Written answers

Tuesday, 26 November 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Bereavement Counselling: Mothers and Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) to raise awareness of (i) pregnancy and (ii) baby loss and (b) improve bereavement care for...

    • Family Hubs: Lambeth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Start for Life services in Lambeth; and if he will extend the funding of such services beyond 1 April 2025.

      Menopause: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 12788 on Menopause: Health Services, when the curriculum was introduced; and...

      Endometriosis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on improving health outcomes for people on waiting lists...

      Health Services: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support people with communication needs access (a) online appointment bookings and (b) other digital healthcare services.

      Hospices and Palliative Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with the hospice and end of life care sector on future funding for the sector.

      Health Services: Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure greater accessibility to healthcare (a) information and (b) communication for people with sensory...

      Hospices: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) funding and (b) National Insurance contributions at the Autumn...

      Cataracts: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of the independent sector to deliver cataract surgery on waiting times for...

      Dementia: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce mandatory dementia training for adult social care workers.

      Social Services: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance contributions...

      Pharmacy: West Dorset

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

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on regulating advertisements of products that are high in (a) fat, (b) salt and (c)...

      Epilepsy: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support individuals with epilepsy whose condition is not well-controlled by existing therapies;...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for children from Eastbourne constituency to access support from Sussex CAMHS.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Israeli authorities to help protect rescue workers in the Middle East.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help secure the release of Jimmy Lai.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last discussed women's rights with the Iranian ambassador to the UK.

      Malaysia: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Malaysian counterpart on reports of persecution of (a) Shia and (b)...

      China and Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) made representations on the non-recognition of...

      Hong Kong: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.

      Taipei Representative Office in the UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have held meetings with Taiwan's Representative in London...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle global hunger.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Ukraine.

      Gubad Ibadoghlu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister made representations to his Azeri counterpart on the case of Gubad Ibadoghlu during his...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions on the charity sector.

    • Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme and (b) potential impact of that...

      UK Youth Parliament: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to continue funding the UK Youth Parliament after March 2026.

      Young Audiences Content Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to re-introduce the Young Audience Content Fund.

      Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to end the National Citizen Service on the number of (a)...

      Independent Football Regulator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) the Independent Football Regulator plays an integral role in the process to settle the...

      Press: Privacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a response to the recommendations of the report by the Press Recognition Panel entitled Press Intrusion and...

      Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason she has decided to end the National Citizen Service.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Housing: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will amend guidance on homelessness hostel exemption to recognise asylum accommodation as an exemption from the shared...

    • Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that applicants' wellbeing is considered when undergoing an Access to Work assessment.

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who took an English for Speakers of Other Languages class claimed Universal Credit in the last 12...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the customer relations services of the Child Maintenance Service.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of the assessment process for (a) Personal Independence Payments and...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Special Advisers: Vetting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to section 6b of the Special Adviser Model Contract, last updated on 29 July 2024, how many special advisers have had their contracts...

    • Cabinet Office: Monitoring

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Business Critical Models in the Cabinet Office, published on 31 October 2024, if he will...

      Public Sector: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of contracted employees in the public sector.

      Prime Minister: TikTok

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Prime Minister, (b) his special advisers and (c) officials in his Department met with representatives of Tiktok between 5 July and 7...

      Prime Minister: Official Gifts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the gifts and hospitality received by the Prime Minister since 5 July 2024 and subsequently repaid or returned, broken down by (a) the...

      Office for Budget Responsibility: Forecasts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the published correspondence from the Office for Budget Responsibility of 27 October 2024 to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

      Civil Servants: Secondment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations on secondments in his Department’s report entitled A report by Nigel Boardman into...

      Prime Minister: Aviation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public authorities hold information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on (a) which (i) domestic and (ii) overseas flights...

      Permanent Secretaries: Dismissal and Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Government response to the House of Lords Constitution Select Committee's 17th Report on...

