To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2023 to Question 3921 on Prescriptions: Fees and Charges, whether her Department has considered the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many alcohol-specific deaths there were in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the (a) revenue and (b) capital costs of (i) guaranteeing mental health treatment within a month, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the data analysis by Mencap on the number of people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure Statutory Declaration of Acknowledgement of Parentage forms are more available to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of contracting NHS neurodevelopmental assessments to private providers; and whether he has had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of women who have (a) been prescribed hormone replacement therapy for (i) perimenopausal and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of maternal mental health services; and what steps she is taking to improve mental health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its response to its consultation entitled Coronial investigations of stillbirths, which closed on 18...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that medical professionals who harm their patients face appropriate punishment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the letters of 26 September and 3 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare sent on behalf of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of establishing an independent statutory committee to assess the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 7 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Solihull, reference JK39009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the proposals set out in Cancer Research UK's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 3 September, 5 October, 2 November and 7 December 2023 from the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the publication by the British Medical Association...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for (a) the Queen's Platinum...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients have been treated per community diagnostic centre as of 12 December 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to monitor the effectiveness of NHS England’s guidance on Referral optimisation for people with skin...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what stakeholder engagement she (a) has had and (b) plans to have to develop guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022; and whether she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase provision of epilepsy treatment in (a) Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) nationally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with ADHD have been unable to access medication since 27 September 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with (a) the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and (b) other relevant stakeholders on the availability of (i) modular...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of shared waiting lists on patient choice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support research into thyroid diseases; and what steps she is taking to support patients with hypothyroidism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on her Department's duty of candour review for health and social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential correlation between vaping and nicotine addiction in young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died (a) while accommodated in acute mental health care facilities and (b) while detailed under the provisions of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what anonymisation process her Department plans to use for the federated data platform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure the collection of national data on (a) diagnosis, (b) referral to specialist care and (c) access to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Hospitals Transformation Programme on the frequency of closure of wards at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of ear wax removal treatments commissioned by integrated care boards that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing free prescriptions on the health of (a) all benefit claimants and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help maintain the availability of (a) pharmacies and (b) medication.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle obesity in people under 25 years old.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in service charges on care home residents, in the context of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with NHS England on using its (a) structures and (b) delivery mechanisms to identify unpaid carers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203835 on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs, when she expects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a list of every community diagnostic centre in England split into (a) permanent and (b) temporary locations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have selected their provider for elective care through the NHS app since May 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is her Department's planned timeline to provide funding for the (a) outline business case and (b) rebuilding of the James Paget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation on Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, updated by her Department on 20 October...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unique monthly visitors to the NHS app there were in each of the last 24 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pharmacists have trained to become independent prescribers in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to encourage early screening for kidney disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of section 42 enquiries made by local authorities in (a) the North West, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5389 on NHS: Drugs, and with reference to his Answer of 26 June 2023 to Question...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the draft guidance published by NICE on 3 November 2023, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in access to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of the levels of flu vaccine uptake between 2022 and 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 395 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what steps she is taking to implement the advice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were (a) seen and (b) treated by NHS commissioned Sexual Assault Referral Centres run by G4S Health Services in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle regional variation in (a) rates of early detection and (b) diagnostic waiting times for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were (a) seen and (b) treated by NHS commissioned Sexual Assault Referral Centres run by Mountain Healthcare in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of Riluzole for patients with motor neurone disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were (a) seen and (b) treated by NHS commissioned Sexual Assault Referral Centres in each financial year since 2018-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many consultant urologists there are in (a) Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) NHS Cheshire and Merseyside...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of domestic wood burning on public health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support recruitment and approval processes for clinical trials for brain tumours.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the take-up by NHS Trusts of NHS England's Federated Data Platform in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will ensure that NHS England publishes a public quarterly report on progress on the (a) development and (b) adoption of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has a risk register for NHS England's Federated Data Platform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure NHS England's Federated Data Platform represents value for money.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many leptospirosis cases were diagnosed in hospital settings in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incidents of (a) self-harm, (b) suicide and (c) attempted suicide by patients within (i) 24 and (ii) 48 hours of discharge from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the menopause taskforce last met; and if she will publish minutes of the meeting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on provision of maternity services in each of the last five years for which information is available; and how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the eligible population received the NHS flu vaccine by 12 December in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospitals in England have not completed the Government survey of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing investment in flood defence schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on the Air Quality Information System Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 30 November 2021 to Question 81865 on Air Pollution, whether he plans to update the Daily...