Written answers

Thursday, 28 November 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pharmacy: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, whether he has made an estimate of the total cost to...

    • Pharmacy: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, if he will make an estimate of the number of...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with NHS England to involve sexual health stakeholders in the development of the 10 Year Health...

      Genomics: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) Genomics England, (c) UK Biobank and (d) NIHR BioResource on (i) BGI...

      Genomics: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will exclude (a) BGI Group, (b) MGI Tech and (c) other state-linked genomics companies blacklisted by the United States from public...

      Health Services: Missing Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been reported missing from (a) hospitals and (b) other health care settings in each of the last four years for which...

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total health and social care budget was allocated to the public health grant in each of the last five years.

      Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.

      Neurology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve neurology waiting times and (b) help ensure timely access to treatment for people with...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) pancreatic cancer and (b) other cancers with lower survival rates will have a focused section in the new cancer strategy.

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, what extra funding he plans to provide for public health.

      Breast Cancer: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve breast cancer screening in (a) London and (b) Wimbledon constituency.

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 901299 on Long Covid: Health Services, what strategies he recently discussed with...

      Defibrillators: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to educate the public about the (a) use and (b) availability of defibrillators.

      Brain Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a dedicated national brain tumour strategy within the Major Conditions...

      Family Hubs: Sheffield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Start for Life services in Sheffield; and if he will make it his policy to extend funding beyond 1...

      Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) prevention, (b) diagnosis and (c) support for people affected by foetal alcohol...

      National Child Measurement Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of (a) the National Child Measurement Programme and (b) feedback letters relating to that Programme.

      General Practitioners: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries in South Holland and the Deepings constituency are rated as (a) outstanding...

      Ophthalmic Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average (a) cost and (b) waiting time for an outpatient paediatric ophthalmology appointment in the 2023-24 financial year..

      Health Insurance: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recovering costs from insurance providers when patients with...

      Drugs: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 901341 on Drugs: Safety, what the outcome was of the recent ministerial roundtable.

      Alan Milburn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings Alan Milburn attended with (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department between 5 July 2024 and 9 November 2024;...

      Childbirth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce perineal injury during vaginal deliveries.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which...

      Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) maternal mental health services launched in 2019 and (b) maternal...

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Department for Education

    • Private Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14487 on Private Education: Special Educational Needs, if she will publish the information that...

    • Special Educational Needs: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average cost of a child receiving SEND support in a state school.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what formula her Department is using to calculate Special Educational Needs and Disability high needs funding allocations for local authorities next year.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral statement on Children’s Social Care of 18 November 2024, Official Report, column 23, what estimate her Department has...

      Carers: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the financial support available to kinship carers.

      Childcare: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the increases to employers national insurance contributions on the cost to parents of pre-school childcare.

      Private Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the introduction of VAT on private school fees does not negatively impact the academic progress of...

      Childcare: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the minimum wage announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 on the cost of childcare.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Council: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the financial situation of the British Council.

    • Iran: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of targeted sanctions against violators of freedom of...

      Hamas and Israel: Arrest Warrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the decision by the International...

      IRA: Libya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to publish the findings of the Shawcross report on compensation for...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi counterpart on the (a) policy and (b) scale of capital...

      Colombia: Ceasefires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of an extension of a...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the agreement with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) current and (b) incoming United States Administration on the timetable...

      Russia: Apple

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with Apple on its reported removal of apps linked to Russian opposition supporters...

      Alexei Zimin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will request from the Serbian authorities the results of any (a) investigation into the death...

      Moldova: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help counter disinformation in Moldova.

      Georgia: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Organization for Security and...

      Russia: YouTube

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with YouTube on its policy on (a) advertising and (b) monetisation by Russian...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to support the release of Ukrainian civilians taken hostage by the Russian military who...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether criminal charges (a) have been made and (b) convictions have been secured against Sri Lankan nationals on...

