Written answers

Friday, 7 March 2025

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Museums and Galleries: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the museum sector contributes to her Department's tourism-related objectives.

    • Culture: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support rural (a) museum and (b) arts and music venues in (i) Mid Derbyshire constituency and...

      Museums and Galleries: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure successful partnerships between civic museums and industry to address the skills gap.

      Greyhound Racing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support greyhound racing in England.

      Community Development: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will require that organisations in receipt of funding from (a) her Department and (b) its arms-length bodies should not...

      Rugby: Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the financial situation of rugby clubs that have (a) entered administration and (b)...

      Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities that have been issued a section 114 notice with the provision of youth...

      Public Consultation: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of consulting with young people on cross-government decision-making processes.

      BBC: Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC Board on the airing of the documentary entitled Gaza - How to survive a warzone.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a breakdown of costs relating to her Department's podcast entitled First Draft.

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29620 on DCMS: Flags, what flags other than the Union flag and the Ukraine flag,...

      Football: Governing Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Football Governance Code will stipulate requirements for independent directors to be included in a club's governance structure.

      History and Sports: Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure (a) sports clubs and (b) historical re-enactment groups have (i) safety rolled...

      Sports: Tewkesbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote women’s sport in Tewkesbury constituency.

      Swimming Pools: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public pools closed in 2024.

      Rugby: Listed Events

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the status of the Six Nations Championship from Category B to...

      Television Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent increases to TV license fees.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Family Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of (a) how often family court proceedings are delayed on the day of the hearing and (b) the reason for those delays.

    • Legal Profession: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to maintain the UK's status as a leader in legal services innovation.

      Administration of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking (a) uphold the rule of law, (b) promote the UK's legal services and (c) increase access to justice.

      Prisoners: Transgender People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of assaults committed by biological males serving a custodial sentence in a women-only facility in 2024.

      Criminal Cases Review Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as at 26 February 2025, how many applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been open for (a) over one year, (b) over two years, (c) over...

      Offenders: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will provide a breakdown by country of people designated as Foreign National Offenders.

      Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were granted temporary release in 2024.

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) alternatives to traditional construction methods in the construction...

      HMP Channings Wood: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department made an environmental impact assessment prior to the commencement of expansion works at HMP Channings Wood; and whether baseline...

      Legal Costs: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the lower tier of the evidence provision fee in covering the legal costs of defendants on a low...

      Special Educational Needs: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents or young people have taken (a) Salford and (b) Wigan to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in...

      Courts: Opening Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of providing an additional 4,000 court sitting days in the 2024-25 financial year.

  • Home Office

    • Emergency Services: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of emergency service control rooms will have embedded domestic abuse specialists by the end of 2025.

    • Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of processing times for manual Disclosure and Barring Service certificates; and whether she has...

      Demonstrations and Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 4 February 2025 HC 505,...

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 2024-25 budget is for her Department's statelessness determination unit.

      Poverty: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration and asylum policies on poverty among migrant households.

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 31252 on Home Office: Equality, tabled on 12 February 2025.

      Mobile Phones: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help prevent smart phone theft.

      Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on financial deficits within police constabularies in England and Wales.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Q32 of the oral evidence given by the Permanent Secretary to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 4 February 2025 HC 505,...

      Crimes of Violence: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide new police officers with (a) tools and (b) training to tackle violent rural crime.

      Hoaxes and False Alarms

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase sanctions for people who make fake (a) bomb threats and (b) calls to the emergency services.

      Police: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on police recruitment.

      Emergency Services: Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department plans to share services between the (a) fire and rescue and (b) police services; and if she will make an assessment with...

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of deported foreign national offenders that have illegally re-entered the UK in the last...

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of deportations for involvement in grooming gangs did not take place due to the individual renouncing non-UK...

      Undocumented Migrants: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost of the public purse of all illegal migrants per migrant per year, excluding asylum seekers.

  • Treasury

    • National Wealth Fund: Grangemouth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's oral contribution of 4 March 2025, Official Report, if she will publish the National Wealth Fund's...

    • Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) nurses, (b) teachers and (c) police offers that could be employed via an increase in spending equivalent...