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of providing coastal armour to protect the cliffs at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of agricultural land at each agricultural land classification grade was at (a) risk and (b) high risk of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the levels of donations to foodbanks between 2022 and 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to dis-apply Regulation (EU) No 2017/893.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure food is affordable in winter 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on promoting awareness of the ban on American Bully XL dogs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 have been (a) made and (b) approved in Suffolk Coastal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the rehoming of dogs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188424 on Animal Welfare, what criteria he is using to determine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of farrowing cages on the welfare of pigs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 2393 on Dangerous Dogs: Veterinary Services, with which organisations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the number of bluetongue virus cases in cattle and sheep in (a) Kent and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the average length of time taken for a field boundary change submission to be processed by the Rural Payments Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to improve cross-government oversight of the Blue Planet Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing vicarious liability for landowners who direct their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his oral statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, columns 41-43, whether he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to work with (a) the agriculture sector and (b) farmers to (i) raise awareness of cyber security and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department missed any statutory deadlines to respond to information requests submitted under the Environmental...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) engage with the Zimbabwean authorities on a political settlement, (b) share...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of levels of freedom of religion and belief in...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether officials in his Department have visited Jimmy Lai in Stanley Prison in Hong Kong ahead of his national...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Blue Planet Fund on levels of global poverty.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many officials from his Department attended COP 28.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question HL568 in the House of Lords on Sudan: Humanitarian Aid,...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps he has taken to support...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the written statement of 16 October 2023 entitled Update on the Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of refugees relocated to Rwanda via resettlement schemes from other countries.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps he has taken to support women and girls in Central Asia.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Nigerian counterpart on the drone strike in Kaduna State.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the Blue...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has plans to meet with his counterpart in Djibouti to discuss the (a) geopolitical situation in the Gulf of...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if his Department will take steps to recognise Somaliland as a sovereign state.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to support LGBT+ rights in Africa.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adherence by Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots to the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on the attacks in north-east Syria.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Peruvian counterpart on (a) supporting people campaigning on (i)...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Government's news story entitled Plan to move government roles out of Westminster brought forward...

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what proportion of his Department's staff at Abercrombie House in East Kilbride work on development issues.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of relocation of operations from Abercrombie House on retention of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2023 to Question 202822 on Offenders: Deportations, if he will publish the number of asylum...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child deaths as a result of spiritual and ritualistic abuse have been recorded in each year since 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to increase the mobility of young people between the UK and Europe.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total workforce of UK Border Force was in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to make Statutory Declaration of Acknowledgement of Parentage forms easily available to parents.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5139 on Wind Power: Fire Prevention, whether offshore wind farms are within the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure the protective equipment supplied to fire-fighters is up to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will undertake a review of the adequacy of the legislation relating to bystanders and shoplifting.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle knife crime in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5137 on Fire and Rescue Services: Carcinogens, whether the review will consider the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent drones being used by members of the public to film footage of crime scenes and investigations.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what lessons his Department has learned from the most recent independent evaluation of the Safer Streets Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spouse visas were issued to people with incomes between £18,600 and £38,700 in (a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5402 on Visas: India, what the average wait time for a British Visa appointment was...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to people who have been misreferred to Prevent.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) young people under the age of 20 referred to Prevent in the latest period...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with neurodiverse people on the potential impact of the Prevent duty on them.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of neurodiverse people referred to Prevent in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers had their accommodation support withdrawn after a rejected asylum application in (a) the UK and (b) Liverpool City...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his oral statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, columns 41-43, whether his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using Non-Fungible Tokens to tackle the financing of terrorist organisations through...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2023 to Question 4737 on Visas: Applications, what proportion of UK Visa and Citizenship Application...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was between an immigration decision being made and a biometric residence permit being delivered in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to locate the unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have gone missing from their accommodation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that local authorities have adequate resources to support unaccompanied...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguarding information his Department collects on unaccompanied children who are seeking asylum.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes his Department has in place to help protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have been victims of (a) rape, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence cards were reprinted due to errors on those cards in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to increase the mobility of skilled labour into the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many student visa applications have been withdrawn in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list (a) the visa categories for which the average processing time was longer than the agreed customer service standard and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times have registered sex offenders (a) attempted to change their names and (b) been prevented from changing their names by legal...