Written answers

Mercher, 19 Gorffennaf 2023

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 184606 on Leasehold, whether that legislation will apply retrospectively.

    • Housing: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of discounting children under the age of 1 when calculating...

      Temporary Accommodation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve standards on the (a) safety and (b) quality of temporary accommodation.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of the Overseas Development Assistance budget was spent on accommodating asylum seekers in the UK in the most recent year...

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of visas available for (a) HGV and (b) public...

      Visas: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Family Reunion visa applications from 2022 are outstanding.

      Police: Leicester

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Leicester (a) as of 1 July 2023 and (b) in 2010.

      Theft: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of theft investigations were closed due to the victim did not support police action in each year since 2010.

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Statement made by the Minister for Immigration on 29 March 2023, Official Report, column 1017, what recent progress...

      Asylum: Accommodation Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the dispersal plans for each of the asylum accommodation centres announced on 29 March 2023; and if she...

      Chevening Scholarships Programme: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Sudanese applicants who were notified that they had been selected for Chevening scholarships will be granted visas to the UK.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications under the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme have been successful.

      Home Office: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

      Police: Food Banks and Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191943, whether she has plans to hold discussions with chief constables on police...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help stop the illicit import of vapes.

      Home Office: Vivastreet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet and the Answer of 18 November 2022 to Question 87795...

  • Department for Education

    • Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to engage with parents in its relationships, sex and health education public consultation review; and if she will make a...

    • Queen's University Belfast: Industrial Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the suspension of Queen's University Belfast from the Universities and Colleges...

      National Tutoring Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the budget for the National Tutoring Programme was not spent in each year of the programme's operation.

      Department for Education: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

      Schools: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to provide guidance to schools on implementing flexible working whilst maintaining education quality and the...

      Children: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children's (a) mental health and (b) academic attainment following the covid-19 pandemic.

      Multi-academy Trusts: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the regulatory framework for multi-academy trusts.

      Universities: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to universities on pay deductions during marking boycotts.

      Sign Language: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of deaf children were enrolled on a British Sign Language course in the latest period for which data is available.

      Languages: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provided for language courses for deaf children in each region in the latest period for which data is available.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contracts worth more than £1 million his Department has entered into where the (a) goods and (b) services contracted for...

    • Cancer: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have waited for more than 62 days for an urgent referral for cancer to be diagnosed or ruled out in the last year.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of (a) children and (b) young adults placed on adult psychiatric wards.

      Doctors: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide office space to enable the recruitment of additional trainee doctors.

      General Practitioners: Telephone Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care, published on 9 May 2023, how many and what proportion of GP...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is monitoring the number of hospital admissions of young people related to vaping.

      NHS: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any data his Department holds on the impact of industrial action in the NHS on waiting lists.

      Arthritis: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for elective care on the mental health of people...

      Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) cautions, (b) prosecutions and (c) other legal actions the Food Standards Agency took against food producers in each of the...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many (a) non-smokers and (b) ex-smokers have taken up vaping in the last year.

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact on public health of changes in the levels of...

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for pharmacies.

      Primary Health Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what new capital funding was made available to primary care estates in the financial year 2022-23 in (a) Feltham and Heston constituency...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage patient participation in the NHS federated data platform.

      Hospital Beds: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beds there were at (a) Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust and (b) Shropshire Community Health Trust in each year between 2015...

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people living with a musculoskeletal condition.

      Health Professions: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) NHS oncologists who are (i) employed and (ii) unemployed and (b) vacancies for...

      Bupropion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 147126 on Bupropion, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of...

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department had with interested parties at the WHO FCTC 2030 tobacco control and taxation workshop in Panama on 26-27...

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department is providing to support the roll-out of musculoskeletal first contact practitioners in general practice.

      Pharmacy: Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of pharmacies in Wakefield (a) constituency and (b) district.

      General Practitioners: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent GPs were active in (a) 2020, (b) 2015, (c) 2005, (d) 2000 and (e) 1995.