      Civil Servants: Business Interests

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether former civil servants are required to make a business appointment rules application to undertake (a) temporary and (b) one-off items of work...

      Special Advisers: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update guidance for special advisers on the acceptance of gifts and hospitality, further to the te special advisers' code of...

      Civil Servants: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) Civil Service Pensions holds data on the salary of each civil servant.

      Permanent Secretary Remuneration Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Permanent Secretary Remuneration Committee.

      House of Lords Appointments Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are in the parliamentary branch of 10 Downing Street.

      Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the framework agreement between his Department and the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Bicycles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) innovation and (b) growth in the bicycle manufacturing industry.

    • Business: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on making localised funding available to support businesses working...

      Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to safeguard intellectual property for the UK following the collapse of Reaction Engines.

      Business: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support local businesses in Slough High Street.

      Food: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support food producers from Lincolnshire to increase exports.

      Beer and Public Houses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 5.99 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, if he will publish a list of organisations that will be...

      Elon Musk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Elon Musk was invited to attend the International Investment Summit in October 2024.

      Film and Television: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing grants to enable small and medium-sized film and TV production companies...

      Business: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to businesses in Slough to increase levels of exports of (a) goods and (b) services.

  • Department for Education

    • Home Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statistics entitled Academic year 2023/24: Elective home education, published on 29 February 2024, if she...

    • Academies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of her decision to close the trust capacity and most establishment and growth funds on...

      Free Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 29 October to Question 11052 and of 8 November to Question 12117 on Free Schools, for what reason she has not provided the...

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide financial support to local authorities for SEND provision after March 2026.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of children with Special Educational Needs.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to SEND services for children who need specific adaptations for their educational needs.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is aware of any situations in which SEND money is being used by schools for (a) non-SEND related facilities and (b) on non-SEND pupils.

      Music and Dance Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reinstate the Music and Dance Scheme.

      Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for SEND assessments by local authorities in rural areas with fewer staff.

      Children and Young People: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to increase the availability of peer support groups in (a) Beckenham and Penge constituency and (b) other areas.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) reduction to the National Insurance threshold and (b) costs for employing part-time...

      Children in Care: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in the care system are from non-UK citizenship families; and what the total cost to the public purse is of their care.

      Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide students with support in place of the Erasmus+ programme.

      Carers' Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the introduction of the trial kinship carer allowance.

      Special Educational Needs: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to allocate more funding for SEND provision in rural areas.

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to help support kinship carers in (a) Beckenham and Penge constituency and (b) other areas.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the future of the SEND Change Programme.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the £1 billion funding for Special Education Needs announced in the Budget she expects to be used (a) by local authorities to...

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham, (c) the West Midlands and (d)...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency, (b) the North East Combined Authority...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Knowsley constituency, (b) Merseyside, (c) the North West and (d) England in each...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Welwyn Hatfield constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England in over the past...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest individual settlement paid to an aircrew member has been for the impact of helicopter exhaust fume exposure in each of the last five years.

    • Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his (a) German and (b) Dutch counterpart on longer exhausts in (a) CH-47 Chinook, (b) Puma, (c) Sea King and (d)...

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeless veterans.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason was Kosovo not mentioned as a contributory nation to Operation Interflex on a social media post made by his Department on 20 November 2024.

      USA: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what access to compensation from his Department family members of UK service personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune have for illness resulting from...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were living in (a) single living accommodation and (b) grade four rated single living accommodation per local authority on...

      Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support a one-year special tribunal for nuclear test veterans, in the context of their access to (a) medical records...

      Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British servicemen at UK nuclear weapons tests had their blood counts monitored after the programme had concluded.

      Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the ability of Defence Fire and Rescue Service workers aged over 60 to carry out their role.

  • Home Office

    • Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support migrant victims of domestic abuse.

    • Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is doing to improve counter-terrorism measures.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) visa category and (b)...

