Written answers

Mawrth, 27 Chwefror 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • School Milk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the provision of the Nursery Milk Scheme to finish at the end of...

    • Pharmacy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals that enable pharmacists to amend prescriptions when their stocks dictate their ability to...

      GP Surgeries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support GP practices with the costs of recycling medical packaging.

      Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential economic benefits of reducing the prevalence of sight loss.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her policy to continue reforms to the 2006 dental contract.

      Cardiovascular Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of cases of (a) vascular and (b) venous disease.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on equality, diversity and inclusion (a) events and (b) training in the last 12 months.

      Cancer: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to train specialist staff in the timely (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer.

      Liver Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 7 March 2023 from the then Minister for Social Care to the Chief Executive of the British Liver Trust,...

      Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided for research into (a) prevention and (b) the treatment of cancer in each of the last 12 years.

      Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to replace aging equipment in the NHS.

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients on an NHS elective waiting list are waiting for (a) a diagnostic test, (b) an outpatient...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support people with early onset dementia.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Domicil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any non-executive directors employed in her Department are non-domiciled.

      Junior Doctors: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase retention levels of junior doctors in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of...

      Motor Neurone Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support people living with motor neurone disease.

      Paramedical Staff: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle sexual abuse of female paramedics.

      Dementia: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the additional £95 million investment in dementia care has been allocated.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans that the 62-day waiting time target for cancer treatment will be met (a) nationally and (b) in York.

      Liver Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) community liver health checks, (b) primary care pilots and (c)...

      Cancer: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning and independent review into the impact of cancer treatment on a...

      Eating Disorders: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of providing additional funding to the devolved...

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in levels of (i) stress and (ii) burnout and (b) the potential impact of these on mental health.

      Health Services: Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish the responses to the public consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector.

      Heart Diseases: Genetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce self-referral forms for family members of people with genetic cardiac conditions.

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of NHS complaints.

      Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Parkinson's Disease: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the average licensing approval decision...

      Health Professions: Emigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of UK citizens who worked in the NHS that emigrated in each year since 2010.

      Drugs: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the total number of medicine shortages recorded by her Department in January (a)...

      General Medical Council and Health and Care Professions Council: Charter for Families Bereaved through Public Tragedy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the (a) General Medical Council and (b) Health and Care Professions Council on signing the...

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is she taking to help ensure that 75% of stageable cancers are diagnosed at stages 1 and 2.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were used to determine the cancer types selected for the evaluation of treatment and services by the Royal College of...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged under 18 have been prescribed medicinal cannabis as of 19 February 2024.

      NHS: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of NHS buildings that contain asbestos.

      Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourette's Syndrome are accessible to people outside of London.

      Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to (a) establish and (b) fund an avoidant restrictive food intake disorder pathway.

      Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing NHS patients to seek a second opinion on their (a) condition...

      Alzheimer's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's in the last 10 years.

      Dementia: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on target to double dementia funding by 2024/25.

  • House of Commons Commission

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Horizon IT System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many people who worked in the investigation unit of the Post Office during the period in which Horizon prosecutions took place were still...

    • Horizon IT System: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Written Statement of 22 February 2024 on Post Office Update, UIN HCWS283, what discussions she has had with the Scottish...

      Arms Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has sought legal advice on the implications for her policies on arms export licences to Israel of the International Court of...

      Exports: Canada

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government has taken to help increase levels of exports to Canada in the last two years.

  • Home Office

    • Heathrow Airport: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment was produced for the (a) Heathrow Changes project and (b) proposed roster system beginning on 29 April...

    • Home Office: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on equality, diversity and inclusion (a) events and (b) training in the last 12 months.

      Visas: Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guarantees are in place to ensure that workers on the horticultural Seasonal Worker visa are (a) transferred to a different Scheme...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) support and (b) resources her Department provides to organisations to (i) address issues related to gender-based violence and (ii)...

      Slavery: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to tackle modern slavery in Hendon constituency in the last 12 months.

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the number of illegal migrants who arrived in the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland in each...

      Immigration Controls: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many raids were carried out by Border Force in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) Hendon constituency in the last 12 months.

      Crown Dependencies: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision by (a) Guernsey, (b) Jersey and (c) the Isle of Man to...

