Llun, 17 Mehefin 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on announcing the successful bidder of the South Eastern Rail Franchise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Enhanced Partnerships have been set up with local authorities since the Bus Services Act 2017 came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Voluntary Partnerships have been set up with local authorities since the Bus Services Act 2017 came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Advanced Quality Partnerships have been set up with local authorities since the Bus Services Act 2017 came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of public transport journeys made in 2018-19 according to (a) age group, (b) gender and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of encouraging rail companies to enable all-day travel on senior rail cards and freedom...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's time frame is for the allocation of funding to (a) UK Research and Innovation, (b) the research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth of 16 October 2019, Official Report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to improve public awareness of scams in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households with active green deals are in receipt of Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the number of people undertaking doctoral training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on the development of tidal energy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will review the decision on funding for the Swansea Tidal Lagoon project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of local energy co-operatives; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on international co-operation to tackle climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to promote the installation of insulation in homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260093, on what dates each labour market enforcement undertaking was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260713 on Minimum Wage, how many employers were (a) found to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260713 on Minimum Wage, when the Government resumes naming employers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regulating casting websites for performers to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken in response to the motion agreed by the House of Commons on 1 May 2019 declaring a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with her Department pay the National Living Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish the name and location of the land and buildings owned by her Department that is (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings she held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
To ask the Attorney General, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cases of rape reported to the CPS were administratively finalised in each year since 2010.
To ask the Attorney General, how many complaints of rape were made in each region; and how many of these cases resulted in a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for sexual health services in local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of sexual health services for local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made of changes in the rates of prostate cancer in this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many out of area placements for children and young people under the age of 18 NHS England has commissioned in in-patient mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether civil servants transferring from his Department to NHSX received changes to (a) salaries and (b) terms and conditions of employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many child and adolescent mental health service beds there have been in the NHS in each month since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle underage vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable and support career options for older nurses in order to retain them in the workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 3.5 of the NHS Operational Planning Guidance 2019-20, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent general practice clinical staff there were in (a) the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group area, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent GP clinical staff there were in each GP practice in the NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group area in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure cultural sensitivity in the provision of local mental health services for young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the accessibility of dental services in Portsmouth for lower income families who do not own a car...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient placements commissioned by NHS England through (a) central and (b) local commissioning functions on hospital wards run...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patient placements commissioned by NHS England through (a) central and (b) local commissioning functions on hospital wards run...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was money was spent by (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Trusts, (c) Health Education England and (d) NHS Improvement on the services of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of training for GPs in the early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who have been diagnosed with blood cancer were offered a holistic needs assessment in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is routinely offered to patients as part of the holistic needs assessment to help provide emotional and psychological support during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times on average children and young people have seen their GP before being diagnosed with (a) cancer and (b) blood cancer in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings on children's mental and physical health in Poverty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 7 of the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on using the evidence in the March 2018 report Bercow: Ten Years On in their (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the correlation between reductions in public health funding and increases in rates of syphilis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will produce a national sexual health strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) national and (b) regional supplies of radionuclide chemicals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vacancies for (a) dentists, (b) dental hygienists and (c) other staff in dental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the budget of the Small Business Research Initiative Healthcare was in each financial year since 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many invoices were sent to NHS patients as a result of proactive data sharing by the Home Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help victims of drought in India.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what processes his Department has put in place to support the (a) promotion of human rights and (b) prevention of atrocities in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department paid to Adam Smith International in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many new contracts his Department awarded to Adam Smith International in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and what the value was...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria for future funding eligibility were set by his Department and Adam Smith International at the time that organisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) Oxfam International and (b) Adam Smith International are eligible to bid for contracts under his Department’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private voluntary and independent childcare settings in each local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list for each multi-academy trust that has had deficit funding approved (a) the amount of funding approved, (b) whether it is linked to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children caught with a knife at school in each of the last 10 years in (a) the UK and (b) Coventry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 228138, if he will publish any assessment carried out on the effect on disabled children of any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on increasing the apprenticeship rates of the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) women and (b) men in each local authority area in England started an apprenticeship in each sector subject area in 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2019 to Question 226665, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of local authority budgets to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of proposals by ScreenSkills to reform the apprenticeship levy to (a) increase the number of paid apprenticeships in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value is of the contract put out to tender by his Department titled Income Contingent Repayment Student Loan Monetisation Programme:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to local authorities, in the event of the closure of a maintained nursery school to ensure continued educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the eligibility criteria for remission of student debt are if a person trains or returns to become a teacher; and what the rationale is for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff there were at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self-harm there have been at HMP Hull in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of random tests returned positive results for psychoactive substances at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have a working and operational backscatter x-ray body scanner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been sanctioned for (a) not attending and (b) breaching an offending behaviour programme which does not have an impact evaluation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 254234 on Prisons: Contracts, on what date version 1.7 of the document, Model for operational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been made on behalf of bereaved families for Exceptional Case Funding for legal representation at inquests under the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who previously had (a) no, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April to Question 239207 on the Answer of 9 May to Question 246971, how many offenders re-offended while being the subject...