      Biometric Residence Permits and Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the end of (a) biometric residence permits, (b) biometric residence cards and (c) e-visas.

      Undocumented Migrants: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on (a) housing and (b) supporting individuals who entered the United Kingdom illegally in each of the last five years.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty for firefighters in England to respond to flooding.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to work with stakeholders in the Fire and Rescue services to establish national standards.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have surrendered firearms licences in the last 12 months; and what data her Department holds on the reasons...

      Home Office: Crime and Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the staff time taken to (a) record and (b) investigate (i) non-crime hate incidents and (ii) suspected...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) boats have been prevented from crossing the English Channel by the French authorities since the start of UK...

      Home Office: HOPE not hate

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 12771 on Home Office: Hope not Hate, what information her Department holds on (a) the...

      Immigration: Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the disbanding of Multi-Agency Assurance Panels on independent assurance of National...

      Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 12319 on Terrorism, if she will publish (a) a breakdown by ideological motivation of those...

      Asylum: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many repeat deportations there were in each of the last ten years.

      Asylum: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have been prevented through use of the European Convention on Human Rights in each of the last 10 years.

      Undocumented Migrants: Vietnam

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her Vietnamese counterpart on illegal immigration into the UK.

      Asylum: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were served with a notice of liability to remove in each year since 2004.

      Deportation: Albania

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Albanian nationals have been deported in 2024; and whether any individuals deported in 2024 have since re-entered the UK.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new hotels she has awarded contracts to for housing asylum seekers since 4 July 2024.

      Undocumented Migrants: Detainees and Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that illegal entrants to the United Kingdom are (a) detained and (b) promptly removed; and how many and...

      Offenders: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals with Application Registration Cards were (a) arrested and (b) convicted in the last 12 months.

      Foreign Relations: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Turkish counterpart on a cooperation and security agreement; and whether she plans to hold such...

      Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11414 on Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence, whether her Department collects...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 12585 on Undocumented Migrants, if she will make an estimate of the number of asylum...

  • Treasury

    • Railways: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8130 on Public Sector: Pay, what the gross cost was of the pay mandates for rail staff.

    • Employers' Contributions: Devolution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12552 on Employers’ Contributions: Hospices, what definition of the public sector her...

      Labour Force Survey

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 11774 on Labour Force Survey, when her Department plans to use Office for National Statistics...

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of farms that will be affected by changes to agricultural property relief in Essex in each of the next five years.

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what the revenue effect will be of the combination from 2026-27 of the ending of 75% retail, hospitality...

      Employers' Contributions: Charities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes made to National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on not-for-profit social...

      Business: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to make localised funding available to support businesses to help local economies.

      Sovereign Grant

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the Sovereign Grant and redirecting those funds to help tackle increases in the...

      Employers' Contributions: Social Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12848, on Employers’ Contributions: GP’s, what (a) assessment she has made of the impact...

      Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4696 on Government Department: Cost Effectiveness, if she will list each efficiency saving and its...

      Environmental Protection: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) impact of green levies on electricity bills on electric vehicle drivers who charge their vehicles at...

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to publish risk assessments of proposed changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.

      Employers' Contributions: Refuges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will reimburse women’s domestic violence refuges from the higher cost of employers national insurance contributions.

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason Agricultural Property Relief will be reduced by 50% for farms worth more than £1 million.

      National Insurance: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding a photograph to National Insurance cards issued at the age of 16 to provide...

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed business property relief changes on small family businesses.

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) profitability and (b) sustainability of farming businesses.

      Employers' Contributions: Charities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of increasing employer’s National Insurance contributions on charities in (a) the East of England and (b)...

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of estates that will be eligible to pay inheritance tax for each year till 2028.

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to alcohol duty on the wine industry.

      National Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 13562 on National Income, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of immigration...

      Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure people in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England have access to banking services.

  • Leader of the House

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national standards for bus stops in England and Wales.

