Social Security Benefits: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time is for cases that have been sent to tribunal.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Aberavon constituency have had personal independence payments overturned as a result of an appeal...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average time taken for PIP reviews to be undertaken in each of the last (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his planned timetable is for ensuring that the (a) National Disability Strategy is and (b) related policies are compliant with the UN...

      Social Security Benefits: Bank Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposed welfare bank surveillance powers on the right to privacy.

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2024 to Question 24903 on Poverty, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the...

      Social Security Benefits: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of (a) Jobseeker’s Allowance and (b) Employment and Support Allowance in the (i) work-related activity and...

      Social Security Benefits: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were (a) not in work and (b) in receipt of (i) Jobseeker’s Allowance and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance in...

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for trends in the level of the use of food banks in the last five years.

      Unemployment: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of economic inactivity among women aged between 45 and 60 in (a) Newport West...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the publication Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to March 2024, published on 14 May 2024, if he will make an...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to table 3 of his Department's publication entitled Completing the move to Universal Credit: Statistics related to the move of...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Fraud and error in the benefit system, Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2024, published on...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2024 to Question 22836 on Veterans: Social Rented Housing, if he will list the locations awarded grants by the Veteran...

    • Office for Veterans' Affairs: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2024 to Question 22837 on Office for Veterans' Affairs: Finance and Staff, how many veterans work in the Office for...

      Veterans: Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the employment rate for veterans was in financial year (a) 2018-19, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Social Rented Housing: Carpets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will update the Decent Homes Standard to mandate social rented properties to provide floor coverings for...

    • Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent roles in his Department related to the Building Safety Programme on 30...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing regulations on the non-disclosure of event fees in the...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many independent audits his Department commissioned under the Developer Self Remediation Terms in relation to building...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of buildings over 11 metres requiring non-cladding...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on how many occasions he has used his powers to call in new planning proposals by developers on the basis of their lack of...

      Leasehold: House Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of classing building insurance as a relevant cost that leaseholders...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to extend protections...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's press release, Government wins landmark case against freeholder owned by multibillion...

      Social Rented Housing: Sub-letting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Housing Minister's open letter to mortgage lenders on building safety of 12 January 2022, what...

      Waking Watch Relief Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release, updated on 18 April 2024, whether...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's press release, Government wins landmark case against freeholder owned by multibillion...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of buildings under the developer remediation scheme that were (a) transferred...

      High Rise Flats: Tower Hamlets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2024 to Question 21335 on Flats: Fire Prevention, whether Jetty Court in Tower Hamlets...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a timetable for the reintroduction of the Parking Code of Practice.

      Community Relations: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help quantify the (a) economic and (b) social value of faith groups to the UK.

      Empty Property: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of unoccupied dwellings in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal...

      Social Rented Housing: Carpets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of social rented properties which do not include floor...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from October to...

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from October to...

      Energy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people who use medical equipment in their homes with their energy costs.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work...

      Carbon Emissions: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report by Key Cities Innovation Network entitled Civic partners in Net Zero, published in April 2024, what...

      Solar Power: Archaeological Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure trial trenching requirements for ground-mounted solar farms are proportionate to the...

      Solar Power: Surveying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of amending the trial trenching requirements for ground-mounted...

      Solar Power: Surveying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trial trenching requirements on (a) costs for solar project developers...

      Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the certification programme for the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive.

      Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made support available to people whose air source heat pump, installed by someone certified by the...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6...

      Innovation and Research: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Net Zero Research and Innovation...

  • Department for Transport

    • Buses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many zero-emission buses had been ordered through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (a) 1 and (b) 2 schemes as of 14 May 2024; and how many...

    • Motor Vehicles: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to Question 20728 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, when his Department plans to commission independent research on...

      Roads: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the amount that local authorities have spent on repairing potholes in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal...

      Transport: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support innovation to make transport more accessible to deaf people.

      Active Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to undertake local consultations before allocating funding...

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25812 on Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Contracts and with reference to the Minister without...

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to increase public awareness of the potential impact of changes in the (a) responsibilities and (b) role of...

      Unmanned Air Vehicles: Armed Forces and Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of altering the legislation to enable the Civil Aviation Authority to allow drones to be operated...

      Department for Transport: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.

      Shipping: Pay and Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Seafarers in the UK shipping industry: 2023 statistics, published on 22 February 2024, what (a) estimate he has made of the...

  • Treasury

    • Iran: Banks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during the debate on Countering...

    • Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Money and Health Policy Institute report entitled Debts and Despair, published in December 2023, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Ascot Lloyd: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to require Ascot Lloyd to pay the amount of compensation to customers recommended by the Financial Ombudsman Service.

      Landfill Tax: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have a role in investigating allegations of Landfill Disposals Tax fraud in Wales.

      Landfill Tax: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to tackle landfill tax fraud.

