Written answers

Monday, 9 December 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Urgent Treatment Centres: Birmingham Erdington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the emergency relocation of the North Birmingham Urgent Treatment Centre to Good...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of (a) adverse events and (b) rare side effects reported after...

      CPR: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making CPR training more available to members of the public.

      Processed Food and Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many (a) abattoirs and (b) food processing plants in (i) England and (ii) the UK are...

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations within the Blood Cancer UK report entitled, UK Blood Cancer Action Plan,...

      Parkinson's Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding the Government provides for research into a cure for Parkinson's disease.

      Cancer: Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the frequency of cancer statistics releases.

      Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will announce future funding for drug treatment services beyond 2025.

      Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce barriers to accessing drug treatment faced by women.

      Breast Cancer: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12587 on Breast Cancer: Nurses, whether his Department's plans to train clinical...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how many people were (a) assessed and...

      Alcoholism: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce alcohol-specific deaths.

      Alcoholism and Drugs: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce death rates from (a) alcohol, (b) drugs and (c) suicide in (a) the North and (b) coastal...

      Bowel Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make assessment of the adequacy of diagnosis times for bowel cancer.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential risks of omitting people with learning disabilities from the (a) 2025 and...

      Food: Sales Promotions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the guidance on meal deals in his Department’s publication entitled Restricting promotions of products high in fat, sugar...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's final delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) consistency of care and (b) availability of medication for people with an ADHD...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of (a) ordinary and (b) named day written questions received a holding response from his Department in the first instance...

      Westmorland Hospital: Hospital Wards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of ward 6 at Westmorland General Hospital on (a) social care provision...

      Hospitals: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the potential impact of hospital facilities staff strikes on patient...

      Hospitals: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) end and (b) prevent strike action by hospital facilities staff.

      NHS: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which external companies are contracted by the NHS to provide training for staff.

      Health Services: Dartford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure adequate levels of funding for healthcare in Dartford.

      Acute Beds: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional inpatient beds in acute settings he has funded NHS England to commission for (a) November 2024, (b) December 2024,...

      General Practitioners: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries are rated as (a) outstanding and (b) good by the Care Quality Commission in Slough constituency.

      Dental Services: Hazel Grove

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of dentists in Hazel Grove constituency.

      Kidney Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in the number of people with kidney disease on...

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of healthcare inequalities in kidney disease.

      Analgesics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) doctors and (b) other qualified medical personnel administering pain-relieving drugs which may shorten lives;...

      Air Ambulance Services: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides financial support to Cornwall Air Ambulance; and if will he will take steps to mitigate the potential...

      Ambulance Services: West Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the location of ambulance stations by postcode (a) in West Suffolk constituency and (b) within 20 miles of that...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average recorded ambulance response time was for (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year between 2014...

      Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether legal costs associated with the case between the General Medical Council (GMC) and Anaesthetists United, regarding regulation of...

      Asthma: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of pressurised metered dose inhalers were manufactured in pharmaceutical production facilities (a) in the UK and (b)...

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) endometriosis and (ii) adenomyosis.

      Neurological Diseases: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support specialist neuromuscular clinics that wish to take part in the Givinostat Early Access...

      IVF: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it a legal requirement to state the (a) risks to women's health and (b) potential side effects of egg retrieval on...

      Midwives: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Professor Mary Renfrew's report entitled Enabling Safe...

      Maternity Disparities Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Maternity Disparities Taskforce is still active; how many meetings of that taskforce have taken place since it was...

      Public Appointments and Special Advisers: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Public Appointments and Special Advisers: Equality, what discussions he...

      Dental Services: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) impact of the Greater Manchester Dental Quality Access Scheme on access to...

      NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to meet regularly with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board; and whether he plans to...

      Radiology: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to invest in the recruitment and retention of radiologists in the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and...

      Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce measures to improve patient safety in non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

      Autism: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessments in (a) Wokingham and (b) Berkshire.

      Parkinson's Disease: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of early symptoms of Parkinson's disease amongst GPs.

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to local NHS Integrated Care Systems to tackle chronic kidney disease through delivering...

      Kidney Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease for (a) people with (i) diabetes,...

      Hospices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of hospices since the Autumn Budget 2024.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how many claims have waited over a...

      Shingles: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of shingles vaccines for all over 65s.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13773 on the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, how much his Department spent on legal...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many taskings for Military Aid to the Civil Authorities from his Department required the use of RAF CH-47 Chinook helicopters since 2019.

