Written answers

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Healthy Start Scheme: Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average weekly payment to beneficiaries on the Healthy Start scheme was in June 2024.

    • Community Diagnostic Centres: Epping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Community Diagnostic Centre at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping will go ahead as planned.

      NHS: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce staff sickness in (a) emergency departments, (b) the ambulance service and (c) the NHS generally.

      Asthma: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding asthma to the list of long-term medical conditions that are exempt...

      Surgery: Hitchin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Hitchin constituency.

      Dental Services: York Outer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in the York Outer constituency currently accepting (a)...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council on steps to reduce the time take for Ukrainian nationals to take the overseas...

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS providers are producing information in format that is in line with the Accessible...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Trafford in each of the last five years.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reform the NHS dentistry contract.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support local pharmacies.

      Visas: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for the Health and Care Worker visa on the ability of...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward proposals to update and improve mental healthcare.

      Social Services: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national career framework for social care staff that is integrated...

      Dental Services: Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to the NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board for the commissioning of NHS dental...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support community pharmacies.

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding arrangements for hospices.

      Social Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce standardised training for staff working in social care.

      Mental Health Services: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle waiting lists for mental health services in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish the updated Accessible Information Standard.

      Care Workers: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the (a) exploitation of and (b) potential waste in public funding for agencies...

      Dental Services: Norwich North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices that accept new adult NHS patients in Norwich North...

      Down Syndrome Act 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on producing statutory guidance under the Down Syndrome Act 2022.

      Pharmacy: Gedling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support community pharmacies in Gedling constituency.

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the fee per child to deliver the Special Schools Eyecare service.

      Dental Services: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to end the proposed use of NHS Dental Vans.

      Dental Services: Herefordshire and Worcestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of dentists accepting new NHS patients in the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Integrated Care Board...

      Dental Services: Herefordshire and Worcestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the impact of the £200 million NHS Dental Recovery Plan announced in February 2024 on the availability of NHS...

      Dental Services: North Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in North Cornwall constituency accepting adult NHS...

      Dental Health: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce tooth brushing education for parents of infants from teething age until three years old.

      General Practitioners: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of how many and what proportion of people living in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency are...

      Dental Services: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of open dentistry practices in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency between 2010...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take further steps to support hospices providing palliative care services.

      Veterans: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of mental health support services for veterans in (a) Cramlington and...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will continue the (a) Hospital Rebuilding Programme and (b) implementation of Community Diagnostic Centres.

      Dental Services: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help improve access to NHS dentistry in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme funding to employ GPs.

      Dental Services: Halton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of dentistry in Halton in the last (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) 12...

      Dental Services: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dentistry practices in the Exeter constituency accepting new (a) adult and (b)...

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of implementing the Accessible Information Standard.

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data he holds on the number of people accessing NHS services who did not receive information in an accessible format.

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS England is complying with the Accessible Information Standard.

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making dental (a) foundation and (b) vocational training mandatory for dentists...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the clinical experience dentists receive before becoming eligible...

      Neurodiversity: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families of children (a) have applied, (b) are waiting and (c) have been issued with a neurodevelopmental services assessment in...

      Dental Services: Gedling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many open dentistry practices were accepting adult NHS patients in Gedling constituency (a) on the most recent date for which data is...

      Dental Services: Burton and Uttoxeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve NHS dental provision in Burton and Uttoxeter constituency.

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much grant funding each Integrated Care Board in England is providing for hospice funding for (a) children's and (b) other hospices...

      Dental Services and General Practitioners: Hitchin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of (i) GPs and (ii) dentists in Hitchin constituency.

      Pancreatic Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer in the last 12 months.

      Rickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle rickets.

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Equipment Tracking and Inventory System highlights radiotherapy cancer treatment...

  • Treasury

    • Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total Government underspend is for this financial year; and what the underspend is for each Department.

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to commission an independent review into the loan charge by 4 October 2024.