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of (a) community orders, (b) suspended sentences and (c) previous custodial sentences given to an offender sentenced to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to immediate custody had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to conduct evidence-gathering sessions with domestic abuse survivors and charities as part of its review into family courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders who received Sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection have been refused access to at least one...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of looked-after children who were released from custody in January 2019 had a resettlement care plan confirmed 10 working days prior to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260071, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of establishing how many children were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many looked-after children were held in custody on 1 January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of days sat by Crown Courts in England in the financial years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received on young people not receiving their national insurance number on time; and what the reason is for delays in sending out...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Customs Declaration Service is fully functional.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the administrative cost of means testing winter fuel payments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in EU funding Easington constituency has received in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to guarantee funding allocations to Easington constituency after the UK leaves the EU which (a) match or (b) exceed the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to establish an ad hoc compensation scheme for people affected by the collapse of London Capital and Finance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making mini-bonds subject to the provisions of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of carried interest as a result of provisions on that interest in the Finance Act 2016.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the public sector net debt was in May 2017; and what estimate he has made of level of that debt by May 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June to Questions 258889 and 258888, what steps his Department is taking to combat delays on Customs House clearance times for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the recommendations of the First Comprehensive Report by the Network for Greening the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to oral contribution of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury at the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee meeting on 4 June what the selection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many letters his Department is planning to send regarding the ACM Cladding fund; and if he will publish the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent research by St Mungo’s and Homeless...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the additional cost to the public purse of establishing two local authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential efficiency savings of merging local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the per capita funding is for Telford and Wrekin Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the efficiencies accrued as a result of the merger of Shrewsbury, North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the per capita funding is for Shropshire Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a merger of Shropshire and Telford Councils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is aware of any fire safety tests carried out in the UK on High Pressure Laminate cladding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the level of funding allocated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the Euroclass rating of the timber used on Samuel Garside House in Barking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to identify buildings with balconies or external façades containing the same...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will lower the threshold of the combustible materials ban to 11 metres following the recent fire at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to undertake further fire safety testing of timber building materials such as cladding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to include balconies within the scope of the ban on combustible materials for new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Centre for Cities' report entitled Capital Cities published 11 June 2019, what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a new regulator for social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257077 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, if he will publish the number...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled, Building Safety Update: Monthly Data Release, how many of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) public and (b) private sector buildings of (i) two, (ii) three, (iii) four and (iv) five storeys under 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many houses were built for sale under £450,000 in (a) the North West region and (b) London in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether paragraphs 15 and 22 of the document, MOD policy on the passing or receipt of intelligence relating to detained or captured persons, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the (a) clarity and (b) accuracy of the guidance in the document, MOD policy on the passing or receipt of intelligence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the merits of the recent agreement between Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon on the F-35 aircraft; what the timetable is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on securing the remaining £340 million sought for the Transformation Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to RAF College Cranwell in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to the Britannia Royal Naval College in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group will meet in Northern Ireland this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2019 to Question 257677, which funding theme was considered as the primary reason by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions her Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on her Department's presentation and use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 4 April 2019 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central on behalf of veterans in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit claimants are able to deduct the tax relief claimed by relief at source pension schemes from their earned income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications by mixed-age couples for Pension Credit have been rejected since 15 May 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are part of a mixed-age couple have been advised by CAPITA call centre staff not to make a claim for Pension Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training her Department has provided to (a) her Department's and (b) CAPITA call centre staff on the rules for backdating pension credit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to bring forward proposals to simplify the process by which social housing landlords advise her Department of a rent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have participated in pension auto-enrolment; and what proportion of those people have made additional contributions to their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) individuals and (b) couples receive pension credits in Inverclyde.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Inverclyde are eligible for pension credits but do not claim.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sanctions have been applied to claimants who (a) are pregnant and (b) have young dependent children in each of the last five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257458 on Universal Credit: Overpayments, how many overpayments have been waived (a) in full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to no longer deduct student maintenance loans from universal credit payments to ensure claimants are not pushed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she publish a list of each consultation event or meeting her Department held during the process to develop the revised guidance notes for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, what the timetable is for the conclusion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides for disabled individuals who need to move due to the changing nature of their disabilities but may be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the West Midlands on zero-hour contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who reached state pension age before 6 April 2016 continue to defer claiming their state pension; and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June to Question 257471 on Department for Work and Pensions: Metro Newspaper, what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June to Question 260540, what the consequences are for universal credit claimants who are unable to repay their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department's plans for rural communities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees were (a) planted and (b) cut down in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual projects he plans to establish to test and trial the environmental land management scheme in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Special Areas of Conservation in England and pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve biosecurity in the UK; what recent assessment he has made of the risk of African Swine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the level of micro-plastic contamination in UK tap water.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to maintain the ban on hormone disrupting chemical pesticides after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on cross-border arrangements on air pollution under the Draft...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussion he has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on tackling crime targeted at charity shops.
