Written answers

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Hong Kong: Oppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many bountied Hong Kongers living in the UK (a) she and (b) her Department have consulted while updating the...

    • Sudan: Cholera

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the outbreak of cholera in Sudan on the delivery of UK aid...

      Gaza: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to establish a medical evacuation scheme for seriously (a) ill and (b) injured children from...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of telecommunications infrastructure in Sudan...

      Afghanistan: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing aid to women and girls in...

      Nigeria: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help promote freedom of religion or belief in Nigeria.

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken in response to kidnappings and killings of Christians in the North-East and...

      Iran: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60823 on Iran: Israel, whether he has met Reza Pahlavi; and...

  • Cabinet Office

  • Home Office

    • Cornish Language: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to support the use of the Cornish language on official documents.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Horses: EU Internal Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae (a) were recorded as transiting across Great Britain and (b) had been declared on their paperwork as having...

    • Horses: EU Internal Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae were declared as transiting across Great Britain on an intra-EU certificate in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and...

      Horses: EU Internal Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Equidae recorded as transiting across Great Britain were declared as being exported from (a) Harwich, (b) Dover,...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Sexual Offences: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of sex offenders serving a custodial sentence in prison are foreign nationals, broken down by nationality.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women: Autism

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving diagnostic outcomes for autistic women and girls...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of costs, by month, of flights used on the Afghanistan Response Route since its inception, including costs of (1) any Royal Air Force or...

    • Afghanistan: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Afghans have arrived in the UK under the relocation scheme arising from the 2022 data leak of their identities.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cannabis: Misuse

      To ask His Majesty's Government what conclusions for their drugs policy they have drawn from the evidence about the effects of cannabis on health set out in Epidemiology of Cannabis:...

    • Pharmacy: Software

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 14 July (HL8966), what are the reasons for not allowing patients to directly nominate a distance selling...

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the BARCODE 1 study on the early detection of prostate cancer using saliva samples to identify high-risk patients.

      Osteoporosis: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans NHS England has to expand digital clinical decision support for osteoporosis care across primary care networks.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assist local authorities address social care overspends, considering Association of Directors of Adult Social Services' ADASS...

      Sepsis: Death

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many deaths have been reported where the cause of death was sepsis, either on its own or with other factors, each month in the past 10 years.

      Measles: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect communities against measles outbreaks.

      Smoking: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to implement automatic enrolment into smoking cessation programmes when people register for other NHS services or check-in to...

      Cancer: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of people diagnosed with cancer in an emergency care setting in (1) Yorkshire, and (2) other regions of the...

      Prostate Cancer: Ethnic Groups

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the higher risk of prostate cancer in black men, and what steps they are taking to provide support to black men with a higher...

      Prostate Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of treating patients with prostate cancer that was not identified at an early stage; and what steps they are taking to...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the national cancer plan will include steps to integrate exercise, nutrition and well-being support into prehabilitation and rehabilitation programmes for...

      Prostate Cancer: Surgery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the use of surgical robotics in prostate cancer treatment.

      Neighbourhood Health Centres

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care that the Government would build “250 to 300 new neighbourhood health...

      Smoking: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential cost savings to the NHS and social care system of implementing automatic stop smoking support at NHS touchpoints;...

      Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what they have done to ensure parity in patient education and empowerment resources between osteoporosis and other long-term conditions.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how artificial intelligence could be used in the screening of prostate cancer; and whether they are currently investing in this...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how the expansion of prehabilitation and rehabilitation services in cancer care could (1) contribute to cost saving in the NHS,...

      Social Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the devolved administrations about the impact of the discontinuation of care worker visas on care provision.

      Food: Advertising

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their planned advertising restrictions on less healthy food on reducing the calorie intake of children (1) in total...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will publish the heritage impact assessment for the security fence outside the House of Lords required by UNESCO; when this was sent to Westminster...

    • House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker at what stage in the planning or application process were members of the House of Lords Commission given photographs or artists impressions of the steel...