      Pharmacy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the community pharmacy workforce to meet the needs of local pharmacies.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of plain packaging on levels of consumption of e-cigarettes.

      General Practitioners: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time general practice staff were (a) male and (b) female in (i) 2020, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2010, (iv) 2005, (v) 2000 and (vi) 1995.

      Primary Health Care: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the retention of (a) GPs and (b) other primary healthcare staff.

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with which countries officials in his Department have been liaising in preparation for the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the...

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of pharmacy closures since 1 January 2023.

      Drugs: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prosecutions of pharmaceutical companies withholding information from the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to extend NHS non-consolidated payments to NHS staff bank members.

      Radiology: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant radiographers employed by the NHS in (a) the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin...

      Drugs: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to resolve medicine shortages affecting pharmacies.

      Doctors: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) doctors specialising in clinical radiology and (b) diagnostic and...

      NHS: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were waiting over 18 months for NHS treatment in England as of 12 July 2023.

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of response...

      Hospitals: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to stop hospitals sending results letters with advertisements for private healthcare included.

      Medical Equipment: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that medical technologies procured by the NHS help (a) enable the delivery of the Life...

      Health Insurance: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average processing time is for a UK (a) European and (b) Global Health Insurance Card; and what steps he is taking to warn...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surgery cancellations there have been by speciality in the last 12 months.

      Medical Equipment: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to develop value-based procurement for medical technologies within the NHS.

      Arthritis: Surgical Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to collect feedback from people with arthritis who use surgical hubs.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding by his Department on research into musculoskeletal conditions are being (a) maintained or (b) increased in real terms;...

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191860 on WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, who will lead the UK delegation;...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of dentistry schools in rural areas.

      Community Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of community child health services in Leicester East constituency.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional GPs that will be recruited by 2023.

      Dental Services: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of standardising (a) salaries and (b) access to NHS pensions for dental nurses...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

    • Ministry of Defence: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) property and (b) other locations his Department (i) owns and (ii) operates in Northern Ireland.

      Armed Forces: Mascots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of Regimental mascots.

      Armed Forces: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the consistency between policies relating to final year of service medical discharges in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy...

      Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before those...

      Portsmouth Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the impact of surface fleet maintenance support contracts tendered under the Naval Support Integrated Global Network on...

      Type 31 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether legal proceedings have commenced between Babcock and Defence Equipment and Support on the Type 31 frigate programme.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy were approved up to 30 June 2023.

      Ministry of Defence: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) members of the Armed Forces from which units are deployed (i) permanently or (ii) temporarily in what...

      Sahel: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2023 to Question HL6976 on Sahel: Security, whether his Department has provided (a) technical support and (b)...

      Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192709 on 10 July 2023, what was the cost to the public purse of payments made to P&O Ferries...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support innovation and growth in the technology sector.

    • Broadband: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to support families with increases in the cost of broadband.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve rural connectivity.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the speed of the roll-out of Project Gigabit.

      Cybersecurity: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of applications for the Upskill in Cyber programme in 2023 were from people from ethnic minority...

      Cybersecurity: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many (a) schools and (b) students are participating in CyberFirst programmes in (i) Newcastle Central constituency and...

      Cybersecurity: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of (a) the Upskill in Cyber, (b) Cyber First and (c) Cyber...

      Cybersecurity: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the usage of the cyber explorers online learning platform in each region in the...

      Ofcom: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191947 on Ofcom: Managers, how many times have former Ofcom employees...

      Ofcom: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 191947 on Ofcom: Managers, what swift and appropriate actions can Ofcom...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their...

    • Russia: Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his G7 counterparts on the (a) seizure and (b) repurposing of Russian...

      Russia: Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the changes to legislation in Canada which...

      China: Espionage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July to Question 192153 on China: Espionage, whether the use of spy balloons by China...

      West Bank: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of potential (a) bomb factories, (b) mines, (c)...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

      China: Buddhism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the People’s Republic of China on detentions of...

      Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in China on the arrest warrants for and HK$1 million bounty...

      Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts on suspending extradition treaties to (a) Hong...

      Russia: Freezing of Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to allow Russian state assets held in the UK to be...

      Myanma Economic Bank: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with international counterparts on possible sanctions on the Myanma Economic Bank.

      Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received any legal advice on the compatibility of the Economic Activity of Public...

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support peace, stability and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many convictions there have been in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.

      Ilois: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2023 to Question 190052 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Resettlement, whether...

      Fundão Tailing Dam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met his Brazilian counterpart to discuss the ongoing impact of the Mariana Dam incident.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) algorithmic and (b) other automated decision making systems his Department uses; and for what purposes.

      Iran: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the release of British hostages in Iran.

      Lord Mayor of London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in his Department work on the Lord Mayor of London's Overseas Engagement Programme.

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to discourage regional and other external actors from aiding...

      Sudan: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will impose targeted sanctions on the financial networks of the warring parties in Sudan and on...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure humanitarian aid arriving at Port Sudan is reaching its...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking as a member of the Core Group of the Expanded Mechanism under the leadership...

      Sudan: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK's position as the penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council, if he will call for the...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing an informal Sudan Advisory Group...

  • Wales Office

  • Department for Transport

    • Railway Stations: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make free wi-fi for passengers mandatory at railway stations.

    • Railway Stations: Liverpool City Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in the Liverpool Wavertree constituency on the (a)...

      Railways: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to the Camp Hill railway line in Birmingham for increases in costs arising from the delay...

      Railways: 5G

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing rail-5G on trains for (a) passengers and (b) businesses.

      Railways: 5G

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on implementing the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy recommendations on connectivity on rail networks and rail-5G.

      Railways: 5G

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of rolling out rail-5G on passenger trains.

      Railways: WiFi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with train operators to help facilitate a consistent availability of wi-fi on trains; and if he will make a statement.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish the equalities impact assessments conducted by each train operating company on proposals to close rail ticket offices.

      Railways: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Coventry South constituency on the (a) safety and (b)...

      Railways: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Warrington North constituency on the (a) safety and...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with South Western Railways on possible mitigations to the potential impact of rail ticket office closures on rail staff...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with South Western Railways on the potential impact of ticket office closures on rail staff deployed in ticket offices.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions South Western Railway on the potential impact of ticket office closures on (a) elderly and (b) disabled passengers.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed ticket office closures on rail staff deployed in ticket offices.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road casualties there have been involving (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) motorcycles per billion miles travelled in the latest period for which...

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to allow disabled people who are in receipt of the standard mobility award for Personal Independence Payment to pay their...

      Transport: Leicester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to help improve transport infrastructure between Leicester and (a) London and (b) other...

      Bus Services: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Transport for London on the potential merits of providing live real time location information for bus services.

      Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Leeds East on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of...

      Cycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help ensure that the requirements of design standard CD195, Designing for cycle traffic, are applied in all National Highways...

      Motor Vehicles: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing noise limits on motor vehicles.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of passengers who use rail ticket offices.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of railway station ticket office closures on people with disabilities; and what steps...

      Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to devolve powers over road user charging to the devolved Administrations.

      Public Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of labour shortages of (a) HGV and (b) public service vehicle drivers on the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

    • Golf: Portrush

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Invest Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board on the potential for increasing tourism during...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Heating: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of installations of clean heat technologies there have been in social housing in the...

    • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on Israeli research grants for carbon capture projects; and whether his...

      Iron and Steel: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the commercialisation of science and technology research in green steel.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of transferring responsibility for the installation of smart meters from...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of using financial incentives to encourage radio teleswitch meter users...

      Energy Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the whether retail energy companies are implementing remedies determined by the Energy...