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers are provided healthcare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help increase defence exports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings the Minister for Defence Procurement has had with the Department for Business and Trade to discuss the promotion of defence exports...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of expenditure on (a) consultants and (b) temporary staff in (i) his Department, (ii) vote agencies, (iii) executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 16 of the Defence Supply Chain Strategy (DSCS), published in November 2022m if he will publish the DSCS implementation roadmap.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Britain's naval presence in the Gulf of Aden; and whether he has plans to deploy more vessels to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to visit the Joint Logistics Support Base in Oman in the next 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1040, on Army: Procurement, when he plans to (a) complete and (b) publish the Land Industrial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Figure 3 on page 25 of the report by the National Audit Office on Defence inventory management, published on 13 September 2023, HC...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s policy is on the construction of a national flagship; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for replacing the (a) Stores System 3 and (b) CRISP system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve decision making in (a) resource allocations and (b) balanced investment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q20 of the oral evidence given by the Chief of Defence Logistics and Support to the Public Accounts Committee on 13 November 2023,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were living in grade four single living accommodation in Bedfordshire as of 12 December 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the responsibilities of the Chief of Defence Logistics and Support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q6 of the oral evidence given by Andy Start to the Committee of Public Accounts on 13 November 2023, HC 66, what steps he is taking to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve integration between DE&S and Defence Support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the delivery of operational support is (a) on time and (b) in budget.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve skills development in the defence sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to discuss the promotion of defence exports since his appointment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many thefts of his Department's property were reported in the last year; and thefts of what.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of trespassing on his Department's property have been reported in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the RFA Argus will be utilising its hospital facilities for casualties from the conflict in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 3734 on Ministry of Defence: Employment Schemes, how many women in his Department participated in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of interview panels for roles within his Department did not include any female panel members in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed to work on the confidential hotline for fraud in each year since 2019.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 3434 on Ministry of Defence: Fraud, how many cases a) bribery and (b) corruption were referred to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department has overall responsibility for the Department's annual budget cycle process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department will complete its Annual Budget Cycle process for 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many expense claims did his Department process in each financial year since 2019-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3110 on Armed Forces: Housing, when does he expect the remaining rooms to meet the new minimum...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination were made by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the number of reports of (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) discrimination within his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release of 11 December British minehunting ships to bolster Ukrainian Navy as UK and Norway launch...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when his Department will take command of the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force in 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops are (a) stationed and (b) deployed in Estonia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 4616 on Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations, what steps his Department is taking to verify...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to Question 4952 on Defence: Buildings tabled by the Rt hon. Member for North Durham.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average gross hourly pay was of (a) men and (b) women whose ethnicity was (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Indian, (iv) Pakistani/Bangladeshi and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the employment rate was of (a) women and (b) men whose ethnicity was (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Indian, (iv) Pakistani/Bangladeshi and (v) Black...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1894 on Electronic Government: Proof of Identity, how his Department plans to expand GOV.UK One...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died from fentanyl overdose in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a breakdown of the number and proportion of workers by (a) nationality and (b) occupational skill level in each year since 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median gross hourly pay of workers was by nationality in each year since 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish (a) net and (b) gross non-EU immigration figures by individual country of origin for each year since 2012.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests plans to publish an update to Lord Cameron's entry in the List of Ministers’ Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) prevalence of the use of and (b) the level of UK reliance on the supply of imported cellular...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to appoint a Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work; and for what reason this post is vacant.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Departments have completed a Data Maturity Assessment as of 13 December 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of GDPR rules for sharing data between local authorities on the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when (a) he and (b) officials in his Department last met the architect of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for publishing a new National Planning Policy Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the inclusion of park areas in (a) the town centre...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 155257 on Parking: Fines, what the result is of the review on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on the potential fire risks of battery energy storage sites in close...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to raise awareness of the Cladding Safety Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Bill on local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's timetable is for extending the voluntary Right to Buy scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's timescales are for announcing the details of the proposed methodology for the selection of culture...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on the number of households in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the number of veterans who were sleeping rough on 13 December 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information the Government holds on how many people have died while homeless in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason County Durham was not selected as a Priority Place for Levelling Up Fund Round 3.