To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of Secure English Language Test on (a) international students,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of existing youth mobility schemes on economic growth in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her immigration policies of the Royal College of Psychiatrists report...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her current budget is for (a) processing illegal immigration cases, (b) managing legal appeals to such cases and (c) deportation...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of illegal immigration on (a) local law enforcement and (b) levels of police (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Prevent programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people referred to the Prevent programme went on to commit acts of (a) terrorism and (b) violent crime in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of women who are being advertised for sexual exploitation on websites advertising prostitution in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement visits have taken place in each local authority in each of the last ten years; and what the total cost to the public...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) respond to and (b) implement the proposals set out in the consultation entitled Office of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the number of passports issued in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) place of and (b) nationality at birth.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken background checks on the asylum seekers accommodated at the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12574 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many irregular migrants aged (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8868 on Mistreatment of Detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre Inquiry,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people in the UK that have overstayed their visas; if she will make an estimate of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people that entered the UK illegally and were subsequently convicted of a criminal offense have been deported in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 17 and (b) 18 year old irregular migrants there are in each local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers are not deported prior to a final judgement on their case.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on the number of seasonal agricultural workers in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for burglary there were in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many (a) non-violent and (b) violent foreign...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of work to reintegrate prisoners released via the early release scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to employer national insurance contributions on the financial sustainability of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that victims of (a) violence against women and girls and (b) rape (i) receive adequate access to justice and (ii) do...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the implementation of restorative justice in the criminal justice system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling (a) non-religious belief organisations and (b) Humanists to conduct legally binding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has statutory powers to prevent the (a) merger and (b) closure of GP services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of higher education degree apprenticeships on (a) local educational...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with representatives from the National Education Union to discuss the 2024-2025 further education pay award for teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for skills-based education in Nuneaton constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education on a Level 7 apprenticeship qualification for teachers of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.46 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, how she plans to distribute the £300 million for further...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of qualified teacher status on the quality of teaching.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance her Department has issued on whether parents may make enquiries in respect of the availability of state school places for their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children are taught about the potential impact of ultra-processed foods on health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil in mainstream schools was in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire, and (c) England in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help protect school pupils who are known to have allergies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will commit to the continued funding of the Heritage Schools programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools provide swimming lessons for Key stage (a) 1 and (b) 2 pupils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of financial support available to (a) kinship and (b) foster carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent from the public purse on private sector provision of children’s social care in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help local authorities support kinship carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of schools that have applied full-time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of removing the abatement law on teacher's pensions on (a) retaining teachers and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to support Budehaven Community School's SEND unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff-to-student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Basingstoke constituency in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing 16-18 scholarships for young people participating in cadet programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding free school transport access to include students between 16 and 19 years old.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the provision of financial support available to kinship...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency do not have English as their first language.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the total revenue from (a) central government and (b) local government taxation in each year from 2023-24 for which...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 11936 on Public Sector: Finance, how local authorities will bid to receive funding from the Public...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any ministerial directions have been issued since 6 July 2024.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, whether the application of inheritance tax to unused pension funds and death benefits...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 1 November 2024 to Question 10988 on Treasury: recruitment, of 14 October 2024 to Question 6117 on Department for Transport:...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.146 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what estimate her Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse for...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 10443 on Civil Servants, what data her Department holds on the estimated financial impact of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list each (a) saving and (b) efficiency planned by her Department for the 2024-25 financial year to help meet the Government's overall savings...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether special advisers in her Department have met representatives of Anacta since the general election.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the equality impact assessments for each of the tax measures in the Autumn Budget 2024.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the cost of the proposed lease of the military base at Diego Garcia following the UK and Mauritius...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Item 26 of Table 5.1 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether the funding includes monies to devolved...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish an impact assessment which has been assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee on the potential impact of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require insurance companies to set industry-wide definitions for claims classifications.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC295, whether an (a) equality impact assessment, (b) family test assessment, (c) regulatory...