      Overseas Loans: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, over what time period the new funding to Ukraine under the Ukraine Bilateral Agreement will be repaid using profits from sanctioned Russian sovereign assets.

      National Wealth Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's oral contribution of 4 March 2025, Official Report, what is the process for approval by the...

      National Wealth Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury's oral contribution of 4 March 2025, Official Report, what her policy is on the operational...

      Arms Length Bodies: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has plans to introduce new financial reporting requirements for (a) arms-length bodies and (b) Non-Governmental departments that handle...

      Arms Length Bodies: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) arms-length bodies and (b) Non-Governmental departments have not published full financial accounts in the last five years.

      Arms Length Bodies: Whitehall

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the financial oversight delivered by (a) arms-length bodies and (b) non-Governmental bodies across...

      Personal Care Services: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle disguised employment practices in the hair and beauty sector.

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to support small wine companies following changes to alcohol duty rates.

      Public Expenditure: European Union

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to the EU in 2024.

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy not to increase employee National Insurance contributions in the Spring Statement 2025.

      Employers' Contributions: Personal Care Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on hair and beauty sector.

      Employers' Contributions: Apprentices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on apprenticeship schemes.

      Assets: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy not to implement a wealth tax on assets above a certain threshold in the Spring Statement 2025.

      Personal Care Services: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the British Hair Consortium commissioned CBI Economics report...

      Domicil: Tax Yields

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the potential reduction in tax revenues from non-UK domiciled individuals leaving the UK.

      Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Loan Charge review does not include the (a) role and (b) conduct of people who profited from recommending and operating disguised...

      Food: Production

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Food Production Relief Scheme to provide targeted relief on (a) energy...

      Economic Growth: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to increase growth in rural areas.

      Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of lowering the National Insurance contribution threshold to £5,000 on small businesses that...

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy not to (a) lower inheritance tax thresholds and (b) increase inheritance tax rates in the Spring Statement 2025.

      Taxation: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish detailed impact assessments for future tax increases.

      Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of Government (a) subsidies and (b) support to fossil fuel companies in the last 12 months.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to replace Business Rates with a Land Value Tax collected by local authorities to disincentivise land banking by developers.

      Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to work with the (a) CLA, (b) NFU, (c) FUW and (d) other industry bodies to protect working farms in the context of the proposed...

      Biofuels and Fossil Fuels: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of taxation on (a) bio fuel and (b) fossil fuels.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Lost Property and Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, wheat information his Department holds on the number of (a) computers, (b) USBs, (c) phones and (d) laptops used by MOD staff have been (i) misplaced or...

    • Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Army is currently of appropriate (a) scale and (b) capability to provide a potential peacekeeping force to Ukraine.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department has taken to tackle the shortfall in armed forces recruitment over the last five years; and whether these measures have been...

      Strategic Defence Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 361-364, whether he...

      Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleague on the potential deployment of British peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) size and (b) scale of a British peacekeeping force for Ukraine.

      Armed Forces: Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which service arm is responsible for combat search and rescue capability.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proposed increase in defence spending will be a real terms increase of £6bn.

      Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Boxer Armoured Vehicles have been delivered to the British Army.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the decision by the US to pause military aid to Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned military aid budget provided by the UK to Ukraine is for the 2025-26 financial year.

      Seas and Oceans: Surveillance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to enhance its maritime surveillance capabilities, in the context of recent submarine activity in British waters.

      Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect (a) undersea cables and (b) critical maritime infrastructure.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Warm Front Scheme and Warmer Homes Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what lessons his Department has learned from the (a) Warm Front and (b) Warmer Homes Scotland schemes.

    • Heating: Biofuels and Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make a comparative assessment of (a) gas and (b) biofuels for home heating.

      Buildings: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of convening an advisory panel to inform its approach to...

      Heat Pumps: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to support the training of heat pump installers through (a) apprenticeships and (b) re-training...

      District Heating: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a mine water heating grant scheme for community heat networks.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy costs on business in Fylde.

      Energy: Northern Ireland and Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the proposed energy link between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

      Energy: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the energy sector on protecting itself from hostile state cyber attacks.

