Written answers

Friday, 29 November 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) GP surgeries, (b) dentists, (c) pharmacies and (d) care homes in rural areas to...

    • Hospices: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support hospices in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of the funding model for the hospice sector.

      Mental Health Services: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which mental health apps are (a) recommended and (b) linked to by the NHS on its website; and if he will make an assessment of the...

      Torbay Hospital: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a decision on the funding of Torbay Hospital under the New Hospital Programme before 31 December 2024.

      Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rate of breast cancer diagnoses for women with asymptomatic breast density.

      Post-mortems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents do not have to wait six months or more for post-mortem results following the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including people with learning disabilities in the spring...

      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 (a) overall...

      NHS: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and (b) Lincolnshire Community Health Services spent on (i) translation and (ii)...

      Dental Services: Grimsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department withdrew the NHS contract from the Waltham Dentist Practice; and what assessment he has made of the...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been newly prescribed hormone replacement therapy in the last 12 months.

      Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in employers national insurance contributions on charity and not...

      NHS: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls within the NHS were translated by each language code in each of the last ten years; and what the cost was to the public...

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients that are fit to be discharged but have remained in hospital due to the...

      NHS: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS employees' contracts of employment were terminated for underperformance in each year since 2020.

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is to bring forward legislation to regulate NHS managers.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed reforms to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's...

      Methylphenidate: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 9576 on Methylphenidate: Shortages, what recent progress her Department has made on...

      Primodos: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 12696 on Primodos: Research, whether the meeting of the Commission on Human...

      Prescriptions: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the implementation of electronic prescribing across all NHS settings.

      Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure the availability of learning disability nursing studies programmes in the South East.

      Psilocybin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) reschedule Psilocybin to allow it to be prescribed and (b) retain its status as a class A substance for...

      Dental Services: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many courses of dental treatment were delivered by an NHS dentist in the (a) Middlesbrough and (b) Stockton-on-Tees local authority...

      Dental Services: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals were seen by an NHS dentist in the (a) Middlesbrough and (b) Stockton-on-Tees local authority area in each year...

      Dental Services: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many registered dentists were serving NHS patients in the (a) Middlesbrough and (b) Stockton-on-Tees local authority area in each...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the registration rate per NHS dentist was in each (a) integrated care board and (b) local authority area in England in each year...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the last time a GP surgery was set up from scratch in England was.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support (a) people diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance and (b) their carers.

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 November 2024 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Halton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of waiting times for ADHD assessments in Halton.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in ADHD assessments on children.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on establishing the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body.

      General Practitioners: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the amount of funding received by the most recently-established independent NHS GP surgery in Kent.

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing (a) funding and (b) support for community pharmacies.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Construction: Materials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards has made an estimate of the number of constructions using (a) Mica, (b) Pyrite and (c)...

    • Aerosols: Limonene

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of limiting the use of limonene in commercial aerosol products.

      Department for Business and Trade: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      Employment Rights Bill: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the number of people claiming (a) Universal Credit and...

      Groceries Code Adjudicator: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the turnover threshold to £500,000 for businesses that are required to...

      Business: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support business investment in (a) Gloucester constituency and (b) the South West.

      Groceries Code Adjudicator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to widen the scope of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department will launch the review of the parental leave system.

      Post Offices: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many DVLA photocard renewals were made at a Crown Post Office last year.

      Post Offices: Security Industry Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Security Industry Authority licence applications were made at a Crown Post Office last year.

      Post Offices: Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Paper Check and Send for (a) new and (b) renewal Passports appointments were made at Crown Post offices in the last year for which...

      Post Offices: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve access to Post Office services in (a) Gloucester and (b) the South West.

      Post Offices: Profits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Crown post offices make a profit.

  • Department for Transport

    • Network Rail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 8 of the Network Rail publication entitled 2022 Delivery Plan Update: North West and Central, published in May 2022, what was...

    • Northern Trains: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often she meets senior leaders at Northern Rail to discuss its service delivery in the north of England.

      Bus Services: South Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the bus fare cap on the average annual reduction in bus fares for people in South Norfolk...

      Buses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road.

      Railways: Franchises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the level of passenger brand awareness of franchised rail operators.