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was in the (a) 2005-06 financial year and (b) latest financial year for which data is available; what steps her Department is taking to...

      Private Education: Business Rates and VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to consult on ending the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether children who have an Education, Health and Care plan will be exempt from VAT on school fees.

      Pay: Young People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average take home pay was of someone aged 23 working full-time on the minimum wage in (a) cash terms and (b) adjusted for inflation in the...

      Timesharing: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Financial Ombudsman Service on resolving complaints of mis-sold timeshares in a timely manner.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the effectiveness of the business rates system for small business.

      Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support the independent hospitality sector; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing...

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from the sale of defibrillators; and if she will make an assessment with the...

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will remove VAT from the sale of defibrillators; and if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in the annual rate of GDP growth that would be required to fund the removal of the two-child benefit cap.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many submitted planning permission applications are unable to progress due to nutrient neutrality rules.

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend nutrient neutrality rules.

      Derelict Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s planning definition is of the grey belt; and whether the grey belt includes (a) greenfield...

      Deputy Prime Minister: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to establish a separate Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of 8 July 2024 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is to start...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, whether her Department plans to...

      Neighbourhood Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to require local authorities to amend neighbourhood plans.

      New Towns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new towns her Department plans to help build; what her timetable is for building those towns; and if she will...

      Combined Authorities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the governance of non-mayoral combined county...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for banning Section 21 evictions.

      Affordable Housing: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help provide affordable housing in (a) Cramlington and Killingworth constituency and (b)...

      Empty Property: Shops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of unoccupied shops in town centres in North Cornwall constituency.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) expand the list of accepted forms of voter identification at polling stations.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether money allocated through the Levelling Up Fund will be given to local authorities to spend.

      Homelessness: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a strategy to help tackle youth homelessness.

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her policies on leasehold reform on the average costs...

      Deputy Prime Minister: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her responsibilities are as Deputy Prime Minister; and whether those responsibilities include the implementation...

      Housing First

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for assessing the effectiveness of the Housing First pilot schemes.

      Housing First

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the regional disparities in Housing First services.

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a timeline for enacting the Law Commission’s recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold...

      Local Government: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on increasing funding to Cornwall Council for (a) social care services (b) SEND...

      Coal: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish her Department's submission on the legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action...

      Regeneration: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to regenerate (a) town centres and (b) high streets in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of local government expenditure on tackling (a) child poverty and...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to provide a breakdown by (a) department and (b) job title of senior civil service jobs (i) offered and (ii) appointed since 30 May 2024.

    • Government Communication Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to change the size of the Government Communications Service.

      Government Departments: Sanitation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to (a) reduce and (b) increase the number of (i) gender-neutral and (ii) specific-sex toilets on the Government Property Agency estate.

      Civil Servants: Performance Related Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 14 May 2024, HCWS464, on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, what his policy...

      Civil Servants: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that civil servants should work a four-day week on full pay.

      Civil Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to increase productivity in the (a) Civil Service and (b) wider public sector.

      Government Departments: Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy that information which would be released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 should be released in response to a...

      Public Sector: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the public sector by (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent in the most recent period for which figures are...

      Civil Servants: Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on home working across the civil service.

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his timetable is for the implementation of the infected blood compensation scheme.

      Prime Minister: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many faxes have been received on the public faxline in 10 Downing Street since 4 July 2024; and how that correspondence is responded to.

      Special Advisers: Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether ethnicity and disability pay reporting will apply to special advisers.

      Special Advisers: Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) mean and (b) median gender pay gap for special advisers in pay bands (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3 and (iv) 4.

      Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to private sector organisations.

      Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for the proposed gov.uk webpage on transparency data going live.

      Civil Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to HM Treasury's press release entitled End to Civil Service expansion and review of equality and diversity spending announced in...

      Civil Servants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent size of the civil service in the most recent period for which figures are available by (i)...