      Syria: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent Turkish airstrikes in Northeastern Syria on the...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any in-country programming will be (a) curtailed, (b) cancelled and (c) postponed as a result of changes...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support people with the roll-out of e-Visas.

    • Essex Police: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services entitled PEEL 2021/22 – An...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10416 on Refugees, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Public Spaces Protection Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Public Space Protection Orders in reducing antisocial behaviours; and what...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle antisocial behaviour in Hertfordshire.

      Home Office: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department is responsible for relations with the Overseas Territories.

      Police: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK police are deployed in each Overseas Territory.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warranted police officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) special constables have been recruited since February 2023.

      Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for domestic violence services in the next financial year.

      Offenders: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders have no fixed accommodation.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support grassroots music venues.

    • Arts: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support young people to access the arts.

      Sports: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of grassroots sports facilities.

      Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support grassroots football.

      Musicians: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on touring musicians.

      Exercise: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of measures in the Autumn Budget 2024 affecting the physical activity sector on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Catering: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning single-use food service materials for dine-in settings that...

    • Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the outcomes of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16); and what steps he...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme beyond 31 December 2025.

      Farmers: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Future Farm Resilience Fund beyond...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support business advisory services such as (a) Business Information Point West Devon and (b) the...

      Water Abstraction: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13929 on Water Abstraction: Licensing, what the regional breakdown of...

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) refillable and (b) returnable packaging to help...

      Domestic Waste: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will issue updated guidance on household recycling collections.

      National Landscapes: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much he plans to allocate to the Farming in Protected Landscapes Fund in (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27.

      Rural England Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much he plans to allocate to the Rural England Prosperity Fund in (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27.

      Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase domestic food security, in the context of recent changes to the rules for Agricultural...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on improving flood resilience and response in England.

      Veterinary Services: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on UK-EU veterinary agreement negotiations.

      Farmers: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to attend the NFU farming rally on 19 November 2024.

      Lead: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the extent of sediment-associated lead contamination in (a) river channels and (b)...

      Farms: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm holdings are worth more than £1,000,000, by constituency.

      Plastics: Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on (a) chemical recycling and (b) the mass balance approach at the INC5 negotiations for the UN Global...

      Agriculture: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data the Rural Payments Agency holds on the (a) area and (b) value of (i) farms and (ii) farmland at a (A) hereditament...

      Farmers: Forms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what forms his Department requires farmers to complete each year; what the length of these forms are; and what steps his...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Falkland Islands and Gibraltar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing the people of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands to...

    • Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to require all newbuild homes to include solar photovoltaic panels.

      Freeports: Ynys Mon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on reviewing the outline business case for Anglesey Freeport; and whether...

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to provide an update on the status of Drenewydd Actif Newtown’s application for the Community...

      Council Tax: Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have had bailiff fees added to council tax arrears in each of the last three years for which data is...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have been evicted due to section 21 notices in each of the last three years for which data is...

      Pedestrian Areas: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many premises applied for a pavement licence under the Business and Planning Act 2020.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for new build flats and houses.

      Embassies: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the called-in application for the proposed new Chinese...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of her Department's offices in the most recent four weeks...

      Council Tax: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to allow for an above-inflation rise in the council tax referendum threshold for 2025-26 for the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • British Overseas Territories: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are deployed in each Overseas Territory.

    • British Overseas Territories: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department is responsible for defence policy on the Overseas Territories.

      Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has removed the Chief of the Defence Staff from the Department’s Finance and Economics pre-release access lists,...

      Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the proposed £50 million cap on reparations for LGBT+ veterans.

      Israel: F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of F-35 components exported from the UK to the US that have since been received by Israel Government since...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister has spent on foreign travel since taking office.

    • Government Departments: DA Languages

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid to DA Languages by all Departments in each of the last ten years.

      Prime Minister: Anacta

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether special advisers in 10 Downing Street have met representatives of Anacta since the general election.