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to cap the administration fee charged by third party train ticket websites.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take legislative steps to limit the increase in the cost of single journey rail tickets relative to return tickets.

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Network Rail regions will be redrawn.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a commuter pass similar to the Swiss Half Fare card that allows individuals to pay...

      Railways: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Network Rail on accelerating the delivery of Access for All schemes.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the permitted weight limits on volumetric concrete mixers.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitted weight limits on volumetric concrete mixers on the financial sustainability of the...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitted weight limits on volumetric concrete mixers on trends in the levels of carbon emissions.

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of schemes offered by the Government to encourage more people to buy electric vehicles and (b)...

      Rented Housing: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting a presumptive right to install electric vehicle chargers at their own cost to...

      Parking Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked...

      Roads: Chichester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided for the repair of potholes in Chichester constituency.

      Active Travel: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to provide for active travel infrastructure in each of the next three financial years.

      Parking Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Planning: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local planning authorities use the Environment Agency’s forthcoming NaFRA2...

    • Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to increase the number of solar panels on new housing developments.

      Community Relations: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to promote cross-departmental work to strengthen community cohesion.

      Affordable Housing: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that people working in the social care sector have access to...

      Planning: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce backlogs of cases before the Planning Inspectorate.

      Almshouses: Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the National Planning Policy Framework to allow almshouse charities that are not registered...

      Community Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will support investment in (a) community-led developments and (b) co-housing.

      National Landscapes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing protections for (a) the Chilterns national...

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the recommendations in the report...

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of levels of local authority compliance with her Department's Homelessness code of...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for changes to the exceptional financial support framework for local authorities.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Criminal Injuries Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time for the Criminal Injury Compensation Scheme was in each of the last five years.

    • Courts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines were made by benefit payment deductions in each of the last ten years.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal aid provision in cases relating to disputes in the benefits system.

  • House of Commons Commission

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to strengthen the Environment Agency's due diligence processes for (a)...

    • Fly-tipping: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland on tackling...

      Peatlands: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the target for peatland restoration to help meet net zero targets.

      Agriculture: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) resilience of the...

      Fishing Vessels: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions his Department has taken against foreign fishing vessels operating illegally in UK waters in...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12597 on Agriculture: Subsidies, what steps his Department is taking...

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he first discussed changes to (a) agricultural and (b) business property relief with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Telecommunications: Outages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of requiring all communications providers to issue automatic...

    • Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will amend the Online Safety Act 2023 to include a statutory code of practice on gendered violence.

  • Scotland Office

    • Bereavement Counselling: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Scottish Government on ensuring that bereaved families in Scotland are provided with a key...

  • Treasury

    • Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the estimated costs of reversing the policy of the previous government to freeze Civil Service hiring and reduce staff numbers to pre-COVID-19...

    • Employers' Contributions: Charities

      To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, what discussions they held with charities on the potential impact of...

      UK Infrastructure Bank: Annual Reports

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the 2023–24 accounts for the UK Infrastructure Bank will be published and laid before Parliament.

      Publications: VAT Zero Rating

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the tax lost through the continuing zero rating of VAT on books.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Census: Welsh Language

      To ask His Majesty's Government what conversations they have had with the Welsh Government about seeking to include statistics on the number of people resident in England who can speak, read or...

  • Home Office

    • Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 26 September (HL1034), why they do not centrally hold and collate details about the number of...

    • Visas: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to publish periodic data on individuals who have had UK visas revoked on the grounds of (1) national security, and (2) being...

      Offenders: Foreign Nationals

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans regularly to publish details of the number of foreign national offenders removed from the UK who have served a custodial sentence...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce illegal immigration.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Community Ownership Fund: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much outstanding funding is due for each Community Ownership Fund project in Scotland; and whether this funding will still be delivered to each project...

