Written answers

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the prevention stream of the health mission; and when he plans to publish an update from the...

    • Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 24256 on Electronic Cigarettes: Young People, whether the...

      Patients: Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing smoking cessation support to patients who are in hospital receiving care for...

      Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in (a) England, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c)...

      Suicide: Missing Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the correlation between trends in the number of people (a) going missing and (b)...

      Mental Health Services: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams there were in (a) Worsley and Eccles constituency, (b) Salford and (c) Wigan in each year since 2014.

      Givinostat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of approving Givinostat for use to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in (a) Royal...

      Varicose Veins: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the criteria for removing varicose veins to include the level of pain...

      Miscarriage: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on improving the recording of miscarriage data in cases where women have had...

      Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GPs have the necessary (a) equipment and (b) training to (i) support people experiencing the...

      Menopause: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to launch a public health information campaign for menopause.

      Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Understanding Menopause guidance by Menopause Support UK will be published.

      Endometriosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to improve working conditions for people living with endometriosis.

      Menopause: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will conduct a review of surgical menopause care.

      Endometriosis: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support people suffering with Endometriosis in Greater Manchester across regional healthcare settings.

      Health Services: Transgender People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve access to the NHS for transgender adults.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27757 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Relations, what the purpose...

      Baby Loss Certificates: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with counterparts in the Welsh Government on making baby loss certificates available in Wales.

      IVF: East Midlands

      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 proposals of the East Midlands fertility policy review...

      Infant Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce instances of infant deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

      Health Services: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of debt has been written off by NHS Trusts as a result of overseas visitors in each of the last 12 months.

      Gender Dysphoria: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals for masculinising chest surgery there were from the NHS Gender Dysphoria National Referral Support Service in each...

      Locums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a table of the number of (a) doctors, (b) registered nurses and (c) medical scientists were employed as locums in each...

      Incontinence: Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of (a) avoidable skin infections, (b) pressure ulcers and (c) urinary tract infections...

      Sports: Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on regulating sports therapists.

      Surgical Mesh Implants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve access to and (b) reduce waiting lists for the UK's 9 independent NHS pelvic mesh centres.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of NHS staff pay increases on the (a) availability and (b) quality of patient services.

      NHS 111: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation on the 111 NHS contact number in 2024.

      NHS England: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26430 on NHS England: Staff, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 26782 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 27 January 2025.

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis on providing additional support to prevent the closure of key strategic steel plants.

      Stellantis: Luton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Stellantis on the closure of their Luton plant.

      Postal Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on recent service disruptions in the SW17 postcode.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the bedroom tax on the number of incidences of exploitation by criminals taking over...

    • Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question HL4289 on Pension Credit and with reference to the oral contribution of the...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Street Trading: Westminster Bridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517, on Crime: Westminster Bridge, what steps her Department...

    • Council Tax: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving people who have missed a single council tax...

      Council Tax: Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the level of reasonable costs that local authorities can recover when issuing a...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the construction of housing developments on infrastructure in...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24422 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her Department's target to build 1.5 million houses by July 2029.

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the use of Special Development Orders.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average Band D council tax is for England (a) excluding and (b) including parish precepts in 2025-26.

      Empty Property: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the empty homes council tax premium on the number...

      Housing: Windows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23355 on Housing: Windows, what the (a) local exceptions and (b)...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23867 on Local Government Finance, what core spending power...

      Unitary Councils: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has she made of the debt-sharing arrangements for the proposed unitary authorities in Surrey.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she increased council tax referendum thresholds.

      Local Government: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local...

      Local Government: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 25392 on Local Government: Devolution, whether her Department...

      Combined Authorities: Borrowing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to monitor municipal borrowing by (a) combined authorities and (b) combined county authorities.

      Housing First

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of starting a national roll out of Housing First.

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Russian and (b) Chinese citizens on the Scottish electoral register but not on the UK Parliamentary...

      Property: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent and (b) protect victims of title fraud.

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23792 on Social Rented Housing: Construction, how many social...

      Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 24506, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, what guidance...

      Charities: Employers' Contributions

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

      Veterans: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has she made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of the support available to veterans...

      GreenSquareAccord

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Housing Ombudsman Service's report Special Report on GreenSquareAccord, published in October...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - December...

      Regeneration: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the regeneration of town centres affected by...

      Local Growth Deals: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using local growth funding to help increase...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on ensuring that constraints on the...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when local elections will be held for (a) areas submitting reorganisation proposals by May 2025, (b) Devolution...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to provide an Answer to Question 25490 tabled by the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton on 21...

    • Methane: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on the development of a national...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of changes in the level of annual water bills for...

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle illegal sewage dumping.