      Labour Force Survey

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the outputs from the Transformed Labour Force Survey will be published.

      Arms Length Bodies: Equality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question HL1058 on Civil Service: Equality, whether the exemptions process applies to arm's length bodies.

      Former Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the minimum length of time since leaving government a previous (a) Minister and (b) senior official can...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in the Access to Work scheme.

    • Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will increase funding for the Access to Work scheme.

      Child Poverty Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including financial inclusion in the terms of reference of the Child Poverty Taskforce.

      Winter Fuel Payment: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making people with less than 12 months to live to automatically eligible for the...

      Birds of Prey: Rodenticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of Wild Justice's report entitled Collateral Damage: The...

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners per constituency in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on extending the Pensions...

      Pensioners: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the devolved Administrations to help increase awareness among pensioners of benefits they may be entitled to.

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Bolsover constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have a rape clause exemption from the two-child benefit cap.

      Cold Weather Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households (a) are eligible and (b) have received Cold Weather Payments in 2024, broken down by week.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14442 on Access to Work Programme, what measurements her Department takes of the time...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Bolsover constituency have been affected by the two-child benefit cap in each year since 2017.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the uptake of Pension Credit since the Winter Fuel Allowance reforms became live (a) nationally, (b) in the...

  • Scotland Office

    • Renewable Energy: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to help North Sea workers to transition to green economy jobs in Scotland.

    • Offshore Industry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on regional-specific skills development funds for workers transitioning from the oil and gas...

      Renewable Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the level of research and development funding offshore green energy projects in Scotland.

      High Rise Flats: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on (a) the use of the Barnett consequential funding provided in the 2021-22 financial...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Voting Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing residence-based voting rights in Northern Ireland.

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's timetable is for the delivery of rolling stock for Phase 1 of HS2.

    • Road Traffic Control: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 14413 on Road Traffic Control: Complaints, how many objections were made to Traffic Regulation...

      Network Rail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 4 of the minutes of the meeting of Network Rail's Board held on 4 July 2024, whether the updated efficiency plan will be published.

      Gatwick Airport: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of night-time flight noise on the health of residents living in Gatwick airport's flight path.

      Gatwick Airport: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on steps to ensure that airspace modernisation around Gatwick airport leads to a...

      Driving Licences: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing Graduated Driving Licences for young people.

      Transport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's National Statement at COP29 on 12 November 2024, whether she plans to revise her Department’s emission...

      Road Traffic Control: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Traffic regulation orders: changes to publishing requirements and special events order...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Euthanasia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the capacity of the High Court (Family Division) to undertake reviews of all required cases under the...

    • Television Licences: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for non-payment of a television licence in each of the last three years for which data is available in Bolsover...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Office for Equality and Opportunity: Staff

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full time equivalent staff are employed by the Office for Equality and Opportunity.

    • STEM Subjects: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to encourage equal (a) pay and (b) opportunity in STEM jobs.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report entitled Kind of Blue, published by the Carbon Tracker Initiative in June 2024, what assessment he has...

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many civil servants in his Department are working on (a) demand flexibility, (b) Great British Energy, (c) hydrogen, (d) carbon...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his target to produce 10GW of green hydrogen by 2030; and if he will take steps to publish a roadmap for meeting this...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the full report of the 2020 compulsory audit of the Department for Education, carried out by the Information Commissioner.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister's Chief of Staff: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury approved the salary of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff as per the senior pay controls process.

    • Immigration Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the 2025 UK Border Strategy, published on 17 December 2020, whether they intend to publish a report in 2024 setting out progress against...

      Church of England: Offences against Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a public inquiry into how the Church of England has responded to allegations of paedophilia.

  • Home Office

    • Immigration Controls: Airports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to create designated-British-passports-only entry points at UK airports.

    • Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 5 November (HCWS188), what is the status of the Home Office's Cerberus Project in...

      Educational Visits: France

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 12 November (HL2099), what discussions they have had with other countries to introduce a...