      Essential Tremor: Ultrasonics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's commissioning guidance entitled Transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) meet demand for radiation treatment and (b) reduce NHS waiting times for people with cancers...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing free covid-19 vaccinations for carers.

      General Practitioners: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the...

      NHS and Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with adult social care providers on the planned level of funding for the (a) NHS and (b) social...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department has on the average waiting time for young people to receive a first appointment for child and adolescent...

      Dental Services: North Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 244 on Dental Services: North Cornwall, how many dentists accept NHS patients in North...

      Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of mental health services for (a) young and (b) older people in rural areas.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of supply shortages for ADHD medication on the mental health of patients.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of average waiting times for (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of autism in (i) adults and (ii) children in...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 6227 Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists, if he will make an estimate of the...

  • Treasury

    • UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to oral contribution of 3 December 2024 by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, if she will make an overall estimate of the impact of the...

    • Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on charities prior the the announcement of the...

      Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on the ability of (a)...

      Sportsgrounds: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) football, (b) rugby and (c) cricket stadiums or clubs with a Rateable Value over £500,000 will be liable to pay the business rates...

      Employers' Contributions: Public Sector

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12263 on Employers' Contributions: Public Sector, what estimate she has made of the number of public...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) address, (b) local authority, (c) special category code and (d) rateable value of each hereditament on the business rates...

      Council Tax: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 7830 on Council Tax: Wales, what each of the property attributes are under the headings dwelling type...

      Public Houses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information the Valuation Office Agency holds on the average proportionate reduction in rateable value for special category code 226 (pubs) in the...

      Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employee settlement agreements there were in her Department in each year since 2020; and what the total value of such agreements is.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government’s non-school business rate changes announced at Autumn Budget 2024, whether she has made a (a) regulatory impact...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the methodological basis was for setting the proposed business rate multiplier surcharge for hereditaments above £500,000 rateable value at a...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the gross increase in business rate receipts from the 2026-27 business rate multiplier surcharge on hereditaments above...

      Employers' Contributions: Civil Society

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of changes to Employer’s National Insurance Contributions announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 on...

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 14625 on Business Rate: Tax Allowances and with reference to line 18 of Table 5.1 of the Autumn...

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of how much business rates receipts in England will raise gross in 2025-26.

      Payment Methods: Bank Cards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that touch screen card payment devices are made accessible for people with visual impairments.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Department for Business and Trade: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many computer monitors his Department has provided to (a) Ministers and (b) officials for home working since 5 July 2024; and what the...

    • Employment Rights Bill: Public Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the public bodies for which his Department is responsible.

      Childcare: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of flexible working patterns offered to enable parents to (a) work and (b) afford the costs of...

      Employment Rights Bill: Defence and Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the defence and security manufacturing sector.

      Employment Rights Bill: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the construction sector.

      Small Businesses: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support women into leadership positions in small and medium-sized businesses.

      Employment Rights Bill: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the hospitality sector.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to respond to the letter of 28 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Care Homes: Derbyshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many care homes were referred to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in (a) Bolsover constituency and...

    • Local Government: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost of outsourced (a) goods and (b) services in local government in the last 12...

      Council Tax: Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a time limit for claiming Council Tax exemption under Class F.

      Business Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which types of hereditament are eligible for the retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief by Valuation...

      Local Government Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance contributions...

      Local Government: Public Private Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38442 on Local Government: Public Private Partnerships, what...

      Devolution: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on a devolution deal for Essex; and whether she plans to amend the date of the local...

      University of Surrey: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to make a decision on the planning application for a solar facility at the University of Surrey.

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14996 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will...

      Social Rented Housing: Sub-letting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) assess and (b) prevent unauthorised sub-letting of social housing for holiday lets.

      Social Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will issue guidance to registered social housing providers which confirms that if a floor covering exists in a...

      Flags: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6385 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:...

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing residential leaseholds.

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking help tackle homelessness.

      Leasehold: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) landlords and (b) management companies are held accountable for...

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) minutes and (b) list of attendees for the first inter-ministerial group for ending...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons her Department plans to close its offices in (a) Birmingham, (b) Exeter, (c) Truro, (d) Sheffield,...

      Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.63 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, HC 295, whether the £1.3...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings were liable for council tax in (a) England and (b) Wales in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) the most recent...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how their Department defines strategy.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Holocaust Memorial Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

    • Strategic Defence Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to publish a Command Paper on implementation of the Strategic Defence Review.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral Answer to the hon. Member for South Suffolk of 11 November 2024, Official Report, Column 505, whether he plans to provide...

      Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which constituencies are each (a) base, (b) garrison and (c) barracks located for each of the armed forces in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland...

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 17024 on Defence Equipment and Support, whether he has instructed his Department to put a hold on...

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of equipment purchased by his Department and in use by his Department was manufactured (a) in and (b) outside the UK.

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the operational lifespan of the Lockheed Martin UH-60 Black Hawk.

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to change the extant New Medium Helicopter competitive tender.

      Defence: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the proportion of steel used in defence programmes that was manufactured in the UK.

      Defence: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of steel companies that are classed by his Department as critical suppliers into UK defence programmes are based in the UK.

      Frigates: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on increasing the number of exports of the Type (a) 26 and (b) 31 frigates.

      Watchkeeper WK450: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will continue to provide support for export campaigns for the Watchkeeper drone.

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 21056 on Defence: Artificial Intelligence, whether the Capability Lead, AI Talent and Skills...

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on the (i) development and...

      Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether frontier technologies such as (a) machine learning and (b) artificial intelligence are being used within (i) the Armed Forces and (ii) his...

      HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the costs of maintaining (a) HMS Queen Elizabeth and (b) HMS Prince of Wales over the next five years.

      HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen Elizabeth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral evidence of 21 November 2024 to the Defence Select Committee, HC 345, what steps he is taking to ensure the planned...

      Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of each of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers.

      NATO: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with NATO allies on the potential impact of the retirement of naval assets on the UK's ability to contribute to...

      Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Type (a) 45, (b) 26, (c) 31 and (d) 32 will enter service by 2030.

      Type 32 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected timeline is for the Type 32 frigate programme to move from the concept phase to design and procurement.

      Aircraft Carriers: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's ability to form a fully operational Carrier Strike Group; and how often that Group...

      Aukus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12460 on AUKUS, whether he has received Sir Stephen Lovegrove’s report on AUKUS; and when...

      Veterans: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire with (i) housing and (ii) education...

      Thales: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Serious Fraud Office investigation into suspected bribery and corruption at Thales UK on...

      Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5.52 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what guidance his Department issues on whether nominees of deceased Armed Forces...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Farmers: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many registered farmers there are in each constituency in Northern Ireland.

    • Food: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to produce a domestic research strategy for food biosecurity.

      Greyhound Racing: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of greyhound racing on animal welfare.

      Recycling: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to make recycling easier for residents in Slough.

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 79 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, which regions will receive...

      Flood Control: Runcorn and Helsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent flooding in rural communities in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding available to farmers in the next two years.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to (a) reopen and (b) create new (i) Sustainable Farming Incentives and (ii) capital grants to...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency in managing flood defences in the last five...

  • Department for Education

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to help deliver a new SEND school in Buckinghamshire.

    • Special Educational Needs: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils with SEND who currently attend independent schools do not have an Education, Health and Care plan.

      Special Educational Needs: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandated Continuing Professional Development activities for increasing Special Educational...

      Special Educational Needs: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Education in response to the question from the hon. Member for Wokingham of...

      Schools: Academies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on schools of ending the academy conversion support grant.

      University of Brighton Academies Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help resolve the dispute between teachers, parents and the University of Brighton Academies Trust.

      Financial Services: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve financial education in schools.

      Turing Scheme: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16156 on Turing Scheme: Free School Meals, how many and what proportion of students with Turing...

      Higher Education: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether they are taking steps to financially support individuals who have already completed a university degree to retrain in another area at university.

      Overseas Students: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many (a) students studying at UK universities hold British National (Overseas) visas and (b) such...

      Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support she plans to provide to the Early Years sector to help manage the impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance...

      Children: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of support for children with epilepsy in schools.

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received recent representations from Hertfordshire County Council on levels of demand for in-year state school places.

      School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that Bovaer is not used within the school supply chain.

      Pupil Exclusions: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in primary schools in England were suspended in each of the last three academic years.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Government Departments: Microsoft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 between Microsoft and the Crown Commercial Service, what...

    • Innovation: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Minister is responsible for the interface between innovation and business to drive growth.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Select Committees: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of paragraph 29 of the First Report of Session 2023–24 of the...

    • Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee's report entitled Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny...

      Civil Contingencies Act 2004

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to update the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 in the light of the threat from Russia.

      Muslim Council of Britain

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers, and (c) officials in (i) the Cabinet Office and (ii) 10 Downing Street have had with the Muslim...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason he has maintained the cut-off dates for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when applications for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme will open to those infected after the cut-off date of 1991.

      Government: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a department for government efficiency.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Diego Garcia have been transferred to the UK.

    • Asylum: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Diego Garcia have been excluded from travel to the UK on the grounds of (a) their criminal...

      Asylum: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided information to UK police forces on the Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Diego Garcia transferred to the UK.

      Asylum: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12545 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, what the serious welfare and safeguarding concerns for...

      Asylum: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12545 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, whether her Department sought information from the Sri...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the maximum daily spend on hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers between July (a) 2021 and (b) 2024; and in which (i) month and...

      Asylum: Bolsover

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are waiting for their asylum claims to be processed in Bolsover constituency.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour on the high street in (a) Tunstall, (b) Stoke-on-Trent North and (c)...

      Immigration: Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Office for National Statistics on the reliability of its immigration statistics.

      Immigration: Windrush Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Windrush commissioner will consider the reimbursement of legal costs for the victims of the Windrush scandal.

      Immigration Controls: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential (a) economic and (b) cultural impact of UK border controls on (i)...

      Migrants: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of no recourse to public funds rules on migrant survivors of violence against women and...

      Arts: Task Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to re-establish the Arts and Entertainment Taskforce.

      Immigration Controls: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to improve (a) training and (b) guidance for Border Force officers on temporary admission procedures for...

      Oppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a reporting system for transnational repression.

      Domestic Abuse: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department plans to provide to help prevent (a) domestic abuse and (b) sexist and misogynistic attitudes that underpin...

      Public Places: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to make public spaces safer for women and girls in Hendon constituency.

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce (a) the prevalence of money mules and (b) other financial exploitation.

  • Department for Transport

    • Transport: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains Government policy to provide £978 million funding for transport projects in Tees Valley.

    • South Western Railway: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the quality of the service provided to passengers on South Western Railway.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing hon. Members to propose locations for funding from the Road Safety...

      Thameslink Line: Bedford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Thameslink on the performance of services on the Bedford Line.

      A30

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a graded junction at the A30 Plusha junction.

      Southeastern Trains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has for Southeastern.

      Community Railways Initiative: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department’s policy is on funding for Community Rail Partnerships, in the context of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership)...

      Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of rail operators over weekend periods in the last six months.

      Public Transport: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost per mile of new (a) busways, (b) ultra light rail and (c) conventional train systems.

      Abellio Greater Anglia: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of nationalising Greater Anglia.

      South Western Railway: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of nationalising South Western Railway.

      C2C: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of nationalising C2C.

      Bus Services: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the provision of real time information at bus stops.

      South Western Rail Franchise: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of bringing South Western Railway into public ownership.

      Railways: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the level of funding for railways in Lincolnshire.

      Community Transport: Bolsover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the level of transport related social exclusion and (b) cuts to community transport by...

      Railways: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic merits of existing East Midlands rail services stopping at (a) Deeping St Nicholas and (b)...

      Railway Stations: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of potential impact of reopening Littleworth Railway station at Deeping St Nicholas on the local economy.

      Railway Stations: Runcorn and Helsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of adequacy of the support provided for people with mobility issues to access train stations in Runcorn and Helsby...

      Railway Network: Snow and Ice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Network Rail on steps to prepare the rail network for adverse winter weather.

      Railways: Bridges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the maintenance schedule for Branston Bridge in Staffordshire.

      South Western Railway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with South Western Railway on the accessibility of their fleet.

      Gatwick Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15980 on Gatwick Airport, whether the previous Secretary of State for Transport met with groups...

      Cars: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on G20 states that have set a target to end the sale of new (a) solely internal combustion engine powered...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 2 December 2024 to Question 15939 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, whether she is taking steps to analyse pricing data...

      Bus Services: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering free bus travel for homeless (a) children and (b) adults living in temporary...

      Motor Insurance: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the cost of motor insurance premiums for young drivers in (a) Runcorn postcodes and (b) England.

      Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the accessibility of information at bus stops for disabled people.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of 21 November 2024 by the then Secretary of State for Transport, Official Report column 369, when the road...

      Bus Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of SEND pupils in (a) Leicester East constituency and (b) England impacted by changes to the...

      Railways: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking through her policy of public ownership of the railways to (a) tackle last-minute train cancellations and (b) improve service...

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raising the bus cap to £3 on pensioners.

      Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2024 to Question 12766 on Rolling Stock, if she will make an assessment of introducing a rolling programme for...

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 12929 on Railways: Freight, who will set the target for growing rail freight.

      Bus Services: South Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of bus services in South Suffolk constituency.

      Railways: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to re-instate late night services at Worcester Park station.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Indian Ocean territory: Mauritius

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the participation of Mauritius in the Forum on...

    • Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK sanctions on Russia.

      Colombia: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Colombia on tackling violence against women and girls.

      Colombia: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the British Embassy in Colombia is offering to young protestors who remain incarcerated after...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Jonathan Powell has had meetings with (a) him and Ministers in his Department; (b) officials; (c) the Prime...

      Kosovo: Inland Waterways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Kosovan counterpart on the attack on the Iber Lepenci water canal on 28...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Motor Vehicles: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that vehicle recycling sites are established across the country; and what steps he is taking to...

    • Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the KPMG interim investigation of December 2022 into Drax Power...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national programme to encourage more people to insulate...

      Council Housing: Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding is available to local councils to support the retrofitting of local authority homes in London to achieve an EPC grade...

      Fuel Poverty: Runcorn and Helsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle fuel poverty in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

      Radioactive Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to accelerate the (a) clearance and (b) restoration of legacy nuclear sites.

      Community Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of cooperative energy models.

      Small Modular Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when recent estimate his Department has made of when small modular reactors will be operational.

      Climate Change Convention: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse was of the UK delegation's participation in COP29 in Baku.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the feedback from the consultation on the Child Maintenance System.

    • Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decision makers in her Department are working on cases of benefits fraud.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a service standard timeframe for criminal investigations by her...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training her Department requires call handlers to complete.

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report entitled Fix the CMS: key findings from...

      Pension Funds: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of whether the divestment of pension funds from insurance companies that are not compliant with the...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s affected by State Pension age changes in each constituency in (a)...

      Pension Credit: Telford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Telford consistency claimed pension credit in November (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the timeframe for PIP award reviews; whether she has made an assessment of the potential...

      Child Benefit: Slough

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

      Universal Credit: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the terms of reference will be for her Department's review of universal credit.

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Office for Budget Responsibility on the timing of the implementation of changes to the Work...

      Work Capability Assessment: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Northern Ireland will be impacted by changes proposed to the Work Capacity Assessment.

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle poverty for people on low incomes; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to...

      Social Security Benefits: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new claimants of (a) Universal Credit, (b) Employment Support Allowance, (c) Personal Independence Payment,...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the number of Welsh people in the prison system.

    • Offenders: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support those with criminal records to reintegrate back into appropriate work.

      Prisons: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 7797 on Prisons: Research, what (a) conclusions she has drawn and (b) changes she has made...

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the recall rate was for offenders released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme between October 2023 and June 2024.

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places have been added to the estate since 5 July 2024.

      Coroners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve communication practices, (b) ensue greater sensitivity in interactions, (c) better manage...

      Coroners: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on coroners’ reports of deaths associated with...

      Courts: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with stakeholders on the potential merits of in-sourcing court language services.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Parthenon Sculptures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Greek Government on (a) loaning and (b) donating the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

    • Home Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether external (a) guidance and (b) training has been contracted for...

      Migrant Workers: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on supporting non-UK (a) artists, (b) sponsors...

      Youth Services: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the provision of youth services in Slough.

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of illegal immigrants residing in the UK.

    • Care Workers: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Work Rights Centre report The forgotten third: Migrant care workers' views on improving conditions in England's adult social care sector,...

      Police

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers recruited in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, (3) 2012, and (4) 2013, are still in service.

      Migrants: Visas

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many visas were issued in 2023 with a 'no recourse to public funds' condition attached.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of transnational marriage abandonment cases since 2016.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Fujitsu: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government which Government Departments have contracts with Fujitsu and what is the value of each contract.

    • Government Departments: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether Ministers approved the renaming the “Cross-Government Women’s Network” as the “Cross-Government Gender Network”; whether a...