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the withdrawal of copper wire telecommunications to local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the article by the Social Mobility Commissioner in the Independent,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase access to free period products within schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase transport choices to further and higher education for young people aged between 16 and 24 in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help monitor the availability of childcare during school holidays in (a) Suffolk and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2023 to Question 5246 on Special Educational Needs: County Durham, if he will make it his policy to conduct an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken with the national working group on Child Abuse Linked to Faith on tackling spiritual and ritualistic abuse.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Level 4 and (b) Level 5 qualification starts there have been in each year since 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Government proposals to restrict the ability for international students to bring family...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings she has had with the Further Education Commissioner in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) girls and (b) boys who play (i) football and (ii) other sports at (A) primary and (B)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she takes steps to monitor the effectiveness of Ofsted's response to concerns relating to schools raised by (a) parents and (b) students.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission an independent investigation into the annual review issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the (a) repayment terms and (b) enforcement action borrowers are subject to when in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee on establishing a United Nations Framework Convention on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the high income child benefit charge so that household income is taken into account.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for the rollout of Making Tax Digital.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 3635 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge on what evidential basis his Department determined that raising the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment the potential merits of modernising national insurance contribution payment methods for (a) taxpayers and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) retail and (b) travel industries on the impact of the withdrawal of the VAT Retail Export Scheme on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of business rate relief for businesses in the hospitality sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of (i) payroll software developers and (ii) employers that will be unable to change their systems in time to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Questions 5901, 5897 and 5898, on what evidential basis his Department determined that an average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the Access to Work cap is calculated.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the access to work helpline received from (a) employers, (b) employees and (c) in total in financial year (i) 2021-22 and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure individuals whose Access to Work requirements exceed the annual cap receive support to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claimants are in rent arrears in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency of (a) initial training and (b) continued professional development for assessors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait time is for people in receipt of child maintenance to obtain a detailed schedule of (a) payments made and (b) payments owed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of assessors employed by external assessment providers to carry out PIP applications in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the unemployment rate in Essex.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of his Department's contact with people applying for child maintenance is by (a) telephone, (b) letter and (c) email.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Child Maintenance Service caseworkers receive training to identify parents with poor mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of parents using the Child Maintenance Service who are in debt as of 12 November 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown of resident and non-resident parents using the Child Maintenance Service by gender.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to end the freeze on state pension payments to pensioners residing in Canada.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number and proportion of children and young people meeting the UK Chief...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the seventh and eighth tiers of English football.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the closure of Crockfords casino in Mayfair.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the horseracing sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is undertaking to prevent illegal gambling; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government response to independent review: reframing the opportunity in women’s football, published on 4...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government response to independent review: reframing the opportunity in women’s football, published on 4...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on how the independent regulator of football will interact with the newly formed women’s elite...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the BBC on the potential impact of its coverage of the Israel-Hamas War on community cohesion in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent conversations her Department has had with platforms on the technological feasibility of offering regional prominence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet Office colleagues on issuing guidance to Ministers on upholding the operational...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department provided funding to the Turner Prize (a) directly and (b) indirectly via an organisation in receipt of funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an alternative funding scheme to the licence fee for the BBC.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC Board on the BBC's Digital First savings strategy, published on 29 November 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the motor industry to use polyethylene glycol in vehicle cooling systems; and whether he has made an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with car insurance regulators on helping ensure that rises in car insurance premiums do not disproportionately impact...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department (a) has provided to local authorities to help reduce congestion on local roads in each of the last two years and (b) plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the level of understanding among cyclists of Rule 64 of the Highway Code.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase safety for (a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians in towns and cities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 58331 on Local Government: Snow and Ice, how many tonnes of salt were held by National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to engage with the disability community when developing transport policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications of any injury or illness that would have a likely impact on safe driving ability the DVLA has received from (a) doctors, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's communication of the option of a not for reassessment marker for the Blue Badge Scheme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Bermudan Ship Register's compliance with core international maritime and labour conventions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of laser attacks on airborne emergency service vehicles; and what assessment he has made of the impact of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) domestic and (b) international emissions trading schemes on the (i) coastal and (ii) short sea...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of each project funded through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Irish Ferries Freight’s proposal for a new service between Scotland and Northern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of seafarer (a) ratings and (b) officers to the (i) coastal and (ii) short sea ferry...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the ferry Norbay was last inspected in a UK port for compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention by surveyors from the Bermudan Ship Register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a derogation to regulation EU 261/2004 for twin otter aircraft with a carrying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on providing maritime shore power in ports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Irish Ferries on the (a) welfare and (b) employment conditions of seafarers employed on the ferry Norbay.