      National Grid: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem will make an estimate of the cost of the (i) sealing end compounds and (ii) other costs...

      Hydroelectric Power: Historic Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using development hydropower on the sites of established...

      Energy: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a landscape and visual impact scheme in relation to energy infrastructure...

      Drax Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 February 2025 HCWS424, whether generation dispatched by the National Energy System...

      Carbon Emissions: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) help create and (b) support job opportunities in industries that contribute to achieving net zero...

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the Government uses the marginal cost pricing system for electricity.

      Coal: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) value and (b) volume of coal imported into the UK was in 2024.

      Hydroelectric Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding his Department has provided to (a) support and (b) promote opportunities for domestic hydropower.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the total number of (a) air miles and (b) flights undertaken by his Department's staff in 2024.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Oil: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on oil exports to Russia which are (a) processed, (b) traded, (c) refined and (d) financially insured...

    • Oil: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prevent oil produced in the UK arriving in Russia.

      Brexit: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK's departure from the European Union on trends in the level of UK trade.

      Export Controls: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason his Department has issued licenses for the export to Russia of (a) medicinal and pharmaceutical products, (b) beverages and...

      Trade Agreements: Colombia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to reject investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in future trade deals with Colombia.

      Oil: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban imports from third country refineries that process Russian crude oil.

      Small Businesses: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to (a) improve signposting and (b) create a central database for small and medium enterprises on grants for...

      Personal Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support the hair and beauty sector.

      Film and Television: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contract regime under the Digital Markets,...

      Business: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from fraudulent business practices.

      Personal Care Services: Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and HMRC of the number of people currently practicing in the hair and...

      Overseas Trade: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to seek UK accession to the World Trade Organization Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement.

      Post Offices: Fylde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take step to help prevent non-crown Post Office closures in Fylde.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Protection: Henley-on-Thames

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the ecological status of Holton Brook.

    • Veterinary Services: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on securing an EU-UK veterinary agreement.

      Thames Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29734 on Thames Water, what discussions he has had with Ofwat on the...

      Flour: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of sourcing flour for the public sector from certified...

      Fly-tipping and Litter: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in place to tackle (a) littering and (b) flytipping in Kent.

      Countryside: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase access to the countryside.

      Public Lavatories: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the provision of sanitary bins in male (a) public and (b) workplace toilets.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in 2024; and how many and what proportion of those applications were...

    • Bile Duct Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include proposals to (a) improve earlier diagnosis and (b) increase access to treatments of cholangiocarcinoma in the...

      Rare Cancers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 11 of Cancer52 and GRAIL's report on improving diagnosis for rare and less common cancers, published in February...

      Leukaemia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of leukaemia cases diagnosed in an emergency setting on (a) patient...

      NHS Pay Review Body

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the members are of the assessment advisory panel for the Members of the NHS Pay Review Body.

      Nurses: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of school nursing services in Lincolnshire.

      Prostate Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of prostate cancer diagnoses; and what steps he plans to take to support (a)...

      Rare Cancers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that GPs have access to clinical decision support tools for identifying rare or less common cancers.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve research into innovative screening methods; and if he will commit to rapidly (a) funding, (b) piloting...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to sexual health services in Slough constituency.

      Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support local authorities with the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on public...

      Cancer: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase public awareness of the (i) signs and (ii) symptoms of cancer and (b) encourage...

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities reported an (a) underspend and (b) overspend on public health grants in the last five financial years.

      Bile Duct Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness of cholangiocarcinoma.

      Bile Duct Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the prognosis rate for cholangiocarcinoma.

      NHS: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which trusts have been granted linear particle accelerator renewal funds from the additional funding in the Autumn Budget 2024; what...

      Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of specialist care for people with Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary...

      Bile Duct Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with NICE on the introduction of comprehensive guidance on the management of cholangiocarcinoma.

      Streptococcus: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the results of the GBS3 trial are acted upon (a) quickly and (b) effectively.

      Streptococcus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the (a) development and (b)...

      Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many extra appointments have been made available each (a) month and (b) week at the Shrewsbury and Telford hospital since July 2024.

      Public Health: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to innovate the delivery of public health services in rural areas.

      Norovirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been hospitalised for Norovirus in the last six months.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to women that are more likely to live with a musculoskeletal condition.

      Ophthalmic Services: Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase NHS patient choice within the field of ophthalmology.

      Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to convene a roundtable of (a) pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) manufacturers, (b) patient advocacy...

      Maternity Services: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) midwives and (b) maternity units across Greater Manchester have up-to-date equipment.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the prescription charge exemption list to increase the...

      NHS: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the elected care framework.

      NHS: Ict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the mechanisms in place for ICBs to hold Swift Queue to account for faulty services.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of NHS prescription charges on (a) patients' health outcomes...

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed 2025-26 NHS Payment Scheme on a patients right to choose.

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been hospitalised as a result of weight loss drugs in each of the last five years.

      Rare Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to strengthen the Orphan drug regulations to encourage research into rare diseases.

      Hospitals: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 27517 on Hospitals: Concrete, whether he plans to publish the comprehensive report...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS appointments were delivered in each month between July 2023 and June 2024.

      Amanda Pritchard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Amanda Pritchard will receive an exit payment.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) value-weighted activity appointments and (b) diagnostic NHS appointments that...

      Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacancies for (a) administrative staff, (b) clinical staff and (c) managers there are in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS...

      Midwives: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support self-employed midwives.

      Surrogacy: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Human Embryology and Fertilisation Authority on the regulation of surrogacy.

      Hospital Beds: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of hospital bed availability in health trusts in the NHS Greater Manchester...

      Midwives: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to facilitate access to professional indemnity insurance for self-employed midwives.

      NHS: Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff are absent from work due to musculoskeletal health issues; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of...

      General Practitioners: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to GP practices in England on giving patients access to copies of their records.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescription prepayment certificates have been issued in (a) England and (b) Mid Derbyshire in the last five years.

      Doctors: Australasia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to accelerate the NHS employment at appropriate grades of doctors trained in (a) Australia and (b) New...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure patients have access to (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone HRT implants in the context of supply...

      Felodipine: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is aware of supply issues with Felodipine medication; and whether he has had discussions with with (a) suppliers...

      Parkinson's Disease: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) timely adjustments of medications and (b) access to treatments for people with Parkinson's.

      NHS: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to use volunteers to help deliver NHS (a) resilience and (b) career pathways, in the context of...

      Health Professionals: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of (a) unemployment and (b)...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prescription charges do not act as a barrier to treatment for people with long-term...

      Surrogacy: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered making the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority a surrogacy regulator.

      Immunotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve equity of access to CAR-T therapy; and what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Health Services and Social Services: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of changes to the level of operating costs for (a) end-of-life nursing, (b) mental health support services,...

      Health Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to stop the provision of (a) clinical and (b) therapy services by (i) unregulated and (ii)...

      Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of including Tunbridge Wells in the High Cost Area Allowance and (b) impact of...

      Incontinence: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of urinary incontinence on men’s (a) physical and (b) mental health.

      Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy medicines to patients in Wales.

      NHS 111: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the average response time for the NHS 111 service.

      Endometriosis: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of endometriosis services in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

      North Devon Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new timetable for the redevelopment of North Devon District...

      Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure a continuous supply of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy medications.

      Dialysis Machines: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost per patient for (a) in centre and (b) home therapies dialysis treatment was in each of the last three years.

      General Practitioners: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) train, (b) recruit and (c) retain GPs in (i) North Cornwall constituency and (ii) other rural...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of whether local authorities are able to meet their statutory duties to unpaid carers under the Care Act 2014.

      General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to hold Capita accountable where it fails to provide GPs with accurate annual pension statements...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to issue updated guidance on the placement of dementia patients in hospital wards.

      NHS: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Carr-Hill formula in producing an equitable distribution of funding.

      Dementia: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in transferring dementia patients from hospitals to social care settings.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social care providers are receiving the £600 million pounds allocated for social...

      Dyslexia: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for dyslexia assessments in (a) Yeovil, (b) Somerset and (c) the South West.

