Written answers

Thursday, 23 January 2025

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide funding for the recruitment and retention of the oncology workforce in the Buckinghamshire,...

    • IVF: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion Integrated Care Boards do not provide funding for IVF services.

      Health Mission Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) structure and (b) scope is of the cross-Government Health Mission Board.

      Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS Trusts paid to private companies for (a) outsourcing and (b) locums for radiology services in the most recent period for...

      Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NICE on ensuring that patient access to treatment for very rare diseases is not delayed in...

      GP Surgeries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of Integrated Care Boards taking steps to help general practitioners set up new...

      Department of Health and Social Care: British Dental Association

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how often he meets with the British Dental Association; and when he last met with that organisation.

      Autism and Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism in inpatient units; and...

      Disability Aids: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance clarifying the (a) roles and (b) responsibilities of (i) local services and (ii) the third sector in the...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans in rural areas have access to mental health support services.

      Dental Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding levels for NHS Dentists in the South West of England; and if his...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the data on the number of general practitioners employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme will be available.

      Offences against Children: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a study of the impact of rape gang grooming on the long-term (a)...

      Offences against Children: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has allocated funding for victims of grooming gangs.

      Offences against Children: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role NHS Trusts have in (a) identifying and (b) reporting suspected incidences of child grooming by organised gangs.

      Dentistry: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists have been recruited via the dental recruitment incentive scheme in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) review and (b) reform the national contract for dentists; and what the timeline is for implementation.

      Social Prescribing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of social prescribing to treat medical conditions.

      Postnatal Care: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve provision of post-natal mental health care in Lincolnshire.

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will the allocation of GP funding for 2025-26 be published.

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) the funding provided through and (b) other aspects of general practitioner core...

      Drugs: Hospices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospices (a) have all medication supplied (i) for free and (ii) at a discounted rate and (b) do not have medication supplied by the NHS.

      Surgery: Medical Treatments Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help inform people of the potential risks of of undertaking (a) cosmetic or (b) elective surgery...

      Long Covid: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of Long Covid clinics.

      Cerebral Palsy: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help young people with cerebral palsy.

      Slaughterhouses: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) verbal warnings, (b) written warnings, (c) enforcement notices and (d) referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service for...

      Liver Cancer: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase public awareness on the prevention of liver cancer.

      Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15751 on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services, when he expects...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons why NHS Trusts are not currently meeting the 31-day cancer waiting time standard.

      Defibrillators: Emergency Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require all emergency service vehicles to have defibrillators.

      Commercial Clinical Trials in the UK Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Full government response to the Lord O'Shaughnessy review into commercial clinical trials, published on 8 December...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to engage with (a) parliamentarians and (b) healthcare stakeholders on steps to improve health inequalities.

      Breast Cancer: Merton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the location of a breast cancer screening site in Merton; and if he will make an assessment of...

      Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to set an early diagnosis target for blood cancers.

      Diseases: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment pathways for patients with (i) hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on the potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of deaths that are directly attributable to alcohol.

      Chronic Illnesses: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) promote and (b) support participation in physical activity for people with long-term...

      Breast Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to meet with the leadership of the Lobular Moon Shot Project to discuss funding.

      Addictions: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to fund provisions for addiction support services in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.

      Primary Biliary Cholangitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) awareness and (b) understanding of primary biliary cholangitis among (i) general practitioners...

      Tobacco: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will be resuming the annual evidence reviews on tobacco-based products...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce an alcohol strategy.

      Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee review of its advice on screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary...

      Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to offer early diagnosis to people suspected of suffering from osteoporosis.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the process for developing the new national cancer plan will include consultation with cancer (a) charities and (b) patient...

      Obesity: Derbyshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce waiting times for Tier 3 weight management services in Derbyshire.

      General Practitioners: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of comparative data for GPs undertaking...

      General Practitioners: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the potential (a) savings to the NHS, (b) impact on waiting times and (c) impact on the workload of...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent advice from the British Medical Association to...

      Asthma: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the severe asthma service specification in ensuring eligible severe asthma patients...

      Ear, Nose and Throat Conditions: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting to undergo otolaryngology surgery.

      Diabetes: Insulin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue new guidance on the use of (a) Novarapid, (b) Insulin flextouch, (c) Insulatard and (d) Levimir for diabetes...

  • Home Office

    • Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of announcing a national inquiry into grooming gangs; and what steps she is taking to...

