Mercher, 19 Gorffennaf 2023
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Family Reunion visa applications from 2022 are outstanding.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help stop the illicit import of vapes.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the regulatory framework for multi-academy trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to universities on pay deductions during marking boycotts.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to resolve medicine shortages affecting pharmacies.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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;...
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;...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of Regimental mascots.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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)...
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to improve rural connectivity.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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)...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing noise limits on motor vehicles.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to devolve powers over road user charging to the devolved Administrations.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what next steps his Department plans to take following its consultation on the UK Green Taxonomy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to implement public sector pay rises in Northern Ireland.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for PIP assessments.
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend Guaranteed Minimum Pension protections to pensions accrued before 1988.
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...
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)...
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases.
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he is taking steps to ensure that staff in his Department who are under investigation for alleged misconduct are not named before those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the status of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect on the performance of homecare medicines services.
To ask His Majesty's Government which medicines can be delivered by homecare medicines services.
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...
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the extent of abuse of NHS staff.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of pharmacies closing permanently.
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the trends behind the number of pharmacy closures this year.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total wage bill for all NHS staff for (1) April 2019, and (2) April 2023.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat the abuse of NHS staff.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to encourage more medical researchers to enter into brain tumour research.
To ask His Majesty's Government what specific provisions or schemes are in place to support carers of those suffering from early onset dementia.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's resilience against nuclear weapons.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Order determining the new parliamentary constituency boundaries will be laid.
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.
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.
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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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