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 29223 on General Practitioners: Contracts, how many General Practice contracts...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to allow flexible working patterns for those that suffer with (a) autism, (b) ADHD and (c) other behavioural disorders.

    • Child Poverty Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28504 , whether the Child Poverty Strategy's work on social security reforms will...

      Business Premises: Assistance Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has taken steps to record the number of access refusals to people accompanied by (a) guide and (b) assistant dogs from (i)...

      Child Poverty Taskforce: Welsh Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Child Poverty Taskforce will interact with the Welsh Government.

      Recruitment: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent age discrimination in recruitment.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Chapter three of the Government's Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024, if she will publish an...

      Universal Credit: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the lower rate of Universal Credit for people under 25 years old on...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average wait time and (b) number of calls received were for the Winter Fuel Payment helpline in each winter since 2015.

  • Department for Education

    • Curriculum and Assessment Review: Audiobooks and Audio Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to utilise (a) audiobooks and (b) audio resources in the Curriculum and Assessment Review.

    • Classics: State Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to support the teaching of ancient Greek in state schools.

      Drugs: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure drug education is delivered effectively in private schools.

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to ensure young people receiving therapy funded by the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund will continue to...

      Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the further impact assessments for the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will be added to the main bill page.

      Pupils: Reading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) literacy and (b) access to books in schools.

      Teachers: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the mental health of teachers.

      Childcare: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide affordable childcare to parents in (a) work and (b) further education.

      Schools: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of fines in tackling levels of attendance at schools.

      Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to make a decision on the future of the Adoption Support Fund.

      Teachers: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support teachers' mental health.

      Schools: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support relevant authorities with the transportation of disabled pupils to and from school.

      Breakfast Clubs: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the minimum supervision ratio of adults to children required to run a primary school breakfast club.

      Literacy: Southampton Test

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 21170 on School Libraries: Finance, what steps she is taking to increase levels of (a) literacy...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of eligible children who claim their entitlement to a free school meal; and if she will...

      Home Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether home educating parents will have to update the local authority within 15 days each time there is a change to the arrangements on record.

      Department for Education: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.

      Natural History: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue the implementation of a new GCSE in Natural History.

      Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for the estimate that the new primary school breakfast programme will save parents £450 a year.

      Breakfast Clubs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the funding allocation per child for primary school breakfast clubs.

      Schools: Physical Education and Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the accessibility of (a) PE and (b) sport provision for children in schools.

      Educational Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of school trips made annually, by (a) region (b) mode of transport.

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Worsley and Eccles constituency, (b) Salford (c) Wigan (d) the North West and (e)...

      Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the New Burdens Assessment will be completed before the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill receives Royal Assent.

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve road safety in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in the 2025-2026 financial year.

    • Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total number of minutes was by which trains were delayed in 2024.

      A229: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with Kent Councils to identify further financial support for the A229 Bluebell Junction improvements.

      Driving Tests: Spelthorne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate (a) provision and (b) accessibility of driving test centres in Spelthorne.

      Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in the residual value of second-hand electric vehicles.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the number of electric charging points in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) the North...

      Roads: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22501 on Roads: Lighting if she will provide the evidential basis for her Answer.

      Roads: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22502 on Roads: Lighting if she will provide the evidential basis for her Answer.

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle supply chain issues limiting the production of sustainable aviation fuel.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposal from Slough Borough council to become part of the...

    • Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential merits of holding a public consultation prior to the...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require housing developers to promptly complete remedial works required to new build properties after...

      Arden Strategies: Special Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 16551 on Arden Strategies: Special Advisers, whether special...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22385 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:...

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that private car park operators (a) display clear and accessible...

      Insulation: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to review current guidance on...

      Coalfields Regeneration Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31832 on Coalfields Regeneration Trust, whether she has considered...

      Voting Rights: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21697 on Voting Rights: Foreign Nationals, whether she has...

      Proof of Identity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2025, to Question 29928, on Proof of Identity: Children, whether an external...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 26848 on Local Government Finance, what the proportional change...

      Local Government: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that council staff are unable to work from abroad.

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review the limit for adaptions under the Disabled Facilities Grant.

      Domestic Abuse: Refuges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what target she has set for the total number of dispersal accommodation centres available to victims of domestic abuse.