      Tree Planting: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on planting trees along new roads.

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Departments planned timeline is to ensure that at least 50% of all food purchased by the public sector is (a)...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the findings in the UK Food Security Report, published on 11 December 2024 on resilience to...

      Flood Control: Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking steps to use the Government's tree planting programme to help tackle down-stream flooding.

      Floods Resilience Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Flood Resilience Taskforce Meeting held on 5 February 2025.

      Dogs: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to ban the commercial movement of pregnant dogs.

      Dangerous Dogs: Cats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will amend the law on dangerous dogs attacking cats to hold owners responsible.

      Primates: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for banning the trade of primates as pets in the UK.

      Peat: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to ban the sale of bagged peat compost.

      Animal Products: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing labelling on animal products that will inform consumers...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to strengthen the powers of water regulators.

      Water: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve water infrastructure.

      Sewers: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating sustainable drainage systems in all new developments.

      Water: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring water companies to implement pollution incident...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure affordable water supply for households.

      Farms: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average return on capital employed of family-owned farms in (a) England and (b) the UK.

      Microplastics: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains, published in Nature...

      Water: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, whether his...

      Water Supply: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the accountability of water company executives for water service failures.

      Fluorinated Gases: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will publish the consultation on fluorinated gas regulation.

      Fluorinated Gases: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will meet with manufacturers from the (a) heating, (b) refrigeration and (c) air conditioning industries to discuss...

      National Highways: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring the ownership of balancing ponds owned by National...

      Water: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Southern Water on steps to improve water quality in the South East.

      Agriculture: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers to adapt to (a) flooding, (b) droughts and (c) other impacts of...

      Estuaries: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on using (a) nature-based solutions, (b) salt-marshes and (c) mussel-farming to help...

      River Teign: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Environment Agency to tackle the flow of pollution from the River Teign into (a) bathing...

      Weather: Warnings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence his Department is gathering to inform future rainfall assumptions in flood prediction modelling.

      Sewage: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of blocked drains on flooding.

      Pesticides: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to change pesticide maximum residue level regulations in Great Britain to align with the EU regime still in...

      Small Modular Reactors: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of Small Modular Reactors on water security.

      Small Modular Reactors: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor and report on water usage by Small Modular Reactors.

      Rivers: Dredging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reinstate dredging to increase river capacity.

      Water Supply: Lead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle toxic lead pipes in housing in (a) England, (b) East Anglia and (c) South West...

      Clean Air Zones: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21148 on Air Pollution, which local authorities his Department is...

      Water Supply and Sewage: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory guidance his Department issues to water companies on issuing compensation to customers in cases where the...

      Reservoirs: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Reeves: I am going further and faster to kick start the economy, published on...

      Sewers: West Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of degraded drainage infrastructure on trends in flooding levels in West...

      Water Charges: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to help consumers with the cost of water bills.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of recent flooding response preparations.

      Sewage: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support people who become ill from sewage discharge.

      Farms: Productivity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of farm size on farm productivity.

      Food: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department first knew about the 7 day delay to changes in the IPAFFS IT system, following the outbreak of foot and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Indo-Pacific Region: Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to deploy the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific this year.

    • Ministry of Defence: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to (a) review and (b) release (i) underused and (ii) surplus land to help meet housing targets in South and North Cotswolds.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure the protection of (a) medical equipment in hospitals in Gaza and...

    • Gaza: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a medical evacuation scheme for children in Gaza.

      Israel: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that UK (a) defence equipment supplied to and (b) trade...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on its international obligations on the United...

      Gaza: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many medical evacuations from Gaza to the UK have been (a) requested by the UK and (b) successfully conducted...

      Genocide: Export Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his correspondence of 8 January 2024 to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, if he will...

      Israel: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making Israel a Human Rights Priority country.

      Gaza: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on the killing of (a) Saher al-Qaran and (b) other...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on tackling irregular migration to the UK.

      British Nationals Abroad: Carbon Monoxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of integrating carbon monoxide risks into country-based...

      Iraq: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on strengthening UK-Iraq relations.

      Gaza: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the establishment of a medical evacuation...

      Northern Ireland Executive: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of its international...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the projected financial commitments within the revised agreement with Mauritius on...

      Commonwealth: International Court of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has withdrawn the veto on the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice on disputes...

      USA: International Criminal Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his US counterpart on British citizens and their families impacted by that...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take with his (a) US and (b) EU counterparts to provide additional support to Ukraine.