      Football Governance Bill (HL)

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 15 November (HC11589), what involvement the Prime Minister has had with the...

      Nuclear Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the analysis of the implications of a nuclear attack, including a limited attack, on the United Kingdom set out in the Strath Report in 1955 has since been...

      Electronic Warfare: Cybersecurity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what resources and infrastructure they are investing in to defend against cyber warfare, with particular reference to artificial intelligence.

      Official Residences: Art Works

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Twycross of 4 November (HL1812), whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of each artwork or...

      Suicide: Farmers

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to keep monthly data on farmer, landowner and family business owner suicides and suicide attempts.

      Security: UK Relations with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are negotiating on a draft text for a security partnership agreement with the European Union.

      Salisbury Convention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the constitutional implications of the reforms in the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill for (1) the continued validity of...

      Suicide: Farmers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many farmers committed suicide in (1) 2022, (2) 2023, and (3) 2024 to date.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Resettlement: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government how any Afghan former interpreters who worked with UK armed forces in Afghanistan have been relocated to the UK; how many are eligible for relocation but are...

    • Armed Forces Commissioner

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether service personnel undertaking a leave of absence will be subject to the provisions of the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill.

      Army: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of remuneration recently offered to recruit a chief technology officer for the army by comparison to roles of...

      Herzi Halevi

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they invited Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defence Forces Herzi Halevi to visit the UK this month, and, if so, for what reason; and...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Bevis Marks Synagogue

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to protect the Grade 1-listed Bevis Marks Synagogue, given the potential impact upon the Synagogue of the planning application to build a...

    • Religion: Abuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made regarding the prevalence and trends of spiritual abuse affecting both adults and children.

      Planning

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to respond to the consultation on proposed reforms to England’s National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to implement the final provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022, specifically sections 61 to 65, 67,...

    • Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for adoption of artificial intelligence in the public sector.

      Internet: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the position set out in Ofcom's consultation on protecting children from harms online, published in May, that there is...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pension Funds

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have learned any lessons from the investment strategies of successful major pension funds in other countries, including Canada, by analysing (1) what...

    • Incapacity Benefit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of why the cost of incapacity-related benefit claims in the UK is rising faster than in other comparable countries.

  • Ministry of Justice

  • Treasury

    • Private Sector: Economic Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Confederation of British Industry’s growth indicator, published on 2 December, which forecasts a decline in private...

    • Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to agricultural and business property relief for inheritance tax on investment by farmers and...

  • Department for Transport

    • East Midlands Railway: Trains

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect bi-mode hydrogen trains to enter service on East Midlands Railway.

    • Manchester Airport: Railways

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that a direct train service between Sheffield and Manchester Airport is reinstated, and according to what timeframe.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Rented Housing: Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the rental property market of the requirement for all rental properties to have a minimum energy performance...

    • Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that energy performance certificates are inaccurate.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increase in energy bills on the most vulnerable households; and what steps they will take to mitigate the...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the rate of installation of heat pumps.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the energy price cap increase on pensioners.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the rate of the warm home discount.

      Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is still their position that, as set out in the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, published in October 2021, a global temperature increase of more...

      Carbon Emissions and Exhaust Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their target level for million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) for each year from 2025 to 2035 for (1) terrestrial emissions, (2)...

      Carbon Emissions: Trees

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish the level of (1) the demand for carbon dioxide of the UK’s tree cover, and (2) the amount of carbon dioxide...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the savings in emissions of million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) by (1) 2030, and (2) 2035, from the net zero-related...

  • Department for Education

    • Natural History: GCSE

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are their plans for the new natural history GCSE.

    • Unemployment: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to figures released by the Office for National Statistics on 21 November showing that 946,000 young people aged 16 to 24 are not currently in...

      Overseas Students: Hong Kong

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of university scholarships or bursaries available to prospective students on British National (Overseas)...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tourist Attractions: Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to promote the UNESCO designated Slate communities in Wales as tourist attractions for visitors to the UK.

    • Broadcasting and Newspaper Press: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the remarks by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport at the RTS London Convention in September that media organisations telling the truth...

      Charities: Employers' Contributions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on charities; and what discussions they have had with...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set a firm deadline for rolling out a new NHS dental contract, and if so, when this deadline will be.

    • Death: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Written answer by Baroness Merron on 28 November (HL1675), why on page 9 of the Child Death Reporting Form, under the heading "Domain B", there...

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