      Text Messaging: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made on tackling SIM farms since 3 May 2023.

      Biometric Residence Permits: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for biometric residence permits were delayed as a result of technical issues in each month since January 2023.

      Fraud: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle fraud-related crime in (a) Cardiff Central constituency, (b) Cardiff local authority area and (c) Wales.

      Fraud: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to tackle fraud using gift cards.

      Home Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are awaiting decisions on applications to the Home Office as a result of technical issues in each month since January 2023.

      Home Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on informing applicants if the time taken to process their application is longer than the published service...

      Prevent Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which recommendations of the Independent Review of Prevent, published on 8 February 2023, have been implemented.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in each quarter since the Windrush Compensation scheme was launched, how many people who received an award applied (a) fewer than three...

      Cybercrime: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle cyber-related crime in (a) Cardiff Central constituency, (b) Cardiff local authority area and (c) Wales.

      Assessments: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a standardised compensation scheme for students who have been...

      Economic Crime: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to mandate information sharing between (a) payment service providers, (b) social media...

      Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2023 to Question 1309 on Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership, whether his Department is...

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of authorised push payment scam cases that have originated online in the last five years.

      Asylum: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of how many incidents of anti-social behaviour (a) on and (b) related to sites of temporary accommodation...

      Police: First Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with local police forces on the use of bleed control kits.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many houses his Department (a) owns and (b) rents for housing asylum seekers.

      Biometric Residence Permits: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action his Department is taking to tackle potential discrepancies between UK Visas and Immigration requirements to provide a Border...

      Home Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the cause of recent technical issues delaying home office applications.

      Members: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to extend section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 so that it applies to the environs...

      Internet: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help prevent young people being groomed via the internet to commit crime.

      Burglary

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional resources to Police and Crime Commissioners to...

      Knives: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of knife arches operated by the police in ensuring safe night-time...

      Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Criminal Justice Bill on people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.

      Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2024 to Question 13119 on Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance, what the total budget for...

      Asylum: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's procedure is for the verification of religious conversion when cited as a reason for the validity of an application...

      Personation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Fraud strategy, published on 3 May 2023, what progress his Department has made on...

      National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) National Crime Agency officers and (b) civilian staff members based in Northern Ireland are (i) former Royal Ulster...

      Cybercrime: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle cyber-related crime in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.

      Fraud: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle fraud-related crime in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.

      Elections: Indonesia and Pakistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made of the implications for its work of the use of AI in election campaigns in (a)...

      UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force vehicles have been used to patrol the English Channel in each year since 2015.

      Hate Crime: Transphobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle transphobic hate crimes.

      Hate Crime: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle hate crime in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on temporary release on 14 February 2023; and what the (a) maximum and (b) mean number of days was that each prisoner was on...

    • Ministry of Justice: Domicil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any non-executive directors employed in his Department are non-domiciled.

      Ministry of Justice: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2023 to Question 5663 on Garth Prison: Education, how (a) many hours of teaching time were lost and (b) much money...

      Courts: Bury South

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

      Legal Profession: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a rating of legal firms by their environmental social governance each year.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving sentences of less than 12 months were recorded as having (a) substance misuse issues, (b) a mental health...

      Espionage: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of espionage offences in the last five years.

      Landlords: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many landlords have been convicted of renting properties to people without the right to reside in the country in the last five years.

      Probation: Bury South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) support and (b) funding his Department provides to local probation services in Bury South constituency to help ensure effective rehabilitation...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Serbia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) democratic and (b) civil society rights in Serbia.

    • Alexei Navalny

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department plans to take to respond to the death of Alexei Navalny in Russian custody.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of changes in relations between Azerbaijan and...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent discussions between Armenia and...

      Cyprus: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) progress towards (i) a lasting resolution of the Cyprus issue...

      Defence

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13286 on Defence, if he will publish a list of the non-NATO...

      Gaza: Internally Displaced People

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2024 to Question 14355 on Gaza: Internally Displaced People, whether he has had...

      Muhammad al-Araja

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the killing of Muhammad...

      Sanctions

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) enabling Parliament to exercise oversight of sanctions...

      Gaza: Genocide Convention

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Israel’s compliance with the provisional measures set forth...