To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability has made of the extent of (a) violence towards and (b) abuse of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to identify the age of people placed in care facilities with minors when requesting asylum.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many widows and widowers of police officers in England and Wales whose spouses were killed on duty or as a result of injuries sustained...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers resident in Scotland are held in removal centres at (a) Dungavel and (b) other UK centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the benefits to women of buffer zones around abortion clinics to prevent protestors harassing patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the purchase of algorithms used by his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department uses an algorithm to stream UK visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of fires in residential blocks in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the Government`s response to the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve the level of service provided by Sopra Steria for in-country visa services at UK visa and citizenship...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service centres and enhanced service points across the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral contribution of 24 July 2018 on detention, Official Report column 909, what extra data on immigration detention he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported who applied for asylum in the UK based either in part or wholly on their sexuality or gender identity and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the policing and security services operation in relation to the time Julian Assange remained at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress his Department has made on tackling gang-related crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) his Department and (b) individual police forces have imposed targets on the number of stop and searches to be carried out.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reverse his decision of March 2018 to close the permanent residency route under the Ankara Agreement for Turkish nationals who...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the EU Settlement Scheme application process is available in every European language.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 2014 Modern Slavery Strategy in reducing the prevalence of human trafficking and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money from the public purse has been spent on urgent and exceptional support in relation to victims of the Windrush scandal in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on advertising the Windrush Compensation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases his Department has shared proactively shared data with other Departments for the purposes of immigration enforcement for each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tamil asylum seekers have been deported from the UK to Sri Lanka in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260702 on Police: Disciplinary Proceedings and with reference to the 28 January 2019 BBC...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of police support for the visit of President Trump was; and whether his Department provided additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps his Department plans to take to be fully prepared for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions his Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on his Department's presentation and use of statistics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings he has held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the suspension of European Social Fund payments on third sector organisations in Scotland.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for a report on phase one of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick will be published.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the Government Estate is in the North West region.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Government Departments to (a) provide similar information and (b) undertake a sample...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people over 70 are in (a) full- and (b) part-time employment.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of incidents of domestic abuse in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of staff in his Department in London that are paid less than the London living wage.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260726 on Huawei: 5G, how many operators has the National Cyber Security Centre identified as (a)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in the West Midlands earning less than £9 an hour.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase voter registration among homeless people.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to make increased trade with Indonesia conditional on the removal of virginity tests for women applying to the Indonesian...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to negotiate a free trade deal with Honduras.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made in negotiating a free trade deal with Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to negotiate a free trade deal with Malawi after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has he made on strengthening the trade relationship with Togo after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place copies of the representations he has received on behalf of the National Lottery and Camelot on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ScreenSkills campaign entitled, Find your future in film and TV.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the BBC remains economically competitive against video streaming services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged over 75 years in (a) Scotland, (b) the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and (c) North Lanarkshire will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261281, whether the supply chain review will include a technical assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on changes in the approach by HMRC to the entertainment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019, to Question 261114 on Digital Technology: North Wales, what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261114 on Digital Technology: North Wales, which public buildings in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the appointment of the new chief executive of Ofcom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2019 to Question 256393 on Legislation: Electronic Government, what his timescale is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the protection of Christians from persecution in (a) Africa, (b) the Middle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote religious tolerance throughout the world.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a fund to support persecuted Christians through help with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of People's Republic of China on the suppression of political...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to detention centres in Libya.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the number of refugees the Government plans to resettle from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to his Sudanese counterpart on the restoration of access to the internet in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department has provided to UK embassy staff in Khartoum on attending street demonstrations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the death toll from violence in Khartoum; and what steps he is taking to negotiate a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has plans to make representations to the Sudanese authorities on allowing Yassir Arman to return to Sudan from his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Russia was invited to take part in the recent D-Day commemorations in France.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the outcomes of his Department's Magna Carta Fund project on the UN guiding principles on business and human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential consequences for Colombian mining companies of non-compliance with the OECD due...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Kazakhstani counterpart on respect for the fundamental freedoms of expression...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to (a) the Moldovan Ambassador in London and (b) his Moldovian counterpart on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Kashmir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent diplomatic discussions he has had with his regional counterparts on a civilian-led Government in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Government of Indonesia on the humanitarian situation in West Papua; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to (a) his Sudanese counterpart and (b) the Transitional Military Council on (i) the recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to (a) assist independent investigations and (b) support accountability for any violations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which private sector organisations the Government held discussions on supporting engagement of the private sector with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Iranian counterpart on the release of the journalist Sanaz Allahyari.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of President Trump's state visit in June.
