Written answers

Gwener, 24 Tachwedd 2023

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations of the UK Trade and Business Commission's report...

    • Foreign Companies: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take to achieve transparency over the ultimate ownership of UK land held by overseas entities where the legal owner...

      Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to help encourage people to enter careers in the (a) hospitality and (b) retail sectors.

      Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, both what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to recover property titles on the Register of Overseas Entities owned by overseas...

      Limited Liability: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she he will take steps to expand the person of significant control regime to English and Welsh Limited Partnerships.

      Electric Vehicles: Bicycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will commission research into the causes of e-cycle battery fires.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of NAPpads on trends in the number of...

    • Land: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the average time taken to process first registrations of land at His...

      Public Houses: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal definition of a public house for planning...

      Holiday Accommodation: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation entitled Introduction of a use class for short term...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Charities

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to support medical charities operating in Gaza.

    • Occupied Territories: Violence

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure accountability for acts of violence by settlers in the Occupied...

      Gaza: Security

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on responsibility for the long-term security of Gaza.

      Hamas: Terrorism

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the news release of 18 October 2023 from Human Rights Watch, entitled Israel/Palestine: Videos of...

      Gaza: Health Services

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Israel’s closure of the Erez crossing since 7 October...

      Gaza: Health Services

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the protection of healthcare (a) personnel and (b)...

      Hamas: Terrorism

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Hamas terrorists that have been killed in Gaza since 7...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has sought legal advice on the international legal framework governing the conduct of all...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the Rafah crossing in Egypt to enable the delivery of...

      Yemen: Violence

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what estimate his Department has made of the extent of violence against civilians in Yemen.

      Gaza: Hospitals

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent conversations with his Israeli counterpart on the protection of civilian life in Gaza’s...

      Western Sahara: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the security situation in Western Sahara; and what...

      Israel and Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if his Department will issue guidance to UK citizens on the legal implications of volunteering in (a) Ukraine and (b)...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he last held discussions with his Egyptian counterpart on the case of Alaa Abdel Fattah.

      European Convention on Human Rights

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to (a) renegotiate adhesion to the European Convention on Human Rights...

      Development Aid: Children

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to support disabled children abroad.

      Development Aid: Education

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the total value spent by his Department supporting educational opportunities...

  • Treasury

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department has overall responsibility for the MOD Police.

    • Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed by the Ministry of Defence Police in each year since 2010.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for the Ministry of Defence Police for each year since 2010.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the air defence capabilities provided to Ukraine in each month since February 2022.

      Armed Forces: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacancies there are in his Department for (a) physiotherapists and (b) rehabilitation support workers in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii)...

      Armed Forces: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full time equivalent rehabilitation support workers who are not Health and Care Professions Council registered are deployed in (a) England, (b)...

      Ministry of Defence: Physiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent civilian physiotherapists employed by his Department are deployed in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland, (d)...

      National Cyber Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the new headquarters of the National Cyber Force to be (a) completed and (b) operational.

      Armed Forces: Physiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full time equivalent full-time military reserve physiotherapists are deployed in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) Wales and...

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel employed in the MOD Police work on (a) intelligence and (b) investigations.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian Marines have been trained by the Armed Forces since February 2022.

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to tackle (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) sexual harassment towards women serving in the Armed Forces.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the readiness days were for the Royal Air Force’s Typhoon fighter jet fleet in each year since 2010.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the readiness days were for the Army’s Challenger II main battle tanks in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish the Uncrewed Systems strategy.

      Armed Forces: Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timescale is to complete its Uncrewed Systems Strategy.

      Defence: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's active programmes are more than 28 days behind the original programme schedule.

      Defence: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department plans to mitigate the potential impact of high inflation on defence programmes.

      Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel employed in the MOD Police work in (a) administration, (b) finance and (c) legal advice roles.

      Royal Military Academy: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many foreign military personnel have trained at RMA Sandhurst for each year since 2010; and if he will publish a list of these figures per nationality.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Menopause: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to provide tailored information about menopause for (a) autistic people and (b) people with...

    • Menopause: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to assess the healthcare needs of disabled people with (a) neurodivergence, (b) learning disabilities...