      Egypt: Gaza

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of reports of construction work on the border...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the proposed Israeli military expansion into Rafah;...

      Gaza: Orphans

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has held discussions with his counterparts in the Middle East on the potential merits of developing a plan...

      Palestinians: Refugees

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Palestinian refugees on regional stability in the Middle East.

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2024 to Question 14107 on UNRWA: Finance, what the allegations were; and from...

      Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what progress he has made with international partners on opening more land borders for aid to enter Gaza.

      Hong Kong: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he met the Chief Executive of Hong Kong in the last 12 months.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Oliver Wyman

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the contract initiated by his Department with Oliver Wyman Ltd from 4 September 2023, tender...

      Red Sea: Piracy

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea on shipping through the Suez Canal.

      Red Sea: Piracy

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

      Russia: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the involvement of UK-based (a) insurers, (b) insurance markets and (c) shipping...

      China: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish a transcript of his meeting with his Chinese counterpart at the Munich Security Conference in...

      Sudan: Internet and Telecommunications

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to support efforts to restore telecommunications and internet connectivity in Sudan; what...

      Gaza: Food Aid

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the decision of the UN World Food Programme to...

      Ethiopia: Famine

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential for famine in Ethiopia.

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the United Nations statement entitled...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of an Israeli military incursion into Rafah.

      Developing Countries: Solar Power

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help developing countries adapt to the use of solar power.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department spent on equality, diversity and inclusion (a) events and (b) training in the last 12 months.

      Yemen: Food

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the scale of food shortages in Yemen.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Sick Leave: Stress

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) stress and (b) burnout on the rate of absence due to sickness.

    • Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people with disabilities that impact their ability to work.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support disabled people financially whilst they await decisions on applications for the renewal of...

      Pension Credit and State Retirement Pensions: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive (a) the state pension and (b) pension credit in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

      Pensions: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to close the gender pension gap.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to improve investigations into benefit fraud.

      Pensions: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to close the gender pension gap.

      Jobcentres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he (a) has made recent changes to or (b) plans to change his Department's guidance to job centres on the information to be included on...

      Universal Credit: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 2787 on Universal Credit: National Insurance Contributions, whether he expects that all...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of transition of claimants from Incapacity Benefit to the Employment and Support Allowance; and...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will consider make an assessment of the potential merits of a precautionary approach to gambling advertising.

    • National Lottery Community Fund and Voluntary Organisations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money from dormant funds has been transferred to (a) the National Lottery Community Fund and (b) non-profit organisations in...

      Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of (a) voluntary and (b) self-regulatory efforts to limit the number of...

      BBC Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received from the Scottish Government on the governance of BBC Scotland.

      Football: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has (a) received representations from and (b) had discussions with her counterpart in the Scottish Government on ensuring...

      Community News Project: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Meta ending funding for the Community News Project on local journalism.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Science: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many researchers from the UK applied for (a) alternative funding from the UK equivalent of the EU’s Marie...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the safe use of artificial intelligence in schools.

      Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to promote (a) innovation and (b) research and development in (i) technology, (ii) green...

      Mobile Phones: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold discussions with mobile phone manufacturers on encouraging the development of phones that are disabled when...

      Broadband: Social Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that providers of broadband social tariffs apply the same...

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure residents in (a) rural and (b) urban areas benefit equally from improved...

      Telecommunications: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance her Department issues to broadband providers on working with planning authorities when installing electronic...

      Mobile Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department takes with local authorities to gather evidence on differences between the experience of mobile...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of solar farms on the availability of agricultural land.

    • Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of avian flu have been detected in the UK in the last 12 months.

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse is of training dog legislation officers to enforce the addition of XL Bully type dogs to...

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the National Police Chiefs Council on the (a) enforcement and (b)...

      Deer: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many night licences to cull deer were issued in the last three years.

      Deer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many deer have been culled under night licences issued in the last three years.

      White Fish: Quotas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annually-negotiated cod quota tonnage was for UK fishing vessels in Norwegian waters for each year since 2016; and...

      Food: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reclassifying fresh (a) fruit and (b) root vegetables from the EU...

      Food: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pausing proposals reclassifying (a) fruits and (b) root vegetables...

      Foie Gras: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total tonnage of foie gras imported in 2023; and whether he plans to ban its importation...

