Written answers

Friday, 3 January 2025

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Economic Situation: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Enhanced Trade Partnership between his Department and the Greater Manchester Combined...

    • Vodafone Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what occasions Ministers in his Department met representatives of Vodafone in the last five years.

      Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2024 to Question 16140 on Nightclubs: Closures, what steps his Department plans to take to measure the...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture and Food: Aldershot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) farmers and (b) food producers use sustainable farming methods in Aldershot...

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many alcohol industry representatives have Ministers in his Department met with since July 2024.

      Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings he had with the (a) National Farmers' Union, (b) Country Land and Business Association, (c) Countryside...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) take steps to review the operation of the landing obligation and (b) publish the number of enforcement...

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of single-use plastic.

      Fly-tipping: Aldershot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help tackle illegal waste in Aldershot constituency.

      Animal Welfare: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing core standards for animal welfare; and what discussions...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Nationals Abroad: Carbon Monoxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning risks among British...

    • Israel: International Humanitarian Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of Israel's compliance with international humanitarian law in the context...

  • Department for Education

    • Breakfast Clubs: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on funding for breakfast clubs for children of people on the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle barriers teenagers and young adults with cancer face in accessing clinical trials.

    • Mental Illness: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of(a) the utilisation of psilocybin-based treatments for mental health...

      Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce (a) mandatory training and (b) policies on surgical fires within all NHS hospital settings.

      Death Certificates: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average time taken for deaths to be reviewed under the national medical examiner system since 9...

      Genetics: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was provided by NHS England to the Culturally Sensitive Genetic Literacy project in the current financial year.

      Sodium Valproate: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expedite implementation of the recommendations from the Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024; and...

      Haemochromatosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase diagnosis levels for genetic haemochromatosis.

      Viral Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to continue funding for the opt-out blood-borne virus testing programme at (a) St George's, Epsom and (b) St...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Languages

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to amend the Accessible Information Standard so that it is aligned with the recommendation of Healthwatch England to cover the needs of...

    • Transgender People: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care plans to meet with parents of trans children, as requested in correspondence from Lord Cashman to his...

      GP Connect: Medical Records

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of any findings or outcomes of the exploratory work completed by NHS England that is described in...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Disability: Rented Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 17 December (HL3216), whether they will consult with interested parties and expedite the...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Environment Protection: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to align the work of the Office for Clean Energy Jobs with the work of Skills England, and what processes and structural...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Squirrels

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the update to the grey squirrel action plan; and if so, when.

    • Deer

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the deer management strategy; and if so, when.

      Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the communique for the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs held on 18 November will be published on GOV.UK, given their commitment...

      Food: Waste

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce mandatory reporting of food waste within the supply chains of large food retailers.

      Agriculture: Beavers and Wild Boar

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce a compensation scheme for farmers for any damages to crops by (1) beavers and (2) wild boars, or to provide other...

      Environment Protection: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take account of the role played by environmental horticulture in their definition of green jobs.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Disinformation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend online intermediaries to combat misinformation and disinformation on their websites, as set out in their Draft Statement of Strategic...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Trade Unions: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have further plans to re-introduce the Union Learning Fund, the Union Modernisation Fund, or similar schemes for state funding of trade unions.

  • Department for Education

    • Chess

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much financial support has been provided to schools for the promotion of chess in each of the last three years.

    • Care Leavers: Asylum

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether local authorities are required to continue to accommodate former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children for whom they had responsibility once those...

      Schools: Academic Year

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many sessions each local authority-maintained school and each Academy school provided education in the 2022–23 school year; and what was the proportion...

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