      Railways: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of wifi available across the rail network.

      Public Transport: Care Leavers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that care leavers aged between 18 and 25 can access affordable public transport; and if she will...

      Manchester Metrolink: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to fund a Metrolink extension to Stockport before the end of this Parliament.

      Euston Station: Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with TFL on the location of the bus station at Euston station.

      Avanti West Coast: North Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of Avanti West Coast trains from stations in north Wales.

      Buses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme are UK-manufactured.

      London North Eastern Railway: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 13473 and the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 14457 on London North Eastern Railway: WiFi,...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish the formula used to determine the final allocations for bus service improvement plan funding for local transport...

      Bus Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) employees working in the private school bus services sector and (b) privately contracted...

      Electric Bicycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with (a) local authorities and (b) organisations that represent local authorities on the use of dockless e-bikes.

      Pedicabs: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will introduce advanced disclosure and barring service checks for pedicab drivers.

      Bus Services: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increased bus fare cap on public transport use in Lancashire.

      Department for Transport: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      Lower Thames Crossing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the (a) cost of preparing and (b) length of the environmental impact assessment for the Lower Thames...

      Cycling: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve road safety for cyclists in Gloucester.

      Electric Vehicles: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing electric vehicle purchase grants for private owners.

      Railway Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support multi-modal interchanges at (a) HS2 Euston Station and (b) all other new stations.

      Buses and Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the 50km restriction for 18- to 20-year-old bus and coach drivers on a regular service.

      Driving Tests: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle the practice of reselling driving test slots.

  • Treasury

    • Employers Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.41 of the Autumn Budget, published on 24 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of...

    • Workplace Pensions: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support those asked to pay large interest payments on pension contributions as a result of the McCloud judgement.

      High Speed 2 Line: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the merits of the application of the Barnett formula in Wales, in the context of HS2 spending.

      Ministers: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Speaker's Statement of 28 October 2024, Official Report, column 531, whether she has made an assessment of the compatibility of those...

      Ministers: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the compliance of the announcement of the new debt rules to the media first with section 9.1 of the Ministerial code.

      Employment: Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department’s definition of a working person is for the purposes of policy development.

      Social Services: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of social care providers affected by the increase in employers National Insurance contributions.

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available for students from low-income families.

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a stepped repayment structure for student loan repayment plans.

      Postgraduate Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support postgraduate students.

      Private Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with specialist schools that deal with children with the most complex disabilities on the increase in employer National...

      Special Educational Needs: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to improve collaboration between local authorities and multi-academy trusts in the delivery of SEND education in the...

      Turing Scheme: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) schools that have students with Turing grants are independent schools and (b) students that receive Turing grants...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking steps to (a) investigate allegations of (i) bullying, (ii) physical violence, (iii) sexual violence and (iv)...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the guidance issued to local education authorities on funding schools for in-year (a) transfers of...

      Betchwood Vale Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help progress the planning application for Betchwood Vale Academy.

      Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total amount of fines collected for taking children out of school during term time was in each of the last five years, broken down by local...

      Overseas Students: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance her Department has issued on whether students who have extended their visas under the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme are...

      T-levels: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help increase the number of pupils taking T-Level courses in (a) Romford constituency and (b) Havering.

      Schools: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the level of (a) demand and (b) supply for Year 7 places in each Planning Area in Coventry in September 2025.

      Special Educational Needs: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure young people with SEND develop real skills for life.

      Overseas Students: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the causes of changes in the level of international student visa applications to UK universities in 2024.

      School Support Staff Negotiating Body

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made on establishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.

      Schools: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the level of (a) demand and (b) supply for Year 7 places in the (i) Salford - South, (ii) Trafford - Sale,...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the commissioning of local children services to ensure that every young person with SEND has...

      Apprentices: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that apprenticeship opportunities are made more widely available for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

      Special Educational Needs: Down's Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help children with Down's syndrome attend mainstream schools.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

    • Embassies: St Andrew's Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what events to mark St Andrew's day are taking place in UK embassies.

      Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote (a) internet freedom and (b) access to information to advocate freedom of...