      Environment Agency: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people are employed by the Environment Agency in roles relating to diversity, equality and inclusion.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in his Department; and what the salary...

      Animal Welfare: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that the UK requires imports of (a) meat, (b) milk, (c) eggs and...

      Dogs: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of dogs with cropped ears.

      Animal Welfare: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed EU regulation on the welfare of dogs and cats and...

      Horses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle horse (a) fly-grazing and (b) abandonment.

      Horses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help ensure that people who neglect their horses are prosecuted.

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of exemption applications to keep an XL Bully dog his Department has (a) received...

      Dangerous Dogs: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to reopen registrations for XL bully dogs for owners who missed the deadline.

      Rural Payments Agency: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 137 of his Department’s annual report and accounts for 2022 to 2023, HC 1872, what the purpose...

      Cats: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban cat and kitten smuggling.

      Imports: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2024 to Question 11101 on Imports: Disease Control, when he plans to (a) make a...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Darlington Economic Campus: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13508, what the (a) duration and (b) value of the contract awarded to ISS Mediclean Ltd for...

    • Cabinet Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 289 on Cabinet Office: Correspondence, when he plans to respond to the letter of 22 August 2023 from...

      Veterans: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the uptake of job training programmes by ethnic minority veterans.

      Cabinet Office: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT or (f) race.

      Boris Johnson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the Prime Minister's (a) meetings and (b) other discussions with his predecessor Mr Boris Johnson in the last nine months.

      Emigration

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK citizens emigrated in each year since 2010.

      Civil Servants: Vetting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average waiting time is for processing (a) baseline personnel security standard, (b) accreditation check, (c) counter terrorist check, (d)...

      10 Downing Street: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the (a) projects and (b) subjects worked on by the 10 Downing Street data science team since it was established.

      Government Departments: Betting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what safeguards are in place to prevent government officials from betting on the (a) success and (b) timing of policy implementations.

      General Elections: Subversion

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to counter the potential use of (a) AI and (b) other means to influence the (i) operation and (ii) outcome of the next...

      Weather: Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many excess winter deaths there were in each month from November 2023 to February 2024.

      Infected Blood Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what factors determined the timing of his Department's announcement on the expert group to provide technical advice on compensation for the...

  • Treasury

    • High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the self-assessment process on individuals that receive child benefit and pay the high income child...

    • Buildings: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the level of VAT applied to (a) building refurbishment and renovations and...

      Treasury: Childcare

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there were any meetings between senior officials in his Department and (a) the Early Years Alliance, (b) the National Day Nurseries Association,...

      Community Development Finance Institutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether they plan to amend the £2.5 million lending cap for wholesale Community Development Finance Institutions lending to retail Community...

      Childcare: Greater London

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people receive tax free childcare in (a) Enfield North Constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield, and (c) London.

      Capital Gains Tax: Reform

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by CAGE entitled Who would be affected by Capital Gains Tax...

      High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge: Women

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the high income child benefit charge on women.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing changes to the child benefit system.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the high income child benefit charge on children's living standards.

      British Nationals Abroad: Self-assessment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with HMRC on the potential merits of allowing British citizens overseas to file tax returns online.

      Beer and Cider: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce duty charged on draught beer and cider served in pubs and taprooms by 20%.

      Mileage Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the rates of travel mileage and fuel allowances; and what assessment he has made of the...

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that Equitable Life policyholders are reimbursed.

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with banks on the closure of bank branches in rural areas.

      Financial Institutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking with (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions to improve the financial sustainability of those organisations.

      Financial Institutions: Ethics

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to encourage (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions to engage in corporate social responsibility.

      Belarus and Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enforcement proceedings have been instated relating to the (a) Russia and (b) Belarus sanctioned regimes since 24 February 2022.

      Fraud: Social Media

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) merits of requiring social media platforms to contribute to the costs of reimbursing victims of fraud and...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.

    • Import Controls: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his planned timetable is to bring forward legislation to repeal section 10(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

      Northern Ireland Office: Domicil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any non-executive directors employed in his Department are non-domiciled.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Regeneration: Bury South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support community-led regeneration projects in (a) areas facing economic deprivation and (b)...