    • Immigration: Personal Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for making a decision on the minimum income requirement once the Migration Advisory Committee review has completed.

      Mobile Phones: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of mobile phone theft have been reported in Eastleigh constituency since 2020.

      Licensing Laws

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15651 on Licensing Laws, whether she plans to reply to the alcohol easement...

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a substantive Answer to Question 20914 on Gender Dysphoria: Surgery, tabled on 18 December 2024.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their Indefinite Leave to Remain status rescinded in each year for which data is available.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claimed asylum by country of origin in each month of 2024.

      Asylum: Age Assurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases taken by the National Age Assessment Board were assessed as (a) under 18 years of age and (b) 18 years or older.

      Passports: Forgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for using forged passports at airports in the last 12 months.

      Animal Experiments: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's report entitled Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2023,...

      British Nationality: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of a charging structure for citizenship applications based on recovering...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress of the transition to eVisas.

      Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders: Sutton

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the pilot rollout of (a) Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and (b) Domestic Abuse Protection Orders in Sutton will be reviewed to assess...

      Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle spiking by means of injection.

      Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been returned to their country of origin by the Third Country Unit in the last five years.

      Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of illegal migrants have been deported following an immigration raid in each of the last five years.

      People Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people smuggling gangs have been disbanded since the establishment of the Border Security Command.

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders who left prison following a sentence of 12 months or more were deported in each...

  • Department for Education

    • Child Poverty Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions on the Child Poverty Engagement Plan in which regions the Child Poverty Taskforce has had with (a) devolved governments, (b) elected...

    • Natural History: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to publish a timetable for the introduction of a Natural History GCSE.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system in supporting children with acquired brain...

      Breakfast Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools delivering free school breakfasts will be allowed to charge for provision outside the free 30 minute entitlement.

      Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to (a) support the private education sector and (b) encourage its expansion (i) domestically and (ii) internationally.

      Children: Speech and Language Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing funding for speech and language interventions earlier than reception age and...

      Pupils: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent bullying in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Essex.

      Schools: Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle anti-semitism in schools.

      Nurseries: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory requirements for nurseries to provide itemised...

      Extended Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to support local authorities to provide activities which promote children’s (a) health, (b) wellbeing and (c) learning during...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to lower rates of student absence in secondary schools in (a) Essex and (b) South Basildon and East Thurrock...

      Educational Institutions: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national safeguarding framework for all educational institutions including academies.

      Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand the statutory definition of Children Missing Education to include children with special educational needs not...

      Childcare: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that childcare providers are not able to charge for childcare costs on days where they are unable to deliver the service.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make it easier for parents to obtain Education, Health and Care plans.

      Pupil Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for Pupil Premium Plus to (a) children who have not been looked after...

      School Rebuilding Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of school rebuilding projects have (a) been completed, (b) been completed within their intended time frame and (c) have...

      School Rebuilding Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated in total for the school rebuilding programme.

      Special Educational Needs: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to extend the Targeted Retention Incentive to specialist SEND teachers.

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many temporary classrooms are currently in use in schools across England, broken down by number in use in (a) primary schools (b) secondary...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number of school children that are in absolute poverty.

      Child Poverty Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Child Poverty Taskforce has had with children and families living in poverty.

      Brain: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish guidance on the risks to children of acquired brain injuries in (a) schools and (b) sports clubs.

  • Ministry of Justice

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Overseas Trade: El Salvador

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his policies and (b) impact on bilateral trade relations...

    • Riot Control Weapons: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on the export of police crowd control equipment to the US.

      Exports: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the transition from SPIRE to LITE in relation to licence applications made to the Export Control Joint Unit.

      Employment: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he is having with employers on ensuring that frontline workers receive adequate (a) debriefing, (b) peer support spaces, (c)...

      Bicycles and Electric Bicycles: Antidumping Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of anti-dumping measures on (a) electric and (b) pedal bikes from China on bicycle...

      Department for Business and Trade: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has to tackle barriers to implementing suicide prevention training in the workplace.

      Postal Services: Frome and East Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of first class post in Frome and East Somerset constituency is delivered on time.

      Department for Business and Trade: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time...

      Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on measures to achieve net zero targets in the last five years.

      Fertility: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of women being able to access paid leave for fertility treatment on the economy.

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is having discussions with Royal Mail on (a) instances of repeat error charges and (b) the effectiveness of its complaints...

      Department for Business and Trade: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.

      Department for Business and Trade: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f)...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for the future of community involvement schemes following the closure of the Community Ownership Fund.

