Written answers

Iau, 16 Chwefror 2023

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the trends in the vacancy rate in the NHS in the period between June 2021 and June 2022.

    • Palantir: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129798 on Palantir: Contracts, how much was paid to Palentir for its Foundry...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans that the sections of the Health and Care Act which establish the new NHS Provider Selection Regime will come into force...

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in level of funding for public health grants on a real-terms basis for each...

      Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to data published by the Office for National Statistics, entitled Excess deaths in England and Wales: March 2020 to...

      Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans for the proposed Major Conditions and Disease Strategy to replace existing disease and condition-specific strategies.

      Public Health: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role preventative public health policies will play in the context of the implementation of the Government's Major Disease and...

      Community Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of district nurses.

      Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help integrated care systems to harmonise their procedures.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which football clubs have benefited from the Multi-Sports Grassroots Facilities Investment Fund from the Irish Football Association and...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Paralympic Games: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 17 January to Question 119039on Paralympic Games: Visits Abroad, whether the hospitality provided by the British...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Statement of 16 January 2023 on Ukraine: Update, Official Report columns 35 to 37, whether he plans to declare any of the systems...

  • Home Office

    • Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average length of time taken by her Department to process a passport application in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help support the reunification of families through the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.

      National Age Assessment Board: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether learning from National Age Assessment Board pilots will be shared with key stakeholders.

      Asylum: Hove

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January to Question 132555 on Asylum: Hove, how many hours notice were given to the local authority prior to...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the longest outstanding MP enquiry to her Department was received.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Technology: New Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the growth of regional technology (a) start-ups and (b) scale-ups.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Social Services: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) on 21 December 2022 (110613), when they will publish their plan for...

    • Public Health: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on the level of funding required from the public health grant in order to ensure that local authorities are able to fulfil...

      Death

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 6 February 2023 (HL4993), what plans they have to launch an evidence-led investigation into why more people...

      Infant Foods: Marketing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enforce the ban on marketing baby (under six month) child milk formula in the UK; and whether they plan to extend the ban across all child...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Security

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether £7 million is to be spent on the security works project at Peers' Entrance; why such expenditure is necessary; and who authorised it.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israeli Settlements

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposed reduction in the powers of the Supreme Court in Israel by the new government of that country; particularly in...

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel regarding (1) the right of Palestinians living in Israel (a) to hold Israeli citizenship, and (b) to...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about the proposal to legalise Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the impact this will have on...

      Republic of Ireland: Foreign Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current relations between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

      Syria: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to communicate to British unaccompanied minors or orphans detained in north-east Syria that applications to return to the UK will be...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Beaches: Swimming

      To ask His Majesty's Government which beaches in England were designated as safe for swimming (1) in 2010, and (2) the most recent year for which a list is available.

    • Beavers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate and plan for releases of beavers into the wild in England; and what consideration they have given to the optimal population and...

      Game: Birds

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential shortage of birds for commercial hunting given the avian flu pandemic and restrictions on bird movement.

      Agriculture: Antibiotics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers to reduce the use of antibiotics.

      Bread and Flour: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps will be required under the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland for any changes to the Bread and Flour Regulations 1988; and how long they estimate the...

      Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regulatory divergence between Great Britain and Northern Ireland that may occur as a result of the Genetic Technology...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Levelling Up Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what applications for levelling up funding have been received from Northern Ireland; and what was the (1) outcome of each application, and (2) value of the award...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Heating: Non-ionizing Radiation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of infrared panels as a low carbon heating technology for (1) new homes, and (2) off-gas-grid homes.

    • Energy: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much has been claimed in energy efficiency grants for energy retrofit programmes by each local authority in each year since 2008.

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