      Landfill Tax: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of revenue lost to the Exchequer through landfill tax fraud in the last 12 months.

      Golf: Southport

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support golf (a) courses and (b) clubs in Southport.

      Coastal Areas: Tourism

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to support coastal communities with tourism industries in summer 2024.

      National Insurance Contributions and Personal Income: Wellingborough

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the number of people in Wellingborough constituency who (a) paid national insurance contributions and (b) earned below...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who will need to sell their home to pay the loan charge.

      Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) promoters and (b) operators of schemes subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted.

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25195 on Inheritance Tax, for what reason he has not provided the requested data for the number of people...

      Civil Service: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing the cost of the civil service.

  • Attorney General

    • Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for...

    • Homicide: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for murder in...

      People Smuggling: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for...

      Burglary: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for...

      Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for all...

      War Crimes: Gaza

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25822 on War Crimes: Gaza and with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, updated on 22 December 2022,...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Intersex

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish her response to her Department's call for evidence on Variations in sex characteristics, which closed on 28 March 2019.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) school, (b) alternative provision and (c) other places for (i) children and (ii) adults with (A) SEND and (B) an education, health and...

    • Special Educational Needs: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on (a) education places and (b) home to school transport for SEND (i) children and (ii) adults by local authority in 2023.

      Special Educational Needs: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost was to educate (a) a child and (b) an adult with SEN in each of the last 20 years.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) children and (b) adults have required a SEND placement in each of the last 20 years.

      Special Educational Needs: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in schools in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency.

      Schools: Mental health services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help provide mental health support in schools for young people suffering from eating disorders.

      Childcare: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase childcare provision in (a) Suffolk Coastal constituency and (b) Suffolk.

      Department for Education: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by her Department were made in Britain.

      Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her comments on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme in relation to on her Department’s consultation on the new Relationships,...

      Digital Technology: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have enrolled to study for a Essential Digital Skills qualification since 1 January 2024.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by his Department were made in Britain.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any ministerial redundancy payments have been repaid to their Department since 2019.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Countryside Stewardship Scheme: Wellingborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Wellingborough constituency are part of Countryside Stewardship scheme.

    • Sustainable Farming Incentive: Wellingborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Wellingborough constituency are part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

      Agriculture: Suffolk Coastal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to the farming sector in Suffolk Coastal constituency since 2022 by (a)...

      Food: Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of genetically modified foods on public health; whether he has had...

      Motor Vehicles: Wellingborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent off-road vehicles used for recreational purposes from causing damage to...

      Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support cockle fishing communities (a) around the Southport Cockle Bed and (b)...

      Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the sustainability of the cockle fisheries sector.

      Flood Control: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to protect (a) rural and (b) coastal communities at risk of flooding; and what...

      Convention on Biological Diversity: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take steps with the devolved Administrations to achieve the (i) mission, (ii) goal...

      Tree Planting: Wellingborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the number of trees planted in Wellingborough constituency since 2010.

  • Home Office

    • Crime: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps through the criminal justice system to support small businesses affected by criminal damage.

    • Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to update the definition of serious and organised crime.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of hotels that will be used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers between 1 January 2024...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to asylum seekers on (a) housing, (b) work rights and (c) recourse to public funds once they have been...

      Offences against Children: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested in connection with suspected (a) live streamed online child sexual abuse and (b) exploitative behaviour...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) work and (b) family visas were issued to people aged (i) between (A) 18 and 24, (B) 25 and 34, (C) 35 and 44, (D) 45 and 54 and...

      Illegal Migration Operations Command: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget allocated to his Department's Illegal Migration Operations Command was for financial year (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2022, published on 25 April 2024, what steps he is taking with...

      International Corruption Unit: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations were undertaken by the National Crime Agency anti-corruption unit in each year since 2015 by reason for investigation.

      Draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to bring forward the Draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill.

      Home Office: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Mobile Phones: Aerials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Code of practice for wireless network development in...

    • Broadband: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192484 on Broadband: Social Tariffs, if he will make an estimate of...

      Mobile Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support mobile phone owners whose device is not 4G compatible when the 3G signal is...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by her Department were made in Britain.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the backlog in processing probate applications.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly...

    • Stonehenge: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish her Department's (a) report on the state of conservation of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and (b) package of...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) cars and (b) other vehicles used by her Department were made in Britain.

      Advertising: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Government response to Online Advertising Programme consultation, updated...

      Arts: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support the growth of creative industries in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency.

      High Streets Heritage Action Zones Fund: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total value was of grant funding awarded from the Heritage High Street Fund to projects in (a) Suffolk Coastal constituency...

      Cultural Heritage: North Macedonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has taken steps to promote cultural relations between the UK and the Republic of North Macedonia.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Sudan: Military Attachés

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the UK defence attaché for Sudan is based.