      Menopause: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure that her policies on the menopause take into account the experiences of autistic people.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing GPs to prescribe a covid-19 booster vaccination to vulnerable patients...

      Midwives: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of midwives trained in England.

      Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce infection rates in winter.

      Bacterial Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the (a) UK Health and Security Agency and (b) Office for Health Improvement and Disparities have made of the potential...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of coordination of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccination programme for infants...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent report of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, updated on 11 September 2023, what plans...

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department is offering to patients unable to access medication for ADHD.

      Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle shortages in the supply of ADHD medicines.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments his Department has made of the implications for his policies of (a) supply shortages and (b) manufacturing problems of...

      Kidney Diseases: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve NHS (a) social and (b) emotional care for people living with kidney disease.

      Pancreatic Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to improve (a) outcomes and (b) survival rates for people with pancreatic cancer; and if she will...

  • Home Office

    • Animal Experiments: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licences to conduct experiments on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused...

    • Demonstrations: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of reports that Muhammed Kathem Sawalha assisted in organising recent...

      Tenants: Exploitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that the police fully investigate cases in which women have alleged that they have been exploited by their...

      Refugee Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK meets its obligations to refugees under the 1951 Refugee Convention.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 36865 on Refugees: Rwanda, how many refugees from Rwanda have been resettled in the...

      Asylum: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in the Hendon constituency were removed after their asylum appeal was rejected in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Assistive Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobcentres have specialist assistive technology installed on their customer computer kiosks to support those...

    • Jobcentres: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of work coaches in job centres have received disability equality training as of 15 November 2023.

  • Department for Education

    • T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of T-level qualifications.

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on reform of the Apprenticeship Levy to support training needs in the road...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to ensure that developers are installing school sports pitches that are (a) safe and (b) meet quality standards.

      Academies: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to inspect multi academy trusts.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Energy and Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to public communications issued through her Departmental website, what criteria her Department uses to assess...

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help people who are living off the energy grid in rural areas with energy costs in winter 2023-24.

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of households that spent more than 10% of their income on energy costs in (a) 2021...

      Energy: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will introduce a government-funded discounted social energy tariff for (a) disabled people, (b) unpaid carers and (c) people...

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will have discussions with energy regulators on reducing standing charges.

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the number of planning applications for offshore wind farms that (a) have been approved and (b) are under...

      Renewable Energy: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the contribution of the Minister for Nuclear and Networks in the debate on the Energy Bill on 5 September 2023,...

      Solar Power: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the percentage of installed solar panels that were imported from China in 2022.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Internet: Abuse and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to reduce online (a) harassment and abuse on social media and (b) other online harms for teenagers...

    • Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to (a) page 8 of the Home Office's Tackling violence against women and girls strategy, published July 2021 and...

      Internet: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Section 54 of the Online Safety Act 2023, what guidance Ofcom issues to media providers on the type of (a)...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to help increase domestic micro-mobility (a)...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department provided funding for biomedical research using (a) live animals and (b) non-animal for (i)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Probate Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints he has received about the performance of the probate service in each of the last five years.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Neurodiversity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the tracking of people with neurodiverse conditions on his Department's diversity monitoring forms.

  • Department for Education

    • Oak National Academy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what information they have provided to Parliament to allow effective scrutiny of the decision to establish the Oak National Academy.

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Apprenticeship Levy funding is used in its entirety rather than being returned to His Majesty's Treasury.

      Apprentices: Vocational Guidance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of careers advice in increasing the number of apprenticeships taken on.

      Students: Per Capita Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government in real terms what was the average per student funding for further education colleges in (1) England, and (2) Cornwall, (a) this year, and (b) for each year since...

      Primary Education: Per Capita Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average real-terms, per-pupil funding for primary schools in (1) England and (2) Cornwall in each year since 2005.

      Education: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to allocate additional funding in the period 2025–30 to secondary and post-16 education providers to address the lag...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Global Talent Network visas have been issued to date.

    • Immigration Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) strengthen, and (2) protect, the UK's borders.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address fuel poverty in rural areas, bearing in mind that many rural households are not on the gas grid, in the winter of...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Sports: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with sports governing bodies on the availability of female-only categories of competition that exclude all males.

    • Football: Women

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Football Association about the implications for fairness and safety for women in football of their policy developments on...

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