    • Postal Workers: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with postal workers on the potential impact of low-level letter boxes on health...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the draft Local Government Finance Settlement published on 18 December 2024, HCWS342, what her...

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to promote the English language other than through (a) schemes for people from Ukraine and Hong...

      Planning Permission: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of putting the agent of change principle on a statutory footing.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 64 of the Devolution White Paper (CP 1218), published on 16 December 2024, whether Spatial...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16948 on Planning Permission, what previous guidance has been...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Questions 19351 and 19356 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she...

      Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on when planning permission is required to rent out a dwelling as a...

      Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require housing...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20226 on Environment Impact Assessment, what her planned...

      Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of Homes England’s investment programmes was spent in rural settlements with a population of...

      Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timescale is for the proposed changes to the rules on ground rent.

      Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of completions funded by Homes England's Affordable Homes Programme were in rural settlements with a...

      Property Development: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to require developers to complete flood defences committed to at planning...

      Social Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help foster collaboration between (a) housing associations and (b) local...

      Property Development: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was between completion of a development in areas at risk of flooding and installation of...

      Planning: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature...

      Eden Project: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timetable is for releasing funds for the Eden Project North.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Foster Care

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister's Office offers employees who are foster carers (a) flexible working, (b) paid time off for (i) training and (ii) settling a...

    • Government Departments: Sanitation

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the policy of the Government Property Agency is on (a) retaining or (b) removing gender neutral toilets from the Government Estate, in the context...

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when affected family members of people with blood infected by hepatitis B will be able to apply for compensation.

      Honours: Forfeiture

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether breaching the Business Appointment Rules is grounds for consideration by the Forfeiture Committee...

      Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 18402 on Freedom of Information, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent FOI...

      Emergencies: Planning

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the national resilience review will prioritise national adaptation to extreme weather.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22905 on State Retirement Pensions: Women and with reference to page 11 of his Department's...

      Tulip Siddiq

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to the Prime Minister of 14 January 2025, what information his...

      Prime Minister: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what purposes (a) special advisers and (b) officials in 10 Downing Street have used AI in the last 12 months.

      10 Downing Street: Artworks

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 12231 on 10 Downing Street: Art Works, if he will list each of the other (a) works of art and...

      Consumers: Pensioners

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of trends in the level of consumer spending amongst pensioners in quarter four of (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.

      Former Prime Ministers: Convictions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 18205 on Former Prime Ministers: Convictions, and with reference to paragraph 1.6 of the...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Boilers: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of gas boilers installed each year by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.

    • Gas Fired Power Stations: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost was of operating gas power plants through the Balancing Mechanism in each month since July 2024.

      Fossil Fuels: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the oil and gas sector contributes to meeting global climate targets.

      Offshore Industry: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs in the decommissioning sector of the offshore oil and gas industry in...

      Solar Power: Forced Labour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Solar Stewardship Initiative Traceability Standard on helping to tackle...

      Wind Power: Fylde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the area’s badger population of proposals for the Morgan and Morecambe...

      Offshore Industry: Corporation Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the document entitled UKCS Decommissioning Cost and Performance Update 2024, published on 16 June 2024, whether...

      Wind Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the estimated cost was of curtailment payments to wind generators in each month since July 2024.

      Energy: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the estimated cost of energy imports was in each month since July 2024.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of future heat pump uptake in each year to 2035.

      Carbon Emissions: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the AI Opportunities Action Plan on trends in the level of carbon emissions.

      Electricity: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he make an assessment of the potential impact of the AI Opportunities Action Plan on trends in the level of electricity demand.

      Renewable Energy: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the AI Opportunities Action Plan on the Clean Power Action Plan.

      AI Energy Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how the AI Energy Council will engage with the (a) renewables, (b) nuclear, and (c) oil and gas industries.

      AI Energy Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how the AI Energy Council will engage with (a) the National Energy System Operator and (b) Distribution Network Operators.

      Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of incentives to landlords to improve the energy efficiency of residential properties.

      Great British Energy: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Great British Energy on the cost of energy bills paid by...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii)...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.

      Fossil Fuels: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps with his international counterparts to negotiate a treaty on ending the (a) use and (b) production of fossil...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) clarify (i) liability and (ii) enforcement thresholds under the Online Safety...

    • Intellectual Property: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to introduce transparency obligations on generative AI developers to disclose detailed information on...

      Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish the Sullivan Review.