      Nuclear Reactors: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds data on the estimate of the cost of the proposed NuScale small modular reactor in the United States.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Warm Home Discount payments are being passed on to customers by energy providers.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the position where Warm Home Discount...

      Electric Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is participating in work on a proposed sub sea energy cable from Scotland to Norway.

  • Treasury

    • National Savings and Investments: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of National Savings and Investments green savings bonds at raising capital for green projects.

    • Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what next steps his Department plans to take following its consultation on the UK Green Taxonomy.

      Public Sector: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to implement public sector pay rises in Northern Ireland.

      Trade Marks: Registration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority's procedures for authorising the association of multiple trading...

  • Attorney General

    • Offensive Weapons: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of possession of weapon cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.

    • Robbery: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of robbery cases stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the case for prosecution in each year since 2010.

      Offensive Weapons: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of possession of weapon cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the case for prosecution in each...

      Fraud: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of fraud cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.

      Theft: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of theft cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supported the prosecution in each year since 2010.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Public Lavatories: Men

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2023 to Question 189864 on Public Lavatories: Men, what the expected timescale is for when the Health and...

    • Universal Credit: Arthritis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people with arthritis to remain in part time work in line with their condition in the context...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to use technological innovations to (a) find and (b) prevent fraud in the welfare system.

      Housing Benefit: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting people with autism from the under occupancy penalty on the grounds of their...

      Employment: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for PIP assessments.

      Access to Work Programme: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) arthritis and (b) a musculoskeletal condition claimed support through Access to Work in 2022.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish his Department's detailed plans to evaluate the performance of the Targeted Case Reviews initiative.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Figure 7 on page 297 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, if he will provide further details on what is...

      Guaranteed Minimum Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend Guaranteed Minimum Pension protections to pensions accrued before 1988.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s plan on Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System, published on...

      Local Housing Allowance: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make (a) an estimate of average housing rental costs and (b) an assessment of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates in (i)...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question 187662 on Universal Credit: Deductions, if he will provide the data set out in table one for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Theft: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of theft cases in which the victim or witness no longer supported the prosecution were stopped on the day of trial in each year since 2010.

    • Ministry of Justice: Dahua Technology and Hikvision

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether their Department has purchased products manufactured by (a) Hikvision and (b) Dahua in the last three years.

      Courts: Administrative Delays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that staff in her Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named...

    • Public Service Broadcasting: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Ofcom on changes to COSTA advertising rules for public service broadcasters; and whether her...

      BBC: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Director General of the BBC on the adequacy of the BBC's transparency practices for publishing...

      BBC: Local Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) the BBC and (b) Ofcom on the potential impact of the proposals set out in the paper by...

  • Scotland Office

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Department for Business and Trade: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the civil service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 6 July 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential...

    • Electric Scooters: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the seriousness of the fire risk posed by lithium batteries in e-scooters.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sky Lanterns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of banning sky lanterns.

    • Reptiles: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason live reptiles imports from the EU have been moved from Low to High Risk under the Target Operating Model method.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Parliamentary Estate: Defibrillators

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to publicise the location of defibrillators on the parliamentary estate.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect on the performance of homecare medicines services.

    • NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government which medicines can be delivered by homecare medicines services.

      Food Standards Agency: Surveys

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much it would cost to expand the sample size for the Food Standards Agency's Food and You 2 survey to a minimum of 10,000...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many incidents of abuse of NHS staff have resulted in criminal prosecution in each of the last 10 years.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the extent of abuse of NHS staff.

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of pharmacies closing permanently.

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any shortfall in funding affecting pharmacies in England for each year between 2015 and 2023.

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the trends behind the number of pharmacy closures this year.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total wage bill for all NHS staff for (1) April 2019, and (2) April 2023.

      Physician Associates: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that the increased employment of physician associates (PAs) as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan to tackle staff...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat the abuse of NHS staff.

      General Practitioners: Data Processing

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend that the data set, General Practice Extraction Service data for pandemic planning and research will contribute to the NHS England service...

