Tuesday, 26 November 2024
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support community pharmacies in West Dorset
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)...
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;...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)...
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...
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle global hunger.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Ukraine.
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...
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to re-introduce the Young Audience Content Fund.
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)...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason she has decided to end the National Citizen Service.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of contracted employees in the public sector.
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the members of the Permanent Secretary Remuneration Committee.
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.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff are in the parliamentary branch of 10 Downing Street.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gifts were received by Ministers in his Department for travel to COP conferences in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how the funding for the warm homes policy will be targeted; and what steps he plans to take to ensure the funding is distributed to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate the risk of thermal runaways in battery energy storage facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on (a) the annual costs incurred to date in implementing Net Zero policies and (b) the measurable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many purchases with a value of less than £500 were made by his Department using an electronic purchasing card solution in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total number of (a) air miles and (b) flights conducted by his Department's staff was in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many officials in his Department work full-time on COP summits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the level of methane emissions in (a) 2010 and (b) 2024; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many delegates the Government has sent to attend COP 29; and what the cost to the public purse is of the Government's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many ministerial cars are used by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department; and what is the model of those cars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the data on Departmental spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card solution, when he plans to...
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support local businesses in Slough High Street.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support food producers from Lincolnshire to increase exports.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether Elon Musk was invited to attend the International Investment Summit in October 2024.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reinstate the Music and Dance Scheme.
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.
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide students with support in place of the Erasmus+ programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the introduction of the trial kinship carer allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to allocate more funding for SEND provision in rural areas.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the future of the SEND Change Programme.
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homeless veterans.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support migrant victims of domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is doing to improve counter-terrorism measures.
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)...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many repeat deportations there were in each of the last ten years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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)...
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.
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to her Answer in Business Questions of 17 October 2024, Official Report, column 1000, whether she has asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social...
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Network Rail regions will be redrawn.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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)...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided for the repair of potholes in Chichester constituency.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what progress the Commission has made in making AI technology available to help hon. members in...
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)...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the 2023–24 accounts for the UK Infrastructure Bank will be published and laid before Parliament.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the tax lost through the continuing zero rating of VAT on books.
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce illegal immigration.
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...
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what are their plans for the future of the Community Ownership Fund.
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...
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...
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.
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)...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing legislation to give charities a statutory role in delivering public services.
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...
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...
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help the UK become a hub for artificial intelligence development.
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...
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;...
To ask His Majesty's Government what repercussions, if any, they would face for failing to comply with their obligations under the Paris Agreement.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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