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of copyright law to ensure that creators are remunerated for the use of their...

      Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Succession Select search tool published by Cabinet Office and the Department for Science, Innovation...

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the use of artificial intelligence complies with existing copyright law.

      Suicide: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle websites which (a) promote and (b) normalise suicide.

      Artificial Intelligence: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that the use of AI does not lead to large scale job losses.

      Artificial Intelligence: Data Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed AI data centres on UK (a) security and (b) defence.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armenia: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his Armenian counterparts on strategic defence cooperation with that country.

    • Ministry of Defence: Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

      Artificial Intelligence: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AI tool entitled MOD: Textio, published on 17 December 2024, whether the tool has been programmed to (a) avoid unconscious bias...

      Armed Forces: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department issues guidance to the armed forces on the use of barracks to host MP constituency surgeries for serving personnel.

      Defence: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the defence industry of lost output arising from protests at (a) Glasgow Govan shipyard, (b)...

      RAF Odiham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to transfer the management of RAF Odiham from the Army to the Royal Air Force.

  • Treasury

    • Economic Policy: Argentina

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential lessons that could be learned for (a) her Department and (b) other Departments from the policies of the...

    • Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation into breaches of Russian sanctions (a) are open and (b) have been undertaken...

      Financial Services: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take to help asset management firms access the Chinese market.

      Hospitality Sector: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the hospitality industry; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending VAT for that sector.

      Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line 26 on page 118 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will disaggregate the measures of (a)...

      Military Bases: Diego Garcia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21589 on Military Bases: Diego Garcia, when she plans to publish the costs of the (a) proposed...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 26 November 2024 from the hon. Member for North Norfolk, reference SA01948.

      Government Departments: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make updates to the Financial Reporting Manual.

      Council Tax: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15199 on Council Tax: Wales, if he will list each individual value significant code that is utilised...

      Child Trust Fund: North East Somerset and Hanham

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults who are eligible for the Child Trust Fund have not accessed their fund in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency.

      Billing: Digital Technology

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for the proposed consultation on e-invoicing.

      Treasury: Media

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the full introduction of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulation on Northern Ireland...

      Agriculture and Food

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the adequacy of support available for farmers...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to respond to the email of 9 December 2024 from the office of the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth.

      Income Tax: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 23717 on Income Tax: Tax Allowances, if she will make an estimate of the number of full time...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year since the payment was made.

      Business Rates: Reform

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase the speed at which reforms are conducted to the business rates system.

      Offshore Industry: Corporation Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list the oil and gas fields that qualified for relief from corporation tax on decommissioning expenditure in the offshore oil and gas sector in...

      National Insurance: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing progressive banding for National Insurance.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Elon Musk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with President-Elect Trump on comments made by Elon Musk via social media posts about...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question HL2411 on FCDO: Flags, how much has been spent on...

      Berlin: Global Disability Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he is having with disabled people to help ensure that their views are represented at the Global...

      Development Aid: Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will end aid spending to countries which have a space programme.

      Cabinet Office: Global Disability Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department plan to attend the Global Disability Summit in April 2025.

      Cabinet Office: Global Disability Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his priorities are for the third Global Disability Summit in April 2025.

      Nutrition for Growth Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) a Minister in his Department plans to attend the Nutrition For Growth Summit in Paris in 2025.

      Venezuela: Politics and Government

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

      Bangladesh: Corruption and Money Laundering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart on (a) corruption in Bangladesh and (b) the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public...

      USA: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister has received an invitation to the US President's inauguration.

      Southeast Asia: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the protection of religious freedom in (a) Brunei, (b) Laos, (c)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i)...

      Tibet: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in the autonomous region of Tibet following the...

      Greta Marie Otteson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Vietnamese counterpart on the case of Greta Marie Otteson.

      Southeast Asia: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the reported persecution...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department notified the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government about the...

      Japan: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department took to support the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony in August 2024; and if he will make...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

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

      BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on the funding model for the BBC World Service.

      BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on funding for the BBC World Service beyond the 2025-26...

      Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to ratify the UN Global Ocean...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Religious Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to provide funding for the ongoing (a) preservation and (a) repair of listed places of worship.

    • Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20386 on Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, when she will publish the...

      Football Index

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations on the collapse of Football Index.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) her Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii)...

      Night-time Economy: Nightclubs and Music Venues

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the electronic music and nightclub sector on the night-time culture economy.

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) her Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for...