      Empty Property: Shops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25695 on Empty Property: Shops, by what date she plans to end...

      Freeports: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025, to Question 28309 on Freeports: Trade Unions, whether freeport board...

      Local Government: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the level of debt is of each local authority in England (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of annual...

      High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Oral Statement of 26 February 2025 on Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report, Official Report,...

      Empty Property: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) research and (b) evaluation she has undertaken on the impact of the number of empty homes on empty home...

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her proposals for local government restructuring on (a)...

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish an impact assessment for the private parking code of practice.

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a draft of the revised PAS 9980 code of practice...

      Levelling Up Fund: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the next tranche of levelling up funding is due to be paid to coastal towns.

      Elections: Disqualification Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have been disqualified for holding elective office under Part 5 of the Elections Act 2022.

      Housing: Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will introduce legislative measures to require sellers to (a) disclose to prospective homebuyers whether a...

      Local Government: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution will meet with the hon. Member for Newton Abbot.

      Greater London Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give local authorities in London a formal decision-making role in future integrated settlements...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with which principal local authorities Ministers in her Department have not had meetings with since 4 July 2024.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms her Department plans to put in place to help detect (a) fraudulent and (b) incorrect claims for...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question HL4406 on Local Government: Reorganisation, how many individual...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her proposals for local government reorganisation on the...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 29001 on Local Government: Elections, whether the 2027-2028...

      Unitary Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26697 on Local Government: Reorganisation, when she expects the...

      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 (a) empty home premiums on council tax, (b) second home...

      Parish and Town Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, CP 1218, published on 16 December 2024, what assessment she has...

      Parish and Town Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what processes and procedures apply to town and parish councils who are unable to set a balanced budget; and what...

      Combined Authorities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the consultations on establishing mayoral combined authorities, published on 17 February 2025, ask...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) initial and (b) final proposals on local government restructuring should be agreed by consensus between...

      Unitary Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30629 on Unitary Councils, whether there will be an allowed (a)...

      Temporary Accommodation: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to support councils in London with temporary accommodation pressures.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendations of the National Audit...

  • Attorney General

    • Solicitors: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Solicitor General, how many people are prosecuted under s21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 each year.

    • Wildlife: Crime

      To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure the effective prosecution of wildlife crime in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.

      Crime: Forest of Dean

      To ask the Solicitor General, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure the effective prosecution of (a) environment, (b) heritage, and (c) wildlife crime in the Forest of Dean constituency.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Elections: Subversion

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 6 February 2025,...

    • Ministers' Private Offices: Telephones

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32906 on Government Department: Telephone Services, what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on 13 January 2025 on Artificial Intelligence...

      Public Sector: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps Government is taking to enhance cyber resilience across critical (a) national infrastructure and (b) public institutions.

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure the transparency of all spending related to the Government's response to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

      Emigration

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK nationals emigrated from the UK for long-term purposes in the (a) third and (b) fourth quarter of 2024.

      Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Norwich South

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the infected blood community were selected for the testing of compensation payments in Norwich South constituency.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replicating the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act.

    • Arts: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that consumers can differentiate between AI-generated and human-created content...

      Arts: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to introduce a mandatory labelling or watermarking system to identify AI-generated creative content.

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require generative AI developers to (a) document and (b) disclose their use...

      Business: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the transfer of intellectual property for projects for which a...

      Center for Countering Digital Hate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26614 on Center for Countering Digital Hate, what the methodology is...

      Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve the UK's ability to (a) attract and (b) retain highly skilled professionals in...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on working with international regulatory bodies to...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with regulators on supporting the uptake of human-specific technologies to replace...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the regulatory approval of new...

      Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that visual artists with limited financial means and technical know-how can...

      Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that visual artists can identify (a) when and (b) from where their work has been...

      Visual Arts: Artificial Intelligence and Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of an opt-out for AI and copyright on (a) visual artists...

      Faculty: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with Faculty AI on the scope of their monitoring software.

      Artificial Intelligence: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's decision not to sign the declaration on inclusive and...

      Science and Technology: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help ensure that tax incentives for science and technology...