    • Local Government: Pension Funds

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether established pooling arrangements for Welsh local government pension schemes via the Wales Public Sector Pension Partnership will be affected by any efforts...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much outstanding funding is due for each Shared Prosperity Fund project in Scotland; and whether this funding will still be delivered to each project following...

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are their plans for the future of the Community Ownership Fund.

      UK Community Renewal Fund: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much outstanding funding is due for each Community Renewal Fund project in Scotland; and whether this funding will still be delivered to each project following...

      Regional Planning and Development: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much outstanding funding is due for each Levelling Up Fund project in Scotland; and whether this funding will still be delivered to each project following the...

      Urban Areas: Scotland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether each town in Scotland promised funding via the Long-Term Plan for Towns will still receive that funding following the 2024 Autumn Budget.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Remand in Custody: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of women remanded into custody in each of the past two years subsequently (1) were not sentenced, (2) received a community sentence, and (3)...

    • Prisoners: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners are currently held in prisons on indeterminate sentences whose home addresses are recorded as being in Wales.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Flood Control: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the Environment Agency’s maintenance budget for flood defences has been spent on assets in (1) flood zone 1, (2) flood zone 2, (3) flood...

    • Biodiversity: International Cooperation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the purpose and benefits of legally-binding targets in meeting their biodiversity restoration obligations and objectives.

      Biodiversity: International Cooperation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of the United Kingdom's nature restoration targets, plans and strategies achieving the mission of the 2022...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Hospitality Industry: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 13 November (HL2299), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what...

    • East-West Council

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the remit of the East–West Council; what budget it has been allocated; how many times it has met; and who was invited to and attended these meetings.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Financial Action Task Force

      To ask His Majesty's Government to what extent they consider countries’ presence on the Financial Action Task Force's grey and black lists in assessing their suitability for (1) existing...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what initiatives are being implemented in schools and universities to educate both healthcare professionals and the general public about the dangers of...

    • Tuberculosis: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the rise in cases of tuberculosis, whether they plan to implement nationwide tuberculosis vaccinations, instead of the current policy of...

      Health Services: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Immigration Health Surcharge covers the full cost to the NHS of treatment for those required to pay it.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration Ministers and the Supervisory Board of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have given to ensuring that the impacts on freedom of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Bicycles: Lighting

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of cyclists who cycle on roads in the dark without lights on their bicycles.

    • Motorcycles: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government, what plans they have to review the Compulsory Basic Training programme for motorcycles to improve road safety, given that in 2021, motorcycles comprised less...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Charities: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing legislation to give charities a statutory role in delivering public services.

    • Charities: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet representatives of the charitable sector to discuss public service reform and how the sector can assist in the delivery of more...

      Extracurricular Activities: Sheffield

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of 11–18-year-olds in Sheffield currently have access to regular out of school activities, adventures away from home and opportunities to...

      Cultural Development Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government on what date Ministers were presented with the views of the panel judging bids made to Round 4 of the Cultural Development Fund; and when they plan to announce...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help the UK become a hub for artificial intelligence development.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with implementing the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme to enable the development of port infrastructure for the...

    • Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the purpose and benefits of legally-binding climate change targets in meeting their climate change obligations and objectives;...

      Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government what repercussions, if any, they would face for failing to comply with their obligations under the Paris Agreement.

      Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report into the proposed subsidy to the Cromarty Firth Port Authority under the...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women and Equalities: Transgender People

      To ask His Majesty's Government which, if any, departments have a National Diversity Ambassador on Trans issues and whether the Office for Equality and Opportunity holds records relating to such...

    • Conversion Therapy: Republic of Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 29 October (HL1459), whether the government of the Republic of Ireland was one of the range of...

      Gender Recognition

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 7 November (HL2061), what is the timetable for the Office for Equality and Opportunity’s...

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Prime Minister: Correspondence

      To ask the Leader of the House what is the maximum period within which members of the House of Lords can expect to receive answers to correspondence sent to the Prime Minister’s Office.

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