    • Driving Instruction: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) recruiting new driving instructors and (b) opening new test centres in the Surrey Heath...

      Shipping: Liberia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to publish its report into the loss of a crew member on the Liberian flagged drill rig jack...

      Bus Services: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential advantages of TransXChange over the GTFS Plus format for bus Real Time Information provision.

      Vehicles: Electric Cables and Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rodents on soy-based wiring and insulation used in vehicles.

      Southeastern: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with Southeastern Rail on the (a) flexibility and (b) affordability of its fares.

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2023 to Question 169467 on Public Transport, when her Department plans to publish the final report on the...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled Pavement parking: options for change, published on 31 August 2020.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Domestic Waste: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds data produced by WRAP on the number of containers required for waste and recycling collections...

    • Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned modelling on the reduction in residual waste collection frequency as a consequence...

      Domestic Waste: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20290 on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, whether his Department has...

      Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has held discussions with WRAP on the frequency of household residual bin collections by local waste collection...

      River Wye: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementing the River Wye Action Plan.

      Bridges: Runnymede and Weybridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 on Bridges: Runnymede and Weybridge, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will outline his Department’s planned timetable for reviewing the funding formula for flood defences.

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2025 to Question 20325 on Flood Control: Finance, when his Department plans to begin the...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the condition of water supplied by Thames Water.

      Rivers: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 13 October 2023 to Question 201037 on Rivers: Environment Protection, what steps his...

      Beavers: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to permit the controlled release of beavers into the countryside.

  • Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned timetable is for the publication of the Child Poverty Strategy; and whether an (a) interim report and (b) update will be...

    • State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 23268 on State Retirement Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to advise people...

      Social Security Benefits: Forms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many NCC1 application forms were (a) received and (b) approved in each month in 2024.

      Remote Working: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage people with physical illnesses to work from home.

      Shipping: Liberia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she expects the Health and Safety Executive to publish its report into the loss of a crew member on the Liberian flagged drill rig jack...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department spent on (a) media and (b) voice training for Ministers between 4 July 2022 and 4 July 2024.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) her Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time...

      Life Expectancy: Glasgow North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the previous Government's policies on life expectancy in Glasgow North East...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Candidates: Expenditure

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on...

    • Candidates: Expenditure

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report,...

      Elections

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Commission has to consult on changes to electoral (a)...

      Parliamentary Parties Panel

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what topics the Commission has (a) open consultations (i) through the...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality: Hair

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to amend the list of protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 to include hair colour.

  • Leader of the House

    • Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Questions

      To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance her Department has issued on how the policy and work of non-ministerial departments can be scrutinised by (a) oral and (b) written Parliamentary...

    • Government Departments: Written Questions

      To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18705 on Home Office: Equality, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Church Commissioners: Food Banks

      To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Commissioners offered local food banks during the run up to Christmas.

    • Churches: Music

      To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support churches in rural areas engage local communities in music.

      Churches: Conservation

      To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to help ensure the preservation of historic churches in (a) South Holland and the Deepings...

  • Wales Office

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Safeguarding the Union command paper, published on 31 January 2024.

  • Scotland Office

    • City Region Deals: Edinburgh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Edinburgh City Region Deal.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Yemen: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current level of starvation in Yemen.

    • Iran: Political Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they intend to make to the government of Iran concerning the execution sentence of Pakhshan Azizi.

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many humanitarian lorries were allowed into Gaza in (1) 2020, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025 to date.

      Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made regarding the Declaration of humanity by leaders of faith and leaders of belief, published in 2020; how many leaders have signed the...

      Gaza and West Bank: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have directly funded any British medical personnel to provide medical relief and assistance to Gaza and the West Bank, with a particular focus on...

      Belarus: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing persecution of religious minorities and Catholic clergy in Belarus, including the sentencing of Father Henrykh...

      Sudan: Ceasefires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to support progress towards a ceasefire, and ultimately an end to the conflict, in Sudan.

      Iraq: Yazidis

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to raise, during the forthcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Iraq, the position of the Yazidi minority and the security situation in Sinjar,...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to combat global activism against sexual and reproductive rights.

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include a reference to allocating 10 per cent of Official Development Assistance to sexual and reproductive health and rights to achieve...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are their priorities in formulating their policies on sexual and reproductive rights.

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include a reference to Official Development Assistance support for sexual and reproductive health and rights to achieve gender equality in...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Cultural Heritage: Solar Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal to cover the ancient Roman site at Richborough with solar panels.