      Brain Cancer: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to encourage more medical researchers to enter into brain tumour research.

      Carers: Dementia

      To ask His Majesty's Government what specific provisions or schemes are in place to support carers of those suffering from early onset dementia.

      Osteoporosis: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Royal Osteoporosis Society, and (2) other key stakeholders, about any further research required to address the gaps in...

      Draft Mental Health Bill

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill (HL Paper 128), published on 19 January.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of VAT to the NHS applied to the purchase of patient drugs in each of the past five financial years.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Honours

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 30 June (HL8582), what is the regional breakdown of recipients of the Companion of Honour.

    • Migration

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many UK citizens emigrated in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Nuclear Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's resilience against nuclear weapons.

  • Department for Education

    • Children in Care: Supported Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to recruit more supported lodgings hosts to accommodate 16 and 17 year olds in care.

    • Pupil Referral Units

      To ask His Majesty's Government when Ofsted last carried out an inspection of Pupil Referral Units; and whether they plan to commission any further reports.

      Pupil Referral Units: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of educational attainment in Pupil Referral Units; and what proportion of pupils in those units gain at least five...

      Pupil Referral Units

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils have been placed in Pupil Referral Units in England in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and what proportion of those...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of children with special needs completed the education healthcare plan within 20 weeks in each of the last three years.

      Universities: Strikes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the strikes relating to marking of university exams and essays on students awaiting end of year grades.

      Universities: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the Universities UK strategic advisory panel involves students from Sensible Drug Policy UK; and what assessment...

      Schools: Defibrillators

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement in July 2022 that all schools in England should have defibrillators on their estates, how many schools in England now have...

      Home Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many school pupils are currently being home schooled in England; and how this figure compares with pre-pandemic figures.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Drax Power Station

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 984) that "the “Panorama” programme provided an inaccurate representation of...

    • Drax Power Station

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 983), when they expect the investigation by Ofgem on Drax Plc to conclude.

      Drax Power Station

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 983) that most of the pellets used for biomass are “by-product from normal sustainable...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Constituencies

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Order determining the new parliamentary constituency boundaries will be laid.

    • United Kingdom

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they are supporting and strengthening the Union of the United Kingdom; and how much was spent on projects for that purpose in each of the last three years.

      Grenfell Tower: Fires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the mental well-being of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

      Empty Property: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government which departments have contributed to discussions of the options for reuse of the now empty building which previously housed London City Hall; and what proposals,...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Carers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to book by Kate Andersen Welfare That Works for Women? Mothers’ Experiences of the Conditionality within Universal Credit, published in...

    • Offshore Industry: Safety

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safety of additive manufacturer products in equipment in the oil and gas industries.

  • Home Office

    • Crimes of Violence: Public Sector

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many police (1) callouts, (2) investigations, (3) charges, and (4) convictions, there were to reported incidents of abuse and hostility towards public service...

    • Genocide and War Crimes: Rwanda

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to identify the presence of alleged Rwandan war criminals in the UK, and (2) to prosecute those who participated in the 1994 Rwandan...

      Defence: Technology

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Defence Science and Technology handbook on collision reduction equipment (1) is informed on issues of best...

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Russia

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 10 July (HL8794), whether the National Maritime Information Centre records incursions into the UK's...

    • Rapid Transit Systems and Trams

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to (1) local authorities, (2) passenger transport authorities, and (3) Metro Mayors, to develop new light rail and trams to improve...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Sports: Governing Bodies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to increase the diversity of leadership of national and international sports bodies, as announced by UK Sport on 24 June 2021; and...

    • Leisure and Sports: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the continuing increase in child obesity through the support of sport and recreational activities.

  • Treasury

    • Financial Services and Markets Act 2023

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to bring section 27 (Regulatory principles) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 into force; and when they will lay regulations before...

    • Duty Free Allowances

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn (HL5751), for what reasons they consider that introducing duty free at airports in Northern Ireland for...

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