Gwener, 3 Mawrth 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements for active travel in each of the financial years from 2020-21 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stronger penalties for people who do not obey road safety rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support local authorities' delivery of the Transport decarbonisation plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to collate data on aircraft accidents in commercial operations in which colour vision was a significant factor over the past...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why no British soldiers suspected of murdering Agnes Wanjiru in March 2012 have been extradited to Kenya?
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the temporary extension to the 2016 Defence Cooperation Agreement between the UK and Kenya will remain in place following the expiration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has allocated funding for the integration of an active protection system into Challenger 3 main battle tanks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150412 on Type 32 Frigates: Procurement, how much concept funding has been allocated to Type 32...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of the jobs that will be (a) created (b) sustained in the supply chain in (i) the UK and (ii) Spain by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 146794 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many professional survey reports have been received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase production of 155mm ammunition in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under the Night Poaching Act 1828 in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the financial impact of the cost of living crisis on hospices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government’s Major Conditions Strategy will incorporate all the commitments made in the 10-year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients received radiotherapy treatment within the 62-day referral to treatment target; and what steps he is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to publish a vaccine strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle misinformation about mRNA vaccines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of adequacy of the uptake of the influenza vaccine in winter 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase awareness of and (b) improve access to the Cancer Drugs Fund; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing Optune on the NHS for the treatment of brain cancer; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) Energy Bill Relief Scheme and (b) Energy Bill Discount Scheme on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to help support hospices that are unable to afford their energy bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase Minimum Income Guarantee in line with inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has discussed uprating social care benefits in line with inflation with MENCAP in the last twelve months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 110663, when he expects the investigation to be completed; when his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the World Health Organization publication entitled Tackling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the take up of the influenza vaccine in winter 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the uptake of the influenza vaccine in winter 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the potential impact of testosterone levels in women on (a) normal metabolic functioning, (b) cognitive functioning, (c) mood,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many flu vaccinations his Department has procured for the 2023-24 children's flu vaccination programme; and whether the Joint...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the installation of public access trauma kits in publicly accessible locations across England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Menopause Taskforce has not met since before July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide cancer vaccines to patients through the NHS; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2023 to Question 140337 on Schools: Closures, in which region of England are the 39 schools that have closed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any school buildings are not in use as a result of being assessed as posing a risk to life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve education outcomes in the east Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in her Department in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who received free school meals in secondary education in Nottingham South constituency are registered for higher education in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on supporting children who suffer with migraines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish an impact assessment on the (a) rolling out and (b) practices of secure (i) schools and (ii) children's homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with North Yorkshire County Council in 2018 on plans for a new special educational needs and disability school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff were employed to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in each year since 2010; and how much funding her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for pupils to receive free school (a) lunches, (b) breakfasts and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools use Code T: Gypsy, Roma Traveller absence in line with guidance from her Department on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has his Department has made of the impact of its Initial Teacher Training Market Review on its teacher recruitment targets.
To the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made to the potential merits of publishing an ESOL Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the provision of training courses specifically on preventing discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide free breakfasts for all children in school settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment with his Cabinet colleagues of the health impact on survivors of domestic abuse of participating in the family court process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to protect domestic abuse victims when the person who abused them has been released from prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been made under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010,
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the number of countries who have not imposed sanctions on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his US counterpart on the potential merits of imposing (a) sanctions and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken steps to support the approval of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention as an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what long-term plans his Department has to provide (a) financial aid and (b) rescue equipment to regions affected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing support to the African Continental Free Trade Area; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to support (a) the renewal of the mandate of the International Commission of Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, CP 806, whether products sold into cash...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the education of Afghan women and girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the European Union (b) other European partners on China and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in her Department in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many VisitBritain staff are based in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) support the online advertising industry and (b) hold discussions with that industry on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to its staff on the (a) suspension and (b) closure of a claim for carer's allowance when eligibility has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce delays affecting Access to Work applications and claims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department is closing applications for waiving Recoverable Hardship Payment repayments between 1 January 2014 and 11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department are taking steps to review internally decisions on waiving hardship payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the scheme for waiving recoverable hardship payment repayments only applies to payments made in the period between 1 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the correspondence from the Minister for Employment to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee relating to the Flexible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the correspondence from the Minister for Employment to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee relating to the Flexible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 147384 on Pensions: Telephone Services, what the average time is that callers were put...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the use of pesticides on (a) bees and (b) other pollinators in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s policy is on the culling of badgers; and whether she plans to take steps to prevent badger culls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Windsor Framework will allow gene editing of crops to take place in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in her Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has held with relevant stakeholders on reducing supply vulnerabilities of (a) tomatoes, (b) peppers,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the badger vaccination programme; and whether her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to reinstate China export licences to (a) Cranswick abattoir in Norfolk and (b) Pilgrim’s UK abattoir...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to assess the causes of food poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help ensure that charity collection bags posted through letterboxes are biodegradable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department has met with the Tyre Recovery Association in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to rescind the T8 exemptions on the mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres as part of her upcoming...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) tyre recycling technologies and (b) pyrolysis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of properties which would benefit from greater investment in upper catchment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on improving air quality in South West in each of the last five years.