      Victoria Tower: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, in developing plans for the repair of the Victoria Tower, what consideration was given to (1) constructing a secure pedestrian walkway or passage protected from...

      House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker when the House of Lords Commission was given copies of the planned design for the steel fencing outside the House of Lords, the heritage impact assessment...

      House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration the security, operations and administrative directorates of the House of Lords gave to erecting a security search centre just inside the...

      House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the House of Lords Commission considered the case for (1) the security fence outside the House of Lords, and (2) the pass-controlled door at Peers'...

      House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he will publish the planning application and design features submitted to Westminster City Council for the addition of the steel fencing on top of the...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Digital Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many reports have been made through the "Report an error with your eVisa" Gov.uk online form in each of the past 12 months.

    • Afghanistan: Resettlement

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the case of interest guidance distributed to local authorities for assessing applications under the Afghan Relocations and...

      Orgreave: Public Inquiries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of the Orgreave inquiry.

      British National (Overseas): Oppression

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assess and prevent transnational repression of Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders and their families in the United...

      Intelligence Services: Unpaid Work

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether those from white British, Irish Traveller or white Irish backgrounds are eligible to apply for the MI5 and Secret Intelligence Service summer internship...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Homelessness

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure homeless people can access benefits.

    • Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend for the proposal to remove eligibility for the limited capability for work and work-related activity group from those under the age of 22 to...

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the Pathways to Work Green Paper published on 23 July, what steps they have taken to engage with the families of young disabled people who may...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will announce details of the eligibility criteria and timeline for introducing a new Sustainable Farming Incentive offer.

    • Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 22 July (HL9221), what was the overall cost to date of implementing the Northern...

      Water Companies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of gearing in water and sewerage companies; how they calculate gearing for the purpose of any official or internal...

      Independent Water Commission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the report of the Independent Water Commission published on 21 July; what plans they have to introduce...

      Badgers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the paper by Torgerson and others published in the Royal Society Open Journal on 11 June claiming that other studies of...

      Beavers: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government why wild release beaver projects are required to produce a 10-year project plan; and what steps they are taking, if any, to support communities and landowners...

      Boats: Waste Disposal

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have had of the approach by European nations, in particular France, to solving the issue of abandoned and derelict boats in rivers and estuaries.

      Forests: Commodities

      To ask His Majesty's Government what engagement they are undertaking with producer countries as they develop an approach to implementing Schedule 17 to the Environment Act 2021 so that it...

      Beavers: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement a long-term management plan and consultation regarding beaver reintroduction and recovery; and what plans they have, if any,...

      Climate Change: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver climate finance to communities in the UK most impacted by climate change.

      Trees: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the recommendations of the report of the Tree Council Protecting trees of high social, cultural and environmental...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • European Convention on Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to join the nine EU member states in calling for reform of the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights by the European...

    • Injunctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many super-injunctions are currently in force in England and Wales.

      Prisoner Escorts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what penalties have been imposed on private sector companies providing Prisoner Escort and Custody Services in the most recent 12-month period for which data are...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the duties of the civil servant listed in the Cabinet Office organogram published on 20 February as “Deputy Director – Meaningful Work”.

    • Special Advisers: Lobbying

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to include special advisors within the scope of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014...

      Prime Minister: Bangladesh Awami League

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister has taken financial support or benefits in kind from anyone associated with Bangladesh’s Awami League party since July 2024.

      Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress is being made in the development of a youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU; and when they expect such a scheme to be introduced.

      Lord Wilson of Rievaulx

      To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use in the review, due in 2026, to decide whether to publish retained papers relating to allegations of a security service plot...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver climate finance to communities around the world most impacted by climate change.

    • Development Aid: Sexual and Reproductive Health

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, following reductions to Official Development Assistance, to ensure the continuation of funding to the Women’s Integrated Sexual...

      Italy: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on obtaining reciprocal voting rights in local elections for UK citizens in Italy; and whether these negotiations are a...

      British Nationals Abroad: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are considering to encourage political engagement among young Britons living and working in the EU.

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