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the latest estimate by HM Treasury of the total revenue from business rates in England in each year from 2023-24 for which projections are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to publish an impact assessment which has been assessed by the Regulatory Policy Committee on the potential impact of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to replace the business rates system.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's policy paper on making tax digital, updated on 19 December 2022, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for publishing tax information and impact notes for tax measures announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her policy is on (a) the level of the pension annual allowance and (b) the application of a lifetime allowance to pensions.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting an exemption to the extra money owed in vehicle tax for cars with a list price of more...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contribution rates on social care providers in South...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to allocate additional funding to social care organisations outside the NHS to cover proposed increases in employers national...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contribution rates on third sector organisations; and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 5.2 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, for what reason the estimated revenue from the abolition of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.81 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the carbon...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Questions 11930 and 11931 on Business Rates: Tax Yields, whether the real terms monetary value of the tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will amend the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010 to make private sector loans to Global South countries (a) lawful and (b) transparent.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting VAT charges for universities that undertake shared services as a cross-sharing group.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employers National Insurance contributions on (a) small...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's NextGen Rating (NGR) programme will include (a) business rate and (b) council tax valuations.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish (a) the contract, (b) the agreed programme of work and (c) other side documentation for the Valuation Office Agency's agreement with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) fraudulent V62 applications and (b) car cloning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide a breakdown by place of birth of all new driving licence applications in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department is allocating to Havering Council to tackle potholes in the next financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to cap service charge rises annually at the rate of CPI inflation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 11925 on Council tax: Greater London, what are the assumed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure her Department's policies are trauma-informed; and what guidance her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help strengthen communities after the riots in August 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on gas boilers being (a) installed in new homes and (b) re-installed or replaced in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of 4 September 2024 by the Prime Minister, Official Report, column 326, if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders on levelling up funding decisions for previously announced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Greater London Authority precept on Band D council tax, (a) including and (b) excluding the Transport for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the West Midlands Pension Fund on (a) delays in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on the contents of it's report entitled Women’s...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to increase the funding for the Child Maintenance Service to ensure prompt responses to correspondence from (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken to respond to hon. Members correspondence to her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his department has made of the potential changes to the level of risk of lead contamination from flooding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of solar farms on soil (a) carbon storage, (b) structure and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help reduce the number of (i) appliances and (ii) electronics which are thrown...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that all policies which potentially impact on fisheries are assessed by his Department in a holistic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is for signing the agreement with Mauritius on sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is to publish the details of the treaty with Mauritius on the future sovereignty of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer (a) prior to and (b) since 30 October 2024 on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the RDEL allocation provided to his Department in the Autumn Budget 2024 includes resourcing provisions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total staffing costs for (a) his Department; and (b) non-departmental public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent employees are currently employed by (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff have left his Department between 5 July and 5 November 2024, broken down by pay grade.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff were appointed to roles within his Department between 5 July and 5 November 2024, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10496 on Hong Kong: Travel, what steps his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department’s criteria are for sponsoring visitor attractions through the special development order process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to protect people affected by (a) discrimination, (b) inaccuracy and (c) intrusion in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Historic England's High Street Heritage Action Zone programme on (a) local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is his Department's policy that properties in hard-to-reach hamlets in rural areas (a) must receive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to support rural households in Tiverton and Minehead constituency with gaining broadband...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help protect jobs that could otherwise be replaced by increased use of artificial intelligence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will increase the fines available through section 38 of the London Local Authorities Act 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) help prevent Post Office closures in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Bangor, North Down and (b) ensure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on national security of the level of steelmaking capacity in the UK between the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's timetable is for making a decision on how much funding the Government will make available for bioenergy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the (a) potential implications for his policies and (b) the Government's net zero strategy of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's polices of UN Secretary-General António...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to support extirpated species being reintroduced where it is socially and ecologically feasible.

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the economic contribution of economically active people over the state pension age in the UK.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the commitments set out in the Autumn Budget, by how much the Continuity of Education Allowance will increase.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many residents received an award above the level of MBE in the combined Mayoral authority of South Yorkshire.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the South Yorkshire area at the time of...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours, by each award level, were received in each region or nation of the UK in the Birthday Honours 2024; and what percentage of the population of each...

To ask His Majesty's Government what are the geographic locations, where known, of the main addresses for all living recipients of Companions of Honour.