      Forced Marriage Unit

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases the Forced Marriage Unit provided advice and support to in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.

      Female Genital Mutilation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure better co-ordination of guidance given to medical practitioners, teachers, and faith leaders on reporting and protecting...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Hong Kong: Trials

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Indo-Pacific) discussed the forthcoming sentencing of the 45 pro-democracy activists under...

    • Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of their recently announced £10.3 million of additional funding to Bangladesh is dedicated to supporting Rohingya refugees.

      Taiwan: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to establishing a cybersecurity dialogue with Taiwan similar to the UK–Singapore Cyber Dialogue; and whether they...

      China: Maritime Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to oppose China’s efforts to reinterpret international maritime laws, particularly with regard to ‘innocent passage’ and exclusive...

      Taiwan: International Civil Aviation Organization and International Maritime Organization

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Maritime Organization to promote participation by Taiwanese...

      China: Uyghurs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China about reports by human rights groups that repatriated or abducted Uyghur refugees are likely to be...

      Hong Kong: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) intends to raise issues relating to human rights in Hong Kong, including the forthcoming...

      Hong Kong: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what impact they expect the meeting between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) and Hong Kong’s Convenor of the...

      China: Taiwan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations set out in the report Mapping out the UK's response to grey zone escalations against Taiwan,...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 7 November (HL1811), which Chagossian groups or representatives they engaged with to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Wheelchairs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that integrated care boards are providing sufficient suitable wheelchairs in all parts of the country to enable wheelchair...

    • Integrated Care Boards: Debts

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 8 November (HL2000), from which budget lines and areas NHS England provided the additional funding...

      NHS: Muslims

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the legal relationship between NHS England and the NHS Muslim Network; and how much the NHS spent or committed to spend in supporting the work of the NHS...

      NHS England: Remote Working

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 November (HL1572), what assessment they have received, if any, from NHS England regarding the impact of...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve mental health support services across England; and what consultations they have held on this issue with the devolved...

      Children: Gender Recognition

      To ask His Majesty's Government for how long they have required the notice of deaths of children between 10 and 18 to include details of their “sex registered at birth” and “by...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Property Management Companies: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether regulation of property managers in the private sector would improve standards.

    • Rented Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of rental properties available.

      Property Management Companies: Qualifications

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the difference in qualification requirements between property managers in the (1) private, and (2) social, housing sectors since the passing of the Social...

  • Department for Business and Trade

  • Department for Transport

    • Pontypool and New Inn Station: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Network Rail on the estimated completion date for works to Pontypool and New Inn station, and on the causes for the delay.

    • Euston Partnership

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of the Euston Partnership; which government department it reports to; and what are its terms of reference.

      Euston Partnership

      To ask His Majesty's Government who is the Chair of the Euston Partnership; who are the members of the Board; when it last met; and whether it publishes its minutes of meetings.

      Materials Handling Equipment: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of requiring operators of mobile cranes to be licensed in a similar way to those licensed under the Goods Vehicles...

      Air Traffic Control: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether NATS Holdings will be required to compensate airlines for the consequences of its IT failure last year.

      Air Routes: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage more competition between airlines on routes connecting Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much compensation they have paid in the past five years in response to claims made by relatives of those shot and killed by soldiers in Northern Ireland during...

  • Treasury

    • Customs: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 5 November (HCWS188), what assessment they have made of legislative barriers...

    • Customs: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 5 November (HCWS188), what are the specific reasons for the pause in delivery of...

      Customs: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 5 November (HCWS188), what assessment they have made of whether (1) Deloitte, and...

      Employers' Contributions: Hospitality Industry

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the cost of the increase in National Insurance contributions for employers, and (2) the savings from the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offenders: Electronic Tagging

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of breaches of conditions in past 12 months associated with (1) curfew tags, (2) location tags, and (3) alcohol tags,...

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