      Non-departmental Public Bodies: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) total staff are employed by each non-Departmental public body that is not part of the civil service in the...

      Public Bodies: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) total staff are employed by each public corporation that is not part of the civil service in the most recent...

      Public Sector: Trade Union Officials

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on public sector trade union facility time transparency.

      Public Sector: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the size was of the public sector estate managed by the Government Property Agency in the most recent period for which figures are available.

      Civil Servants: Location

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent number of civil servants located outside of London was under the Places for Growth programme in the...

      Arms Length Bodies: Lobbying

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether arms length bodies will be permitted to hire public affairs consultancies to lobby the Government.

      Public Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish an updated version of the report entitled Public Bodies 2020, published on 15 July 2021.

      Government Departments: Public Consultation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the (a) minimum length of time a Government consultation should be open and (b) maximum length of time before a response is...

      Government Departments: Public Consultation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office guidance on consultation principles, what guidance his Department is providing to other departments on publishing...

      Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Travel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on (a) first and (b) business class travel for (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) senior officials.

      Former Ministers: Members' Interests

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister plans to introduce a ministerial deed.

      Government Departments: Trade Unions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) ministerial meetings with, (b) hospitality provided by and (c) hospitality provided to trade unions will be reported in quarterly...

      Civil Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reduce the size of the civil service.

      Civil Service: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 14 May 2024 on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, HCWS464, if he will...

      Civil Service: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 May 2024, HCWS464, on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Civil Service, if he will publish the...

  • Department for Education

    • Children in Care: Southampton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help improve the outcomes for care-experienced children and young people in Southampton.

    • Lifelong Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.

      Skills England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which responsibilities of (a) the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and (b) other bodies she plans to transfer to the proposed new...

      Skills England: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) creating Skills England and (b) transferring responsibilities to that body from the Institute for...

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of school places in areas where there exists a shortage.

      Children's Centres: Halifax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Halifax constituency since May 2010; and the (a) name and (b) postcode of each centre.

      Universities: Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that universities should have a statutory duty of care to students.

      Special Educational Needs: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in Cornwall; and what steps she plans to take to with Cornwall Council to help...

      Education: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle disparities in educational attainment between the most and least affluent area; and whether she plans to review the...

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the targeted increase of 6,500 more teachers recruited to teach key subjects means a net increase in the full-time equivalent number of...

      Teachers: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help protect teachers from assaults by (a) pupils and (b) parents.

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the future of the Behaviour Hubs programme.

      Private Education: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 458 on Private Education: Fees and Charges, whether the Department has made an assessment to date...

      Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary schools.

      Antisemitism: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing mandatory education on antisemitism in schools.

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for reviewing the way bursaries are allocated and the structure of retention payments.

      Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process to secure a SEND diagnosis for children living in North East Hertfordshire.

      Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of SEND delivery in rural areas.

      Nurseries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the creation of an additional 3,000 nurseries.

      Schools: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real terms per pupil funding was for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Nottinghamshire in each financial year since 2010.

      Holiday Activities and Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Holiday Activities Fund on children living in poverty.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils at (a) primary, (b) secondary pre-16 and (c) post-16 independent schools (i) have an Education Health and Care...

      Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has received representations on the impact on the workloads of (a) teachers and (b) school leaders of significant changes to...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to launch a consultation on which activities should be banned from being (a) advertised and (b)...

    • Potatoes: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on (a) ware potato production in Northern...

      Veterinary Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on (a) the availability of veterinary...

      Greenpeace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government policy is on engagement with Greenpeace.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to respond to the letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the...

      Biodiversity: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to introduce exemptions for protected horticultural growers within the biodiversity net gain...

      Fly-tipping: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of fly tipping were recorded in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c)...

      Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for (a) bringing forward and (b) implementing secondary legislation relating to the Genetic...

      Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average time was for a consignment entering Sevington Border Control Post to leave following (a) a physical...

      Pets: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the average annual cost to pet owners of obtaining an animal health certificates for travel...