    • Advertising: Children and Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the potential benefits of strengthening advertising regulation in relation to children and young people.

      Loneliness: Diseases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of research by Cambridge University and Fudan University showing a link between social isolation and the increased risk of...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Antidepressants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of anti-depressants in treating (1) mild, (2) moderate, and (3) severe, depression.

    • General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many fully qualified GPs have been recruited since the general election (1) under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, and (2) through any other...

      Antidepressants: Pescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of adults in England currently receive prescriptions for anti-depressants.

      Antidepressants: Side Effects

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any unintended consequences of taking anti-depressants.

      Antidepressants: Pescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of anti-depressants in each of the past ten years; and how many they prescribed in each of those years.

      Family Hubs

      To ask His Majesty's Government following their announcement on 10 January that approximately £57 million will be made available to local authorities for the continuation of Start for Life...

      Drugs: Older People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of prescribing tablets to patients aged over 70 in each of the past ten years; and what assessment they have made of any unintended...

      Family Hubs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following their announcement on 10 January that approximately £57 million will be made available to local authorities for the continuation of Start for...

      Medical Records: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of healthcare professionals using AI tools to listen to and transcribe patient notes; and whether they intend to introduce...

      Social Services: Gender

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue guidance regarding single-sex provision in social care settings, including nursing homes and people's own homes, for adults with...

      NHS: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to facilitate medically qualified individuals from abroad who have been granted leave to remain in the UK having their qualifications...

      Exercise: Social Prescribing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what data they have collected on the scale of exercise-based social prescribing.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Mayors: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the English Devolution White Paper on 16 December 2024 (CP 1218), whether Bedford Borough Council, the London Borough of Croydon,...

    • Homelessness: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for establishing a youth homelessness dashboard; and what plans they have to improve data collection on this issue.

      Electoral Register

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of individuals in England on the parliamentary electoral register, and what percentage this represents of the...

      Land Registry: Buildings

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for Land Registry staff to work in their offices, and of the effects, if any, of staff working from home on the...

      Empty Property

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of empty houses in each of the past three years.

      National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Victoria Tower Gardens

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their definition of "Holocaust" for the purposes of the learning centre planned for Victoria Tower Gardens by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation; and to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Political Parties: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to prevent political parties registered in Northern Ireland from receiving donations from people and organisations based in the...

    • Schools: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in developing a twinning programme for primary schools in Northern Ireland, as proposed in Annex B of Command Paper 1021,...

      Northern Ireland Civil Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in facilitating collaboration between the Northern Ireland Civil Service and the Civil Service to support the transformation...

      UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the “series of papers that make the case, through sectoral analysis, for Northern Ireland’s place in the Union and ways in...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: LGBT+ People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the LGBT+ ban in the armed forces.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the Child Poverty Taskforce has made of the potential benefits of statutory child poverty reduction targets.

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Bangladesh

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to restrict visas for individuals implicated in alleged illegal activity who are associated with the former Bangladeshi regime of Sheikh Hasina.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Freedom of Expression

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the decision by Meta to end fact-checking across its online platforms will have on the implementation of the...

    • Cybersecurity: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government which projects to boost the UK's cyber resilience will be supported from the allocation of £1.9 million announced by the Government on 8 January.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports showing a decline in recruitment, what steps they are taking to encourage firms to continue hiring.

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the most recent review was undertaken of the use made by local authorities of their duty under section 10(1) of the Children Act 2004 (Co-operation to...

    • Children and Young People: Social Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government when regulations will next be made under sections 17 (Children and young people’s plans) and 66 (Regulations and Orders) of the Children Act 2004.

      Children: Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the proposed power in clause 43 (Academies: power to secure performance of proprietor’s duties etc) of the Children’s Wellbeing and...

      Children: Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue guidance under sections 10(8), 10(10) and 12B(4) of the Children Act 2004.

      Holiday Activities and Food Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to adjust the eligibility criteria of the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme to better target support and reduce stigma for...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Beverage Containers: Waste Disposal

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much extra (1) plastic, (2) paper, and (3) other materials, they expect to be generated following the decision not to introduce a mandatory take-back...

  • Treasury

    • Public Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to lay the finalised Charter for Budget Responsibility before Parliament, following the draft Charter of Autumn of 2024.

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation: Russia

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ban all airlines that fly to and from Russia from UK airspace to ensure that the UK does not indirectly support the Russian aviation sector;...

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