      Research: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to publish a written response to the recommendations of the independent report entitled What works to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in the international development budget on his...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that staff in his Department receive training on freedom of religion or belief.

      Development Aid: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK aid in supporting Christian communities facing persecution.

      Embassies: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that UK (a) embassies and (b) high commissions report on...

      Development Aid: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the recommendations in the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen's report entitled Bishop of Truro’s...

      China: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to support (a) individuals and (b) communities facing...

      Hong Kong: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Hong Kong counterpart on Russian sanction evasion through Hong Kong.

      Hong Kong: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will impose secondary sanctions on Hong Kong financial institutions found to be supporting...

      Westminster Foundation for Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with officials from the Westminster Foundation for Democracy since 4 July 2024.

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to help protect Christians facing persecution in Nigeria.

      China: Belt and Road Initiative and Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's China audit will consider (a) Chinese debt relief for low income countries and (b)...

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the protection of Christian communities in...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Christianity

      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 reports of targeted attacks against...

      Christianity: Oppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) respond to Christian persecution globally.

      Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what opportunities hon. Members will have to contribute to the review of the Overseas Security and Justice...

      Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance prevents UK...

      Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will ratify the agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity...

      UK Special Representative for Climate Change and UK Special Representative for Nature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, who has been appointed as Special Representatives for Nature and Climate; what their qualifications for these...

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in ODA spending on climate security.

      Gaza: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on the right to return by Palestinians who have left...

      Jordan: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been spent on countering extremism in Jordan in each of the...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Table Office: Written Questions

      To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will take steps to reinstate the round-robin feature for tabling written...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ryan Cornelius

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Ryan Cornelius’ health and treatment while in detention in the United Arab Emirates.

    • Ryan Cornelius

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made, if any, on behalf of Ryan Cornelius in the ongoing negotiations for the free trade agreement between the UK and the Gulf...

      Ryan Cornelius

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to impose targeted sanctions against the individuals responsible for the arbitrary detention of British citizen Ryan Cornelius in the...

      Ryan Cornelius

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make a new appeal for clemency for Ryan Cornelius by the end of Ramadan, in accordance with United Arab Emirate law; and...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

      United Arab Emirates: Trials

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of fair trial rights in the United Arab Emirates, in the light of the cases of British citizens detained there, and considering the...

      Iraq: Women and Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of proposed changes to the Personal Status Law on the rights of women and children in Iraq.

      Iraq: Kurds

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they provide assistance to parliamentarians visiting Iraqi Kurdistan.

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran regarding the arrest and imprisonment of Behnam Momtazi, a member of the Baha’i religious...

      Iraq: Forced Marriage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Iraq on the case for legislation that protects children, especially girls, from the harmful impacts...

      USA: Travel Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to update public health guidance for travellers to the United States of America, particularly in regard to measles, tuberculosis and...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prospects of a negotiated peace settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

      Gulf of Mexico

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will be renaming the Gulf of Mexico; and, if so, what to.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Parish and Town Councils

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of reports that the statutory costs for parish council elections have risen by up to 80 per cent even without a contested...

    • Buildings: Demolition

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the decision by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 5 December 2024 to approve the demolition of the Marks...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that house prices and rental costs remain affordable.

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that elected representatives, including local councillors, exercise public powers publicly to be accountable to the electorate...

      Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they issue guidance to local authorities on the frequency of reviews of social housing waiting list, and whether they hold data on when each local...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Egnos

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of UK-based infrastructure in supporting the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS); and what...

    • Digital Service Providers: Competition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to discourage the use of excessive egress fees in public sector contracts for cloud services, to foster competition in the cloud...

      Digital Service Providers: Competition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue guidance to public sector procurement authorities to mitigate the anti-competitive effects of restrictive cloud licensing practices.

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the apprenticeship budget was for the Department for Education in the financial year 2023–24; what proportion was spent in total; and what proportion...

    • Apprentices: Management

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the study by Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of Management Apprenticeships, published in February 2025; and what action...

      Woodworking: Apprentices and Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote training and apprenticeship provision in the woodworking and joinery sector, particularly among small and medium-sized...

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