      Pets: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with his EU counterparts on the ease of pet transportation between the UK and EU member states.

      Agriculture: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the agriculture budget by inflation for each year of this Parliament.

      Agriculture: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department plans to spend its budget allocated to agriculture in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much and what...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to introduce mandatory food waste reporting.

      Farming Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescale is for making payments under the Farming Recovery Fund to eligible applicants.

      River Itchen: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the enforcement powers of Ofwat to help tackle unlawful discharges of sewage into the...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organisation guidelines entitled WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter...

      Drinking Water: Havant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Southern Water's proposal to introduce recycled waste water in to the...

      Plastics: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce plastic pollution.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Military Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the £3.5 billion defence export finance deal for Ukraine, announced on 18 July 2024, whether that funding is...

    • Military Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the £3.5 billion defence export finance deal for Ukraine, announced on 18 July 2024, whether the finance provided will...

      Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish an Industrial Strategy.

      Political Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to change the trade union political levy to an opt-out basis for (a) new and (b)...

      Trade Unions: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to (a) increase the level and (b) promote the use of trade union facility time in the private sector.

      Zero Hours Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024,...

      Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024,...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many diversity, equality and inclusion officers his Department employs.

    • Science and Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to review the Science and Technology Framework.

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has for efficiency savings in (a) his Department and (b) each of his arms-length bodies, beyond those planned...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what amount of his 2024-25 departmental budget was underspent on 24 May 2024.

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to publish an AI strategy.

      Patents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information the Intellectual Property Office holds on the number of patents registered in June 2024.

      Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the potential introduction of expanded AI regulation.

      4G and 5G: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the accuracy of Ofcom coverage maps for (a) 4G and (b) 5G signal.

      Digital Technology: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his policy is on the use of digital ID; and whether he has received representations from (a) Tony Blair and (b) his...

      Pornography Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has for the continuation of the independent pornography review.

      Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to monitor and remove harmful online deepfake material.

      Research: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his (a) projected budget and (b) planned timetable is for the creation of the National Data Library.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for phasing out animal testing.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to commission an impact assessment on the proposed phasing out of animal testing.

      Public Consultation: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government has plans to use AI to help read responses to consultations.

      Civil Service: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to use Al to (a) increase productivity and (b) reduce headcount in the civil service.

      Innovation: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to establish the Regulatory Innovation Office; and what the budget will be for that office.

      Universities: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Independent review of university spin-out companies, published on 21 November 2023, what steps his...

      Broadband: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding his Department has allocated to help reach (a) full gigabit, (b) full superfast and (c) national 5G coverage by 2030.

      Building Digital UK: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is to appoint the chair of Building Digital UK.

      Office for Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to help improve the Office for Life Sciences.

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to help support the semiconductor industry.

      Spaceflight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for the next launch from a UK spaceport.

      EU Framework Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for commencing negotiations on the UK’s association to the EU’s Framework Programme 10.

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which key R&D institutions will receive a 10 year budget.

      Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to improve mobile signal for (a) farmers and (b) rural businesses.

      Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to publish a Space Workforce Action Plan.

  • Home Office

    • Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing harm reduction centres for drug users.

    • Police Stations: Horwich

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening the public enquiry office at Horwich police station.

      Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in each year since 2010.

      Demonstrations: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to implement Section 8 of the Public Order Act 2023.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to collect data on the performance of (a) Serco, (b) Mears, (c) Clearsprings Ready Homes and (d) other...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) update her Department's list of subcontractors working on behalf of (i) Serco, (ii) Mears and (iii)...

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the modern slavery strategy.

      Anti-social Behaviour and Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) antisocial behaviour, (b) vandalism, (c) noise disturbances and (d) public disorder (i) nationally...

      Anti-social Behaviour and Drugs: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to help tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) drug use in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

      Nitazenes: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle the use of nitazenes and (b) help ensure that drug users are safe in the context of trends in the use...