      Russia: Subversion

      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 recent attempts by Russia to...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost is of the financial settlement for the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Indian Ocean Territory

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which groups of Chagossians he has met with; and when he met them.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many counter proposals the Government has received from the Mauritian Government on the future sovereignty of...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has agreed any changes to (a) the proposed treaty and (b) financial arrangements connected...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has incurred in legal costs on the Chagos Islands since 5 July 2024.

  • Home Office

    • Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) victims and (b) perpetrators of live cases of gang-based child sexual exploitation.

    • Missing Persons: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce missing incidents and (b) provide additional support to people at risk of going missing from BAME...

      Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support organisations that help victims of (a) gender based violence and (b) domestic abuse.

      Recreation Spaces: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect women and girls in or around parks and commons in Clapham and Brixton Hill constituency.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing firearms license fees on (a) farmers and (b) rural communities.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes made to her Department's guidance entitled Nationality: good character...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out the the routes to British citizenship open to people who secure indefinite leave to remain having arrived in the UK by...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on routes into the creative sector for young people in West Yorkshire.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Churches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings she has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) the Roman Catholic Church and (c) representatives of non-conformist...

      Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish her Department's equality impact assessment in relation to changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme.

      Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the Listed Places of Worship Scheme on the (a) restoration and (b)...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Surrey Heath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of school measures to tackle (a) threatening behaviour and (b) bullying via smartphones in Surrey Heath...

    • Home Education: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to identify children who are educated outside of school in Gloucester constituency.

      Special Educational Needs: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of steps to help local authorities to reduce SEND-related travel costs.

      Natural History: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the introduction of a Natural History GCSE.

      Special Educational Needs: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of changing school registration forms to enable teachers to identify children born...

      Curriculum: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to make (a) blood, (b) plasma, (c) platelet, (d) organ, (e) stem cell and (f) tissue donation a mandatory part...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will pause the safety valve scheme until it's review is published.

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the Growth and Skills Levy.

      Minerals: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the future level of skills needed to attract and train young people in the responsible extraction and recycling of...

      Foster Care: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with local authorities to help (a) recruit and (b) retain foster carers in Gloucester constituency.

      Carers: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22689 on Carers: Social Security Benefits, what assessment she has made of the potential impact...

      Carers: Gloucester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support kinship carers in Gloucester constituency.

      Adult Education: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value was of the Education and Skills Funding Agency Adult Education Budget allocated to Kent County Council in the (a) 2023-24 and (b)...

      Nurseries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the maintained nursery school supplementary funding formula.

      Nannies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandatory registration on the Ofsted register for nannies.

      Missing People: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to update the statutory guidance on children that (a) run away and (b) go missing from home or care.

      Schools: Brighton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received any (a) advice or (b) communication from the Office of the Schools Adjudicator on Brighton and Hove City Council’s...

      Performing Arts: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill on local authority licensing for young...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a UK-EU youth mobility scheme.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Social Media: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of social media algorithms on recent trends in the level of misogynistic...

    • Internet: Self-harm and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government is taking steps to encourage (a) social media and (b) search platforms to go beyond the requirements...

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the Small but Risky taskforce will meet; and how the group will tackle the risk posed by dangerous online platforms.

      Internet: Self-harm and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of the provisions of the Online Safety Act 2023 to help tackle...

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) accessibility and (b) maintenance of rural roads.

    • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what purposes the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.

      Motorways: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support Surrey residents affected by the delayed roadworks at Junction 10 on the M25 motorway.

      Roads: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the rural road network.

      Driving Licences: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of graduated driving licences on levels of deaths of young drivers.

      Roads: Horses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) awareness and (b) compliance with Rule 215 of The Highway Code.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offences against Children: Family Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the (a) number of cases of child sexual assault brought forward at family court in the last five years and (b)...

    • Criminal Injuries Compensation: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (a) how many people received awards and (b) what the value of those awards were in (i)...

      Overcrowding: Secure Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce overcrowding on the secure estate.

      Probation: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of probation officer salaries in the context of the (a) workload and (b) level of stress...

      Repossession Orders: Tyne and Wear

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many households received a possession proceedings order after receiving a Section 21 notice in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) North Tyneside in...

      County Courts: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what performance monitoring is in place to monitor how many calls are unanswered in County Courts when individuals are trying to book a public counter...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including air-to-air heat pumps in the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

    • Electric Cables: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Ofgem have made an estimate of the relative costs per KM of installing (a) overhead, (b) underground and (c) offshore...

      Energy Company Obligation: District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on funding for shared ground loops under the Energy Company Obligation Scheme.

  • Treasury

    • Orchestras: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to orchestral tax relief for International work on the orchestral sector's ability to...

    • Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of family farm was used when developing changes to inheritance tax relief for (a) business and (b) agricultural assets.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Ports: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have created the £10 million fund to boost investment in strategically important ports linking Northern Ireland and Great Britain as set out in...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Houseboats

      To ask His Majesty's Government what legislation protects boat dwellers whose boat is their only home; and whether any additional legal protections for those individuals have been introduced in...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses with three employees or fewer are still paying back Government-backed loans provided during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Eating Disorders: Hospital Beds

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many inpatient beds are currently available to the NHS England for eating disorder patients in (1) England as whole, (2) the North East and Yorkshire, and...

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the National Cancer Plan will reduce waiting times for cancer treatment and reduce the length of time from referral to diagnosis.

      Lung Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of people diagnosed with lung cancer over the past five years who have never smoked.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will make an assessment of the impact of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's advice for the Spring and Autumn 2025 COVID-19...

      Incontinence: Products

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the additional annual cost to the NHS and social care in England incurred as a result of cheap absorbent continence products leading to (1) additional,...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the cross-government delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome will ensure collaborative work with patient advocates, philanthropy...

      Incontinence: Products

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of avoidable skin infections, pressure ulcers and urinary tract infections caused or aggravated by issuing to patients...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Libya: IRA

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to release the report by William Shawcross on compensation for victims of IRA attacks and the use of semtex supplied by Libya.

    • Syria: Bombings

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the bombing of Tishreen Dam in northeastern Syria; what is the potential humanitarian impact; and what steps they are...

      Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 4 February (HL4182), which states were sanctioned for conflict-related sexual violence...

      Syria: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the healthcare of women and girls in Syria; and whether they intend to ringfence funding within the Official Development...

      Bahrain: Political Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure the release of imprisoned human rights defenders and political activists in Bahrain; and what discussions they have had with...

      Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa: Honours

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the award of Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order to King Hamad of Bahrain was proposed by the Government.

      Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, concerning the ongoing imprisonment of Abdulhadi...

      Bahrain: Prisons

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of human rights abuses in Bahrain’s Jau Prison, including arbitrary solitary confinement, physical assaults,...

      Abdulsalam al-Oraifi

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether any taxpayer-funded training has been provided to Brigadier Abdulsalam Al Oraifi, the Director General of Reformation and Rehabilitation in Bahrain’s...

      Gaza: Reconstruction

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 5 Feburary (HL4343), whether in assisting the political reconstruction of Gaza they will seek to...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Ofcom: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of staff Ofcom employs in each directorate.

    • Internet: Advertising

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of advertising revenue to websites hosting illegal content, as set out in the recent report by Adalytics.

      Artificial Intelligence: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of that low-cost, open source AI models could be used to launch the risk of malicious attacks on UK security.

      Internet: Crime

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made on the role of online advertising in financing criminal content online, and whether they have proposals to deal with the issue.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Canal and River Trust: Houseboats

      To ask His Majesty's Government what duties the Canal and River Trust has with regard to people whose boat is their permanent and only home.

    • Farms: Shops

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Farm Retail Association forecasts that more than 700 farm shops could close in the coming decade.

      Water Companies: Fines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the amount of fines paid by each of the water companies in each of the past five years.

      Water: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 20 January (HL3929), what discussions they have had with Ofwat and water companies about...

      Marine Environment: Biodiversity

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the criteria for '30 by 30' at sea for the purposes of their commitment to protect and conserve a minimum of...

      Chemicals: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to protect the unfettered flow of supplies to Northern Ireland in chemical industries.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of new gaming hubs across the UK.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Cremation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether funeral directors providing a direct cremation service are required to collect the body of a deceased person from a hospital mortuary within a...

    • Cremation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to require all funeral directors and crematoria to publish their schedule of planned direct cremations to ensure that the service...

  • Home Office

    • Public Spaces Protection Orders: Enforcement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent research by the Manifesto Club which found that private enforcement companies now issue over 75 per cent of all...

    • Royal Family: Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to publishing annually, alongside the Sovereign Grant accounts, the total public expenditure on security for the Royal Family.

      Counter-terrorism

      To ask His Majesty's Government which department is currently working on blasphemy-related extremism; and following the completion of their counter-extremism sprint, which department will then...

      Parliament Square: Demonstrations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the effectiveness of existing legal provisions relating to the management of disruptive activities in the Palace of...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Stonewall: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the policy of the Government People Group and the Office for Equality and Opportunity on central government bodies affiliating to Stonewall using...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Communication and Consultants

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 27 November 2024 (HC14946), which specific department and programme reductions to...

    • Civil Service: Equality

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office on 7 February (HC27716), what is the timetable for publishing the...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Environment Protection: Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage firms to invest in green technologies, particularly investment in renewable energy.

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