To the Secretary of State for the Home Office, if she will publish a copy of her Department's questionnaire to be completed by refugees from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Libya, (d) Syria and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146875 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, what steps her Department is taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150409 on UK Border Force: Patrol Craft, how much her Department has (a) allocated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the legal immigration status of a British citizen's non-adopted step child who is under 18 and not a British citizen is.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings on far-right extremism in Hope Not Hate's...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to meet Tony Cox, a constituent of the hon. Member for Exeter.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of rural crime in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the operation of the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, known...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150593 on Regional Planning and Development: Local Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, by what date successful Local Authorities should expect to receive their full allocation of UK Shared Prosperity Funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of building regulations that ensure commercial properties are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the holding Answer of 20 February 2023 to Question 141390 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much public money was spent by his Department in financial year 2021-22 on the procurement of ministerial red (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to include in the (a) building regulations and (b) associated approved documents...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what contingency arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure all postal votes are received and counted in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (a) how many and (b) which developers who signed the Building Safety Pledge have signed the developer remediation contract...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which external legal practitioners are advising the Government on the cladding pledge legally binding agreement and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of UK builders or developers who are deemed financially responsible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what means of redress are available to park home residents who have a complaint about the management of a park home site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to answer Question 141387, tabled on 7 February 2023 for answer on 20 February.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve legislation on environmental and climate standards in British retailer and company...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of RSM UK Consulting's independent evaluation of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make] an estimate of the number of households that (a) have been issued Boiler Upgrade Scheme vouchers for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on its decision to remove certain domestic biomass-related heating technology systems from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of a zero-carbon electricity by 2030 target on (c) consumer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what representation his Department has received from Hospice UK on the hospice sector's capacity to meet the cost of energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of customers in the ECO+ general eligibility group who will make a monetary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of their ECO4 cost assumptions in the context of rising inflation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with EDF on Hinkley Point C and (a) the cap limit for CGN, (b) whether CGN will provide further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of EDF's estimate that Hinkley Point C will cost £33 billion; and what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the report by the Climate Change Committee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on the Track 1 Power BECCS selection process; and he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the inclusion of international aviation in UK carbon budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of businesses that have entered new fixed period energy price agreements in the last six...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that members of the public who sell solar powered energy back to the state are...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication entitled Deaths by vaccination status, England, published on 21 February 2023, for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in his Department in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the FOI release Honours nominations probity and propriety checks completed by HM Revenue and Customs, updated on 27 October 2022,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the surrender of unused funding for Horizon and Euratom association set out on page 295 of the Central Government Supply Estimates...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Supplementary Estimates 2022-23 published by his Department on 21 February 2023, whether the unused funding for the Advanced Research...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC treats the head office and subsidiary branches of all political parties and similar organisations as connected organisations for the purposes...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse of the trader support scheme has been since it was established.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to convene a roundtable for independent oil companies operating in the North Sea on the potential impact of the Energy Profits Levy...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning the raid by the Israeli military in Nablus on 22 February to arrest three wanted...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered the potential merits of including the need to use a food bank, alongside undue hardship, in the criteria which may exempt claimants...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many universal credit claims were subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data are available, broken down by parliamentary constituency; how...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 14 February (HL5193), whether that figure includes (1) claims made within a person's Access to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what independent assessment has been made of the removal of 16 per cent of the East Sussex waiting list through "error identification" as described in the NHS...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 9 February (HL 5339), whether NHS England and integrated care board aggregate NHS mental health expenditure would...
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