      Community Policing: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers have confidence in their ability to (a) appropriately use force and (b)...

      Anti-social Behaviour: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Cramlington and Killingworth constituency and (b) the North East.

      Police Stations: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations were operational in the Cramlington and Killingworth constituency in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent date for...

      UK Border Force: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the police reporting and notebook organiser (PRONTO) system to ensure its effectiveness at recording questions that...

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the Seasonal Worker Visa Scheme.

      Common Travel Area

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill on (a) free movement within the...

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to grant full British citizenship to Hong Kong (a) British National (Overseas) and (b) British Dependent Territories...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help strengthen the UK’s relationship with Europe.

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial impact of a 20% VAT increase on school fees on his departmental budget...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department are currently eligible to have their children's school fees paid by his Department.

      Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to recommendation 6 of the Bishop of Truro's Independent Review of FCDO support for persecuted...

      Bangladesh: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bangladesh on the (a) student protests and (b) potential...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indonesian counterpart on the human rights situation in West Papua.

      Occupied Territories: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish risk assessments of the likelihood of atrocity crimes being committed in Gaza and the West Bank...

      Hamas: UNRWA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports that United Nations Relief...

      Israel and Occupied Territories: Aid Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential implications for his policies of visa restrictions on...

      Occupied Territories: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent increases in settler violence...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for asylum accommodation policy of using the overseas...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support peace and human rights in Colombia.

      Arms Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Oxfam report of 18 July 2024 entitled Water War Crimes, whether his...

      India: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consular support is in place to assist Indians with British citizenship when they are visiting India.

  • Department for Transport

    • Heathrow Airport: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides on whether Heathrow Airport is legally required to support (a) noise abatement schemes, (b) sound insulation and...

    • Aviation: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to agree a reciprocal arrangement for (a) pilot and (b) engineer licenses with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.

      Public Transport: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the accessibility of public transport for (a) people with disabilities and (b) other residents in...

      Motor Insurers Bureau

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the performance of the Motor Insurance Bureau against their statutory obligations.

      A52: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) minor injuries have occurred at (i) Nottingham road, (ii)...

      A10: Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to approve the business case for the A10 West Winch Housing Access Road.

      Driving Tests: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to reduce waiting times for practical tests in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

      Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on trends in the level of car insurance premiums.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of public Electric Vehicle charging points.

      Railways: Electric Shock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of passengers electrocuted on trains in each of the last five years.

      Railway Stations: Stonehouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she supports development of the proposed Stroudwater Railway station in Stroud.

      Bus Services: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of local bus services across local authority borders in Gloucestershire.

      Transport: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase connectivity between (a) towns and (b) villages in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend the £2 cap on bus fares after 31 December 2024.

      Network Rail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Network Rail's (a) board and (b) wider governance arrangements.

      Railways: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that feedback is provided to applicants for Access for All funding who were not awarded such funding in the...

      Railways: North Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending railway routes into North Cornwall constituency.

      Railways: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the frequency of rail services (a) at Chester-le-Street station and (b) in County Durham.

      Roads: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to require local consultation for event traffic road...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Tax Evasion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many businesses have been found criminally liable for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion in the last 12 months.

    • Public Order Act 2023: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people serving prison sentences for prosecutions under the the Public Order Act 2023.

      Custodial Treatment: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to (a) less than and (b) more than six months were taken into immediate custody from each (i) magistrates and (ii) Crown court...

      Prisons: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to help tackle violence in prisons.

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled New Prison Education Service to cut crime, published on 29 September 2023, what recent assessment her...

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (a) started and (b) completed Prison Education Service (i) catering and (ii) construction apprenticeships in 2023.

      Juries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help ensure that people carrying out jury duty do not suffer financial hardship; and if she will make an assessment of the...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) ACAS Early Conciliation Certificates and (b) Employment Tribunal cases (i) heard and (ii) settled before a hearing were found in the...