To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions her office has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on her office's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010..
To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings she held with her Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 29 May (HL15705), whether any privately funded rail scheme developed under the Market Soundings...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of rail passenger miles are powered by electricity.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of fires and spillages on highways and motorways; whether the number of fires and spillages has increased in recent...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on their plans to increase cycling and walking of the remit provided to Highways England Historic Railways Estate,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether litter removal is a key performance indicator for Highways England; and if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Highways England has set up a Stakeholder Advisory Panel; and if so, who are the members of that panel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Transport on 5 June (HCWS1594), what assessment they have made of the progress report on revisions...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the reliability and punctuality of train services between Manchester and Leeds.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Bombadier about that firm's decision to sell its Belfast operations.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lay a fully-costed impact assessment before both Houses of Parliament before making any adjustment to the UK’s greenhouse gas...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their plans to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 do not affect the economic competitiveness of UK industries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 9 May (HL15286), whether they intend to prioritise strengthening the powers available to insolvency...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the results of the consultation on ethnicity pay reporting, which closed on 11 January.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 16 April (HL15075), whether they will publish the minutes of the discussions between the Department for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 17 April (HL15078), when they expect to complete, and publish, their study of different options for incentivising...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they have taken to enquire about the health and well-being of Dr Essam El-Haddad and his son Gehad El-Haddad, who are being detained by...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) locate, (2) identify, and (3) freeze, any UK bank accounts which are being used to hold funds embezzled by Omar al-Bashir.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the authenticity of the report from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Engineering Assessment of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is part of the purpose of the Global Coalition Against Daesh to uphold United States sanctions on Syria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the fears expressed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the restoration of the full 20-mile coastal fishing zone at Gaza.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement made by Abdullah Ocalan, through his lawyers, on 22 May and the subsequent ending of hunger strikes; and what steps...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 24 May (HL15677), whether in their discussions with the government of France they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 24 May (HL15677), what has been the outcome of their representations to the government of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with the government of Zimbabwe reports by human rights and civil society organisations in that country of a crackdown...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the actual spending for the programme of technical and practical assistance to the government of Bahrain in the 2018/19 financial year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of capital punishment in Bahrain, following the upholding of 12 death sentences in May and reports that three of those...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported view of the Director-General of Reporters Without Borders, Christophe Deloire, that the Israeli army had...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the government of Israel about the imprisonment of a 12 year-old Palestinian girl who was reportedly interrogated...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the government of Israel about the demolition on 13 February by the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem of a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of Israel about the detention by Israeli forces of Abeer Ziyad, Director of the Women Center of A-Thuri in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the auction of prefabricated classrooms that were confiscated by Israeli forces from a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan about the arrest and detention of Yasir Arman; and what information they have about his (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the military leadership in Sudan for the release of Yasir Arman; and whether they have sought information on the number...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will change their advice that British citizens should avoid all but essential travel to Sri Lanka, following recent action by several EU and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the reported increase of violence by settlers towards Palestinian property in Al-Tuwani and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that ISIS is seeking to secure access to a nuclear weapons capability from Pakistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 28 May (HL15771), whether any government department has provided funding or training for the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they are making, through the UK–USA–Norway Troika and bilaterally, to ensure that leading opposition figures in Sudan such as Yasir Aman...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo in the transitional military council in Sudan and the activities of the Rapid Support Forces in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the prevention Green Paper will be published; and whether preventing increasing disease burden among progressive conditions will be examined in the Green Paper.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve secondary prevention for people with long-term conditions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what engagement activity they are planning for the prevention Green Paper; and when they expect such activity to begin.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide funding for the Lingo Flamingo project to help dementia sufferers with their cognitive abilities, in England, as is currently the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 2 May (HL Deb, col 1062), when they will send, and place a copy in the Library of the House, the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they chose to implement an E-7 Wedgetail conversion programme to maintain the UK’s Airborne Early Warning and Control capability rather than procure new...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the procurement of Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft will be subject to oversight by the Single Source Regulations Office; and if so, whether Boeing has agreed...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made with initiatives to (1) encourage and enable serving members of the Royal Navy to purchase homes near to bases where they are serving,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct an audit of language skills across the Civil Service.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 3 July 2017 (HL3), 15 September 2017 (HL1448), and 13 October 2017 (HL1671), and by Lord Duncan of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the number of (1) electors, (2) postal votes cast, and (3) proxy votes applied for, in the Peterborough constituency for (a) the general election in 2010...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many electors required a postal ballot for the recent elections to the European Parliament.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have died from mesothelioma in each year from 2010 to the last year for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when their consultation on electoral integrity will be launched; and whether that consultation will be open to the public.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current annual revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.
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