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December to Question 4979, how many airports have completed full installation of next generation security checkpoints...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to announce the outcome of Northwich station's Access for All funding bid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has commissioned research into the potential impact of transport poverty among 16 to 24 year olds on (a) unemployment and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of all rail passengers (a) at railway stations and (b) on trains in the context of increases in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to release funds from the northern leg of HS2 to improve the railway line between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street stations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Network North: Transforming British Transport, published in October 2023, what estimate he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has provided recent guidance to officials in (a) his Department and (b) arms-length bodies for which his Department is responsible on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the full written reasons for the decision of the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber of 23 August 2023 will be made available...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by the Prison Service; and what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours children spent in education was in each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre in each week of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of times that Rule 49 (segregation) was used in each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults were reported on officers working on operation tornado deployments in each year since 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to prevent companies being set up using other people's personal information without their consent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her planned timetable is for publishing guidance on the implementation of the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the compulsory labelling of products to indicate whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to table secondary legislation to implement the Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has (a) made an assessment of the implications for her policies of (i) trends in the level of fee increases and (ii) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to regulation 13 of the draft Carer's Leave Regulations 2024 laid on 11 December 2023, for what reason the average rate of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to measure the potential impact of the Help to Grow scheme on business productivity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed three-year extension of the rules of origin for electric vehicles and batteries under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has taken recent steps to reduce the tariff on fish feed imported from the Faroe Islands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to recover funds paid from the public purse to former employees of Greensill Capital Management Company.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had discussions with her counterpart in the state of Hawaii before laying the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories and...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she had discussions with her counterpart in the state of Washington before laying the Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was for the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery since it was established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with his Irish counterparts on Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including the potential impacts of decommissioning in the...

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the letter from the Chair of the Brook House Inquiry to the Home Secretary dated 19 October, which asked what steps they are taking...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings in the report by the Children's Commissioner Unaccompanied children in need of care, published 16 November, on the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 75 local authorities eligible for the Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme received part of the £50 million allocated for establishing...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to announce funding for improved fracture liaison services across England to avoid a postcode lottery relating to early detection of osteoporosis.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the potential cost savings to (1) the NHS, and (2) employers, in the next 20 years as a result of early detection and treatment of...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many local authorities were allocated funding to publish a Start for Life offer as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, and how much funding...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether a practising consultant obstetrician is always present at maternity inspections undertaken by the Care Quality Commission.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a Royal Commission into the future of maternity services.

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the real-terms, per-patient GP funding in (1) Cornwall, (2) the South West NHS region, (3) England, and (4) London in each year since 2000.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the 2023 abortion statistics for England and Wales will be published concurrently with the 2022 statistics in April 2024.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Autumn Statement which notes that £4.6 billion was given to Ukraine in military aid over 2022–23 and 2023–24, how much will...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether their policy has changed as regards plans for defence spending, given that the Spring Budget stated an aspiration to invest 2.5 per cent of gross...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they believe that the Ministry of Defence still needs to employ 60,000 civilian personnel, in the light of the declining number of regular forces.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average cost of a Higher Technical Qualification at (1) Level 4, and (2) Level 5.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the additional expenditure that would be incurred if free school meals were to be provided to all registered pupils at maintained...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the evidence by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee on 29 November, why Official Development...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total value of Russian state assets in the UK.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase grant funding for social housing delivery to reflect the decrease in the number of planning applications being made, and a...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for establishing a separate contracts for difference funding pot for wave energy generation, so that its funding is...

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made towards the creation of an electricity grid interconnector between north-west and south-west Wales.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cost of sending the UK delegation to the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai, how many UK representatives this covers, and how many...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Climate Declaration.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the prison population in Wales.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support female Welsh prisoners held in English prisons, both during and after their imprisonment, to reintegrate into the community.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many women have been assisted by the Women’s Pathfinder Whole System Approach since its establishment in 2013.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether efforts to eliminate rats, mice and cockroaches in all prisons in England and Wales have been successful, and if not, in how many prisons they still...

To ask His Majesty's Government who will be representing the UK at the Global Refugee Forum.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Benyon on 30 November (HL Deb cols 1172–1174), what assessment they have made of the (1) health impacts, (2) developmental...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 31 July (HL9405) and 8 November (HL10550), what were (1) the core, (2) the non-core, (3) any other,...