      Hamas: Hostage Taking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) diplomatic and (b) operational steps his Department has taken to help secure the release of (i) Emily...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of vape (a) distributors, (b) importers, (c) manufacturers and (d)...

    • Plants: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) levels of risk and (b) rates of checks on plants at the UK border.

  • Home Office

    • Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14367 on Non-Crime Hate Incidents, if she will make an assessment of the potential...

    • Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) special constables are planned to be recruited between 1...

      Police: Bureaucracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of time spent by police officers completing paperwork as part of the requirements set...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with the Fire Brigades Union, in the context of the report entitled Dangerous cladding: the...

      Police: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reimburse police forces with the cost of proposed increases to employer national insurance contributions.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the suspension of firearm certificate grants by Gloucestershire...

      Pregabalin: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) raise the classification of pregabalin under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

      Home Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      Non-crime Hate Incidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidents were recorded by each police force in each year since 2014.

      Agricultural Machinery and Livestock: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on penalties for theft of (a) livestock and...

      Licensing Act 2003

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Licensing Act 2003 to include a legal definition of the...

      Licensing Laws

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to extend the temporary off-sales regulatory easement in the Business and Planning Act 2020 beyond 31 March 2025.

      Police Community Support Officers: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of changes in the numbers of Police Community Support Officers in Greater Manchester.

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory time limit on...

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle abuse in immigration detention centres.

      Illegal Migration Act 2023

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to repeal the Illegal Migration Act 2023.

      Asylum: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the criteria for determining which individuals seeking asylum will be subject to detention.

      Undocumented Migrants: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Border Security and Asylum in response to the question from the hon. Member for...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of hydrogen blending to (a) decrease hydrogen production costs, (b) decrease...

    • Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Health and Safety Executive’s...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish his decision on whether to allow hydrogen blending into the gas transmission network.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      National Grid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost of building (a) the Western link and (b) all current and future stages of the Eastern Link...

      Mortgages: Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring mortgage providers to reflect the EPC rating of properties in...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with energy suppliers on continuing the Voluntary Debt Commitment after winter 2023-24.

      Fuel Poverty: Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households that are in fuel poverty in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk.

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a dedicated hydrogen pipeline across Great Britain.

      Fuel Poverty: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b)...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes for winter 2024-25.

      Insulation: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide vulnerable households with emergency home insulation in winter 2024-25.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy suppliers on providing additional support for households with energy bills in winter 2024-25.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Government Digital Service: Fujitsu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the value for money of its contract with Fujitsu Services Ltd for the GDS...

    • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      Innovation and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of an international strategy for science and innovation.

      Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 14940 on Project Gigabit and Shared Rural Network, what assessment he...

      Innovation and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect the integrity of global research from authoritarian regimes.

      Innovation and Research: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on (a) science and innovation and (b) research and development.

      Innovation: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help increase levels of innovation in Gloucester.

      Technology: South Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate funding for (a) innovation and (b) development in technology in...

      Innovation and Research: Warwickshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate funding for (a) innovation and (b) development in technology in Warwickshire.

      Innovation and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of science and innovation on regional inequalities.

      Innovation and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of research and development on the Government's growth agenda.

      Broadband: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he intends to meet with the Advertising Standards Authority to discuss the advertising of part-copper broadband as fibre.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with (a) industry, (b) civil society and (c) other relevant stakeholders on facilitating...

      Innovation and Research: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the role of science and innovation in the defence sector.

      Innovation and Research: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of science and innovation on job creation in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 4.94 of of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC295, published on 30 October 2024, whether any of the core...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to paragraph 4.94 of of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC295, published on 30 October 2024, what steps his Department...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Immigration: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Independent Social Workers are recognised by the Tribunal system as qualified to provide independent reports in immigration cases.

    • Courts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total amount written off in court fine accounts for each of the last 10 years.

      Legal Aid: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) criminal legal aid firms and (b) duty solicitors contracted to provide legal aid in (i) Shropshire...

      Justices' clerks: Telford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court clerks have worked at Telford Magistrates Court for each year that data is available.

      Probation: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers work in the justice system.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers are recalled to prison for (a) breach of licence conditions and (b) other behaviour.

      Probation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve probation services.