      Juries: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to reform jury service expenses.

      Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to compel defendants to attend their sentencing.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted for breaching covid-19 restrictions since January 2022.

      Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of prison officer retention.

      Horizon IT System: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many postmasters have been notified that their convictions have been quashed by the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the £3.5 billion defence export finance deal for Ukraine, announced on 18 July 2024, what estimate he has made of increases in...

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the £3.5 billion defence export finance deal for Ukraine, announced on 18 July 2024, if he will take steps to ensure that a...

      Strategic Defence and Security Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for stakeholders to contribute to the Strategic Defence and Security Review.

      Veterans: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans live in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency.

      LGBT Veterans Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to implement the outstanding recommendations of the LGBT Veterans Review.

      Defence: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the proportion of defence spending that is allocated to Northern Ireland.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to help people who are living (a) in rural areas and (b) off the energy grid with the cost of energy.

    • Renewable Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, to make an assessment of the impact of his plans for (a) new onshore wind and (b) other renewable energy sources on household bills.

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to meet with the Durham Miners' Association to discuss the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.

      Insulation and Renewable Energy: Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase (a) levels of home insulation and (b) access to renewable energy sources in (i) Norwich North...

      Fuel Oil: North East Somerset and Hanham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support people who rely on heating oil in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the membership will be for the review of Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.

      Hinkley Point C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on decarbonising the grid by 2030 on the cost of constructing...

      Fuel Poverty: Cramlington and Killingworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency living in fuel poverty.

      Great British Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the planned remit for Great British Energy is in Northern Ireland; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact...

      National Grid: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of the regulatory framework for ensuring public consultation on energy...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing clean energy generation on energy efficiency.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Employment Schemes: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Communities Minister on the termination of the JobStart programme for 16-25 year olds in...

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Assembly on administration of Apprenticeship Levy funds.

      Flags: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to establish a new official local flag for Northern Ireland.

      Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to publish monthly figures on the number of reviews opened by the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and...

      Casement Park: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions the Prime Minister's Office have had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Northern Ireland Office on the Casement Stadium...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Biodiversity: Genetics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the pledge made at Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2022 to establish a new multilateral...

    • Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Vessels

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ban bottom trawl fishing in marine protected areas; and if so, when.

      Flood and Water Management Act 2010

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will implement Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.

  • Treasury

    • Bank of England

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the Bank of England to measure money growth and report annually on the quantity of money, so that steps can be taken...

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Technical Qualifications

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Higher Technical Qualifications have now, in total, been approved for teaching.

    • Overseas Students

      To ask His Majesty's Government what policies they have to reverse the significant drop in the numbers of foreign students applying to study in the UK.

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many permanently excluded pupils in England are being placed with unregistered providers.

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the financial model for universities; and what assessment they have made of the financial problems faced by many parts of the higher...

      Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to open negotiations with the European Union about rejoining the Erasmus scheme.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Green Finance Institute

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding has been provided to the Green Finance Institute in each of the past five fiscal years; and whether any of the directors of the company...

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Death and Injuries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce deaths and injuries on roads.

    • Railway Stations: North of England

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the provision of public lavatories in the station upgrade proposals of the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme between...

      Road Traffic: Safety Measures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to prevent local authorities from taking measures to reduce traffic congestion in their areas.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade: Forced Labour

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of (1) the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act of 2021 from the United States, or (2) the European Union’s proposed...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with NHS England about whether biological sex determines which chaperone to be offered to patients who request a chaperone of a...

    • Suicide: Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with the Suicide Prevention Strategy for England; and what plans they have to address the higher suicide rate among men,...

      Doctors: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the General Medical Council about its policy of describing doctors on its register by gender rather than by sex.

      Processed Food

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to help consumers to identify ultra-processed food, to encourage the consumption of healthy food, and to reduce the percentage of...

      General Practitioners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of GPs seeking employment, and (2) the average length of time taken by a GP to find employment, in England; and what...

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