    • Rented Housing: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to ensure that local councils return leased properties to private landlords when in receipt of...

      Absent Voting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to monitor the potential impact of Royal Mail delays on the number of postal votes received after the...

      Electoral Register: Voting Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of exclusion from the electoral register on UK...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Precise Media Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's contract with Precise Media Monitoring Ltd of 24 January 2024, procurement reference...

      Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to tackle racism against Romani (Gypsy), Roma and Irish Traveller communities.

      Property Management Companies: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of service charge regulations for property management companies.

      Homelessness: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of individuals housed under the Everyone In initiative who...

      Homelessness: Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help homeless individuals access affordable housing.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of Ukrainian refugees presenting as homeless.

      Property Management Companies: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with representatives of the property management industry on maintaining...

      Tenants' Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish guidance to enable the recognition of residents associations by managing agents.

      Private Rented Housing: Letting Agents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill on relocation agents.

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on translation services from English to (a) Urdu, (b) Polish, (c) Panjabi and (d) Arabic in the last five years.

    • Department for Transport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on marketing on digital media platforms in each of the last five years.

      Roads: Bexley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to Bexley Council for (a) pothole and (b) other road repairs in each year since 2015.

      Speed Limits: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to impose 20mph speed limits on school roads; and if he will provide funding to devolved Administrations to purchase...

      Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department lowered seven performance targets for Thameslink for the 12 months to the end of March 2024.

  • Department for Education

    • STEM Subjects: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the National Centre for Computing Education on its progress in ensuring greater female participation in STEM...

    • Higher Technical Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) public and (b) employer awareness of higher technical (i) education and (ii) qualifications.

      Schools: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Condition Data Collection studies collected information on elements of the school estate made using (a) block and beam concrete and (b)...

      Universities: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the financial sustainability of the university sector.

      Job Creation and Skilled Workers: Bury South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what fiscal steps she is taking to support (a) training programmes, (b) apprenticeships and (c) other efforts to promote (i) job creation and (ii)...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school buildings are operating past their intended design life by local authority area; and how many schools have one or more of those...

      Schools: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had reason to revise her (a) assessment of the safety of High Aluminia Cement (HAC), (b) assessment of the safe operating life of HAC...

      Schools: Northumberland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent (a) assessment she has made of and (b) steps she has taken to help ensure the safety of school buildings in Northumberland.

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) receiving councils are (i) involved in and (ii) able to object to decisions relating to out of county...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she last met with representatives of the (a) Roman Catholic Church, (b) Church of England, (c) Confederation of School Trusts and (d) Local...

      Music: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are employed in Music Education Hubs in England.

      Teachers: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to higher education institutions to help meet the...

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of implementing a mental health support team plus model in schools and (b) impact of such...

      Schools: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she used to help inform her guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024.

      Schools: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024, on...

      Schools: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete remedial works to be completed (a) overall and (b) by school.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Software

      To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Domicil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any non-executive directors employed in his Department are non-domiciled.

    • Scotland Office: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Northern Ireland: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Policy Exchange's report entitled Closing the Back Door: Rediscovering Northern...

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many visas have been issued to members of the Afghan Special Police Commando Force under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy as of 19...

      Puma Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 6993 on Puma Helicopters, when does he expect delivery to (a) commence and (b) be completed.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Carbon Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason her Department did not publish the risk assessments for the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan.

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's funding schemes providing support with the cost of energy.

      Carbon Emissions: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with businesses on the Government's net zero targets.

      Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help energy intensive industries to decarbonise.

      Energy: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what criteria her Department uses to support the development of new energy technologies.

      Supply Chains: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the supply chains of UK solar companies do not include Uyghur slave labour.

      Offshore Industry: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government's target of protecting 30% of UK waters for nature by...

      Local Government: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy to require local authorities to have net zero climate plans and targets.

      Natural Gas: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her department holds on the number of households off the gas grid in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and...

      Refineries: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to support the refinery sector to invest in decarbonisation.

      Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on launching a call for evidence to support an increase in gas storage in the UK.

      Great British Insulation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to improve the access to funding for the installers of Great British Insulation Scheme Flex.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women: Education and Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce barriers to (a) education and (b) employment for women and girls.

    • Women: Directors

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress her Department has made on promoting women's representation in leadership positions within (a) Government, (b) local government...

      Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle the gender pay gap and (b) promote equal pay for equal work.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Domicil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether any non-executive directors employed in his Department are non-domiciled.

    • Wales Office: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been brought by local authorities under the Highways Act 1980 against motorists seeking to charge electric vehicles on the street.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fly-tipping: Fines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to increasing the fixed-penalty fine for fly-tipping to a maximum of £2,000.

    • Animals: UK Internal Trade

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the suspension of movement of ruminant animals from Great Britain to Northern Ireland will be lifted.

      Bluetongue Disease

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of Bluetongue virus have been verified in Great Britain.

      Animals: Bluetongue Disease

      To ask His Majesty's Government why ruminant animals can move within Great Britain despite Bluetongue virus in Kent, but cannot be moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

      River Thames: Flood Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 14 February (HL1609), what assessment they have made of the adequacy of planned flood protection...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of badgers that will be killed in (1) Oxfordshire, and (2) England, in 2024 as part of the bovine tuberculosis...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their target for the number of badgers to be vaccinated against bovine tuberculosis in England in 2024.

      Livestock Worrying: Fines

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase the financial penalty for the crime of livestock worrying by dogs to ensure there is a serious deterrent for dog owners.

      Pesticides: Licensing

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many users of plant protection products have registered under the Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020.

      Seed Potatoes: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following publication of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper (CP 1021) on 31 January, whether seed potatoes can now be moved by professional operators in...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 10 January (HL1252), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what assessment...

    • Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many female genital mutilation offences were recorded between April 2022 and March 2023; and of those, how many prosecutions have occurred.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Tata Steel: Port Talbot

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Tata Steel's decision to close both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant on (1) UK primary steel production, and...

    • Trade Agreements: Nigeria

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership (ETIP) with Nigeria supports (1) stable economic development, (2) job...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Navy

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many warships are available to the Royal Navy, and how many officers of the rank of rear admiral and above.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Nurses: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the underlying cause of the fall in each of the past three years in applications to university nursing courses, as reported by...

    • Coeliac Disease: National Clinical Directors

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the potential merits of a National Clinical Director for coeliac disease.

      Continuing Care: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the system and operation of Continuing Health Care funding.

      Dementia: Continuing Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the cognitive and behavioural needs of dementia sufferers are properly reflected when deciding Continuing Health Care...

      Continuing Care

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure consistency of approach when applying Continuing Health Care funding.

      Continuing Care: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the financial value of support provided to patients through NHS Continuing Healthcare scheme in each of the past two financial years.

      Continuing Care: Costs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost in NHS and social services staff time and resources in administering NHS Continuing Healthcare, and undertaking the necessary patient...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Inquiries

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 8 February (HL1937), whether they will list the 19 non-statutory and 23 statutory inquiries...

    • Labour Force Survey

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of concern from analysts regarding the reliability of figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), what steps they are taking...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Property Development: Energy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the incentives required to encourage housing developers to join a voluntary energy-use monitoring scheme.

  • Treasury

    • Halifax Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group: Fraud

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 5 February (HL1819), when Dame Linda Dobbs’ review into Lloyds Banking Group and HBOS...

    • Vacancies: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics on 13 February, what steps they are taking to address factors contributing to the...

      Economic Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by Goldman Sachs which found that the economy is five per cent smaller than it would have been if the UK had...

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to extending the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to other food and drink products that are high in sugar.

  • Women and Equalities

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Government Departments: Written Questions

      To ask the Leader of the House, with regard to the 19 questions for written answer that remained unanswered after 10 working days on 12 February, how many of the answering bodies have not...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Nuclear Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the financial and other benefits of new nuclear energy capacity in contrast with new wind capacity.

    • Oil and Natural Gas: Employment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence base they have used for their claim that the oil and gas industry supports 200,000 jobs, which subsectors are represented by that figure, and how...

      Wylfa Power Station

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the economic and other benefits of pursuing a large-scale nuclear project at Wylfa, Ynys Mon.

      National Grid: Infrastructure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up the process for connecting infrastructure projects to the National Grid, following reports that UK energy companies are...

      Refineries: Grangemouth

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the closure of Grangemouth Refinery on UK energy self-sufficiency.

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