      Prisons: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons were rated good for rehabilitation and release planning by inspectors from April 2023 to April 2024.

      Prisoners Release: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released without details held of a fixed address is the last 12 months.

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) total cost to the public purse of courses available to inmates at (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP...

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parole Board decisions on (a) moving prisoners to open conditions, and (b) releasing prisoners were overruled by the...

      Reparation by Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase awareness of restorative justice throughout the criminal justice system.

      Courts: Interpreters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.

      Magistrates' Courts: Telford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what outstanding money was owed by defendants in (a) court fines, (b) prosecution costs, and (c) victim related costs at Telford Magistrates for each...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • VisitBritain: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the funding her Department provides Visit Britain.

    • Welsh National Opera

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support Welsh National Opera.

      Sports: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 11698 on Sports: Children, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

      Swimming Pools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 10847 on Leisure Centres: Government Assistance, whether she plans to hold...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Voting Rights: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to introduce votes at 16 before (a) elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) local elections take place.

    • Voting Rights: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the introduction of votes at...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Buildings: Co-ownership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the call for evidence entitled Jointly owned properties which closed on 7 April 2024.

    • Local Government: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her speech at the Local Government Association Conference of 24 October 2024, what the terms of...

      Councillors' Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on whether councillors should declare ownership of property...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria she uses to create regional authorities.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in which local authority areas combined authority mayoral elections will take place in 2025.

      Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to allow local authorities to impose local taxes on (a) hotel and (b) short-term let stays.

      Mayors: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to create an elected mayor in Cheshire.

      Devolution: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s planned timetable is for publication of the English Devolution Bill; and how that Bill...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her speech at the Local Government Association Conference of 24 October 2024, what deliverable plans...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her speech at the Local Government Association Conference of 24 October 2024, whether she plans to...

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of hereditaments that will qualify for retail, hospitality and leisure...

      Local Government: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the extent to which local authorities are meeting their...

      Empty Property and Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to footnote 2 of her Department's Guidance on the implementation of the council tax premiums on...

      Floods: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which agency leads the multi-agency response to flooding in Cambridgeshire.

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of cancellation of the Community Ownership Fund on the projects...

      Bellwin Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on activating the Bellwin Scheme in response to (a) Storm Bert...

      Economic Growth: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support economic growth in (a) Gloucester and (b) the South West.

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects building remediation works carried out through the Building Safety Fund to be completed.

      High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of high rise buildings have sprinklers installed.

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to publish a private parking code of practice.

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) cladding and (b) insulation manufacturers on financial...

      Cladding Safety Scheme: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of buildings have registered for the Cladding Safety Scheme in Slough constituency.

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to postpone local government elections due to be held in 2025.

      Local Government: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11179 on Local Government: Equality, whether her Department...

      Council Tax: Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Summary of responses and government’s response to the consultation on...

      Agriculture: Compulsory Purchase

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to support farmers affected by compulsory purchase orders for nationally...

      Housing: Hertsmere

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework...

      Leasehold: Forfeiture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reform the leasehold law on forfeiture.

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to consult on the draft of the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill.

      Solar Power: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2024 to Question 11493 on Buildings and Housing: Solar Power, whether she is...

      Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled CCC advises 81% reduction in emissions by 2035, published by the Climate...

      Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework...

      Property: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to make public a full register of beneficial ownership of land.

      Private Rented Housing: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the level of selective licensing fees charged by each local authority with...

      Social Rented Housing: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will extend the exemption for the local connection test to survivors of modern slavery.

      Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ground rent costs on the ability of long-term leaseholders to...

      Renters' Rights Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason an impact assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill was not published at (a) First Reading and (b)...

      Planning Authorities: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring students studying for a royal town planning...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Redundancy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employee settlement agreements there were within the civil service in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements was.

    • Senior Civil Servants: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) internal and (b) external guidance his Department has produced for Departments on whether Freedom of Information Act requests requesting...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.

    • Army Reserve: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the payment of military reservist pensions for pre-2015 service.

      Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide Defence Fire and Rescue Service workers an early pension get out clause at 57.

      Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) occupational health support and (b) other the health and wellbeing measures for Defence Fire and Rescue Services...

      Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to equalise the pension age of Defence Fire and Rescue Service workers with their counterparts in (a) Local Authority and (b) Civil...

      Armed Forces: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) causes and (b) consequences of the recent road traffic incident in Estonia involving British armed...

      Global Combat Air Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7495 on Global Combat Air Programme, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider whether...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support UK defence manufacturing jobs through government procurement.

      Military Aid: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Military Aid to the Civil Authorities requests have been made as a result of storm Bert.

      Israel: F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether F-35 components were sent from RAF Marham to Israel between October 2023 and August 2024.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the total amount deducted from benefit payments to pay for claimants' court imposed fines each year for the ten previous years.

    • Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her planned timetable is for responding to her Department's closed consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of disability benefits in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Health and Safety Executive are evaluating the safety case for blending hydrogen in the transmission network; and what...

      Employment: Endometriosis and Periods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure problems arising from menstrual health conditions, such as endometriosis, are accepted by...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Private Sector: Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department is taking steps to help reduce pay inequalities based on class in the private sector.

    • Office for Equality and Opportunity: Gender and Sexuality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Office for Equality and Opportunity formally recognises any (a) genders, (b) sexual orientations and (c) gender identities.

      Assistance Animals: Business Premises

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that businesses comply with the Equality Act 2010 by allowing people with sight loss to...

      Equal Pay: Gender

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of a cross-Government strategy to close the gender pay gap.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pensions Regulator: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the policy of the Pensions Regulator for using the term "gender" in place of the Equality Act 2010's terms of (1) "sex", and (2) "gender reassignment"...

    • Workplace Pensions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether simpler pension fund statements are being produced and sent to clients by all pension providers as required.

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the terms of reference of the planned review of Universal Credit mentioned in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024; when they intend to publish its...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Scooters: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of official statistics published by the Department for Transport on 26 September which show that there were 1,387 casualties in...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to withdraw the 'thank you' payments to sponsors of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Education: Employers' Contributions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn Budget on higher...

    • Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the change in total fee incomes to all higher education providers resulting from the increase in undergraduate tuition fees for...

      Education: Disadvantaged

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report UK Poverty 2024: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the...

      Arts: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of introducing an arts premium to allow for schools to pay for arts opportunities such as music lessons, as recommended in the...

      Out-of-school Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many unregistered schools are currently operating.

      Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the degree of contact hours that were being provided to students on courses at higher education providers when deciding to...

      Young People: Supported Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation in the report The Voices of Supported Lodgings: Strong foundations for our future, published by...

      Universities: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consistency of standards at English universities given that the proportion of students receiving a first-class degree was 7...

      Pupils: Bullying

      To ask His Majesty's Government, as part of Anti-Bullying Week, what steps they are taking (1) to collect, record and monitor data on reports of bullying in schools and subsequent responses, and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offenders: Electronic Tagging

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of electronic tagging to monitor convicted criminals sentenced to punishment in the community.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • National Food Crime Unit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring the National Food Crime Unit of the Food Standards Agency within the remit of the Independent Office for Police Conduct and His...

    • Mental Health Bill (HL)

      To ask His Majesty's Government which organisations the Department of Health and Social Care consulted on the Mental Health Bill and their wider mental health policy.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of Government-funded research into the impact of calorie labelling on alcohol products, given that such information has...

      Food: Hygiene

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 24 October (HL1589), what costs will fall on food premises in England if a requirement to...

      National Food Crime Unit

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the National Food Crime Unit of the Food Standards Agency to obtain the full powers to operate as set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and...

      Blood Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of blood cancer in England; and what plans they have to involve the blood cancer community, including patients,...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming treaty between the UK and Mauritius on the Chagos Archipelago will include (1) a guaranteed right-of-return to the outer islands for all...

    • Diego Garcia: Chagossians

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Human Rights Watch report That’s When the Nightmare Started: UK and US Forced Displacement of the Chagossians and Ongoing Colonial...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Music

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect grassroots music, particularly in relation to the high number of music venue closures.

    • Arts: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban creative arts institutions and conservatoires that receive state funding from charging for auditions, as recommended in the...

      Broadcasting Programmes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the current framework, conditions and support for film and television producers headquartered outside London,...

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