    • Uganda: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2018 to Question 176667 on Uganda: Military Aid, what military support the UK provided to Uganda between 2020...

      Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the deployment of (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships without a full crew.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department are taking to ensure there are sufficient translators available to assist operation Interflex.

      Catterick Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMS Nelson.

      Reserve Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target and (b) workforce intake was for the (i) Army Reserves, (ii) Maritime Reserves and (iii) Royal Marines Reserves in...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MOD Police officers have been recruited in each year since 2010; and what his Department's recruitment target for such officers was for each of...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) modal pay for MOD Police officers was in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual funding in cash terms has been for MOD Police in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK munition sites the MOD Police provide security for.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the workforce numbers were for the MOD Police in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the role of MOD Police in providing security services for UK munitions sites in each year until 2030.

      Veterans: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has contracted Fujitsu to (a) supply the (i) system or (ii) software for and (b) deliver any other aspect of veterans ID cards.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Hong Kong: Trials

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations the Minister for Indo-Pacific made during her recent meetings with Hong Kong officials regarding (1) Jimmy Lai’s trial, (2) political...

    • Hong Kong: Official Visits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Minister for Asia’s recent visit to Hong Kong and what they believe it achieved.

      Gulf States: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of modern-day slavery in (1) the United Arab Emirates, (2) Saudi Arabia, (3) Kuwait, (4) Oman, (5) Qatar, and (6) Jordan, particularly in...

      Gulf States: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made on modern slavery to the governments of (1) the United Arab Emirates, (2) Saudi Arabia, (3) Kuwait, (4) Oman, (5) Qatar, and...

      Pakistan: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 April (HL Deb cols 628GC–630GC), whether development funding for Pakistan will be used for...

      Sudan: Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they have provided to (1) the government of Egypt, and (2) non-government organisations and churches, to assist with Sudanese...

      Pakistan: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 25 April (HL Deb cols 628GC–630GC), whether they plan to use some of the increased aid to Pakistan...

      Nigeria: Bilateral Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 14 March (HL2885), what percentage of aid provided to Nigeria between 2015 and 2024 has been allocated...

      Sudan: Internally Displaced People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 12 February (HL1985), what percentage of the UK’s 2023-24 humanitarian aid package to Sudan will...

      Nigeria: Conflict Prevention

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the ‘Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria’ programme will include the Middle Belt in its remit; and if so, which towns and villages it...

  • Home Office

  • Treasury

    • Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive pertaining to the budget for 2024–2025; and what was the outcome of those discussions.

    • Devolution: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the provision of finance to the three devolved administrations; and whether such provision is adequate to meet demand for...

      Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the method for calculating financial support for the Northern Ireland Executive; and what consideration they have given to...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Political Parties: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to commence section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to political party candidate information; and if so, when.

    • Equal Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the gender pay gap; and what estimate they have made of how long it will take to close.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that fewer Londoners are looking for houses outside London, and of the impact on (1) housing supply, and (2)...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Polygamy

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the benefits system continues to recognise polygamy in social security regulations and, if so, why.

    • Broadcasting Programmes and Film: Health and Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of health and safety accountability and responsibility for employers on film and television productions given the widespread use of...

      Broadcasting Programmes and Film: Health and Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to reflect technological changes, with particular reference to film and television...

      Silicosis: Composite Materials

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect workers from contracting silicosis, in particular from the installation of engineered stone countertops.

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the percentage of people who moved to Universal Credit under the 'Move to UC' policy have been awarded 'transitional protection' (1) between 1 April...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index which indicated that British women are sadder and more stressed than their European...

    • NHS: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of payments made by the NHS in each of the last three years to (1) Cerner, (2) Epic and (3) EMIS; and of the cost of the...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are they taking to recover loans which were lost to fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Iron and Steel: Port Talbot

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the energy required by the new electric arc furnaces in Port Talbot Steel Works will be supplied by renewable energy sources.

  • Department for Education

    • Overseas Students: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Chinese students in UK universities, particularly those who are linked to China's military, are properly vetted and do...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Bicycles: Sales

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban the sale of e-bikes which are capable of being converted to speeds exceeding 15.5 miles per hour, and the associated batteries.

    • Electric Bicycles: Accidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation so that cyclists can be charged for causing death by dangerous or reckless riding if they cause a death while riding an...

      Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to decarbonise transport infrastructure further towards the goal of net zero; and what measures they propose to achieve this aim.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Charitable Donations: USA

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many US citizens have been registered as having donated to UK charities in the most recent year for which statistics are available.

    • Arts: Government Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of financial subsidies given to the creative industries over the past five years have employment conditions attached to them so that those working...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Voice over Internet Protocol

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the new arrangements and communications relating to the roll out of Digital Voice by BT; in particular, what assessment they have...

    • Sustainable Development: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support research into sustainable materials, including those limiting emissions along entire material and product lifecycles.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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