Written answers

Llun, 4 Mawrth 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the (a) total and (b) annual cost of increasing dental undergraduate training places in England by 40% by...

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has an alcohol policy team.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the national ambition for dementia diagnosis rates at ensuring that people under...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the dementia diagnosis rate was for people aged under 65 who had developed symptoms on 23 February 2024; and if she will publish a...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to require every Integrated Care Board to develop a young onset dementia pathway to (a) standardise and...

      Infant Mortality and Miscarriage: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that a commitment to reducing inequalities in (a) pregnancy loss and (b) baby deaths is...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2023 to Question 1672 on Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination, what assessment she has made of...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have died since being (a) treated with contaminated blood products and...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of and (b) equity of access to the application process for the backlog bonus...

      Thyroid Gland: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health Research is funding research projects relating to thyroid disorders as of 26 February 2024.

      Pancreatic Cancer: York Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve pancreatic cancer outcomes in York Central constituency.

      Multiple Myeloma: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many multiple myeloma patients have been treated with isatuximab in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone under the Cancer...

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage research into cardiovascular disease (a) treatment and (b) prevention.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications her Department has received from social enterprises for funding for one-off lump sum payments for frontline NHS staff.

      Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the members are of the NHS England high cost devices steering group; and what the role of that group is.

      Fertility: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for laying secondary legislation that enables people living with an undetectable viral load of HIV to...

      Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the treatment of (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people by integrated care systems.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the (a) criminal, (b) health and (c) licensing issues arising from the...

      Nurses: Pay

      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 published by the Royal College of Nursing...

      Spectacles: Irlen Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether colorimetry spectacles can be purchased with NHS optical vouchers.

      Surgical Mesh Implants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his correspondence of 28 February 2024 to Kath Sansom and Ruth MacLeod of the Sling the Mesh Group, if he will publish...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of units of dental activity delivered by newly qualified dentists in each of the last 10 years.

      Dental Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting lists of young people waiting for braces.

      Dental Services: North Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the demographics of North Shropshire constituency; and what plans...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help prevent unreasonable service charges on freehold estates.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase the number of homes built on brownfield land.

      Councillors: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government response to the Committee for Public Life report on Local Government Ethical Standards,...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for and (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three...

      Evictions: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of section 21 evictions on levels of homelessness.

      Temporary Accommodation: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation in (a) Liverpool, Walton...

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time was that (a) families and (b) individual people spent in temporary accommodation in each...

      Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress he has made on (a) cladding and (b) non-cladding remediation for residential buildings.

      Homes England: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many staff in Homes England have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d)...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d)...

      Social Rented Housing: Mould

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to work with local authorities to help prevent mould-related (a) deaths and (b) illnesses...

      Freehold: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of tribunal processes against freeholders on the wellbeing of leaseholders.

      Housing: Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of 27 February 2024 by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety,...

      Retail Trade: South Holland and the Deepings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support high street businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

      Batteries: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of fire risk posed by battery storage facilities.

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of private tenants who were evicted under section 21 provisions in 2023 were subsequently...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what capacity of floating offshore wind projects she plans to fund in the next Contracts for Difference auction round.

    • Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of the potential GDP value to the economy of reaching the 50GW offshore wind capacity target.

      Energy: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions her Department has had with Ofgem on its decision to allocate the temporary adjustment to the price cap to...

      Energy: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many private rented properties have a registered exemption from minimum energy efficiency standards as of 28 February 2024.

      Power Stations: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the System Operator favoring high carbon power stations over...

      Renewable Energy: National Grid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many renewable energy projects are awaiting a decision on their application to connect to the national grid as of 28 February 2024.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of digital posts in her Department were vacant on 26 February 2024.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender,...

      Solar Power: Land Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the amount of agricultural land previously used for food production that is being used for solar...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will update her Department’s greenhouse gas removals business model to include (a) enhanced rock weathering and (b)...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will update her Department’s greenhouse gas removals business model to include (a) enhanced rock weathering and (b)...

      Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of woody biomass as feedstock for bioenergy with...

      Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of woody biomass as feedstock for bioenergy with...

      Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of woody biomass as feedstock for bioenergy with...

      Biofuels: Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she made of the potential implications for the proposals in her Department's consultation entitled Transitional...

      Natural Gas: Disconnections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is responsible for hearing appeals of decisions to disconnect consumers' gas supplies.

      Refineries: Grangemouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with Petroineos on the potential merits of Grangemouth oil refinery transitioning to biofuel.

      Energy Efficiency Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse was of the energy efficiency taskforce.

      Energy Efficiency Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to increase energy efficiency in the context of the decision to disband the energy efficiency taskforce.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's policy paper entitled What does it cost to retrofit...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's annual delivery target is for the number of households applying for the (a) Home Upgrade Grant, (b) Great...

      Renewable Energy: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 14392 on Renewable Energy: Community Development, how much was paid in...

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy not to carry forward surplus emissions from the Third Carbon Budget into future carbon budgets.

      Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department and its predecessor Department paid for...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.

    • Action Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings he has had with]Action Fraud since November 2023.

      Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the impact of Operation Nexus on tackling offending by foreign nationals; and how many people were arrested...

      Palace of Westminster: Protest

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to hold discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the projection of slogans relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict onto...

      Home Office: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT...

      Protest: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has provided guidance to the Metropolitan Police on tackling anti-Semitic (a) chants and (b) slogans during protests.

      Police: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers failed their first attempt at the Police Written Exercise.

      Cars: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of policing of car theft.

      Police: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make (a) a comparative estimate of what the average projected pension of a police officer who retired in each year from 2015 to...

      Police: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2024 to Question 14908 on Police: Wales, whether his Department has provided additional funding to...

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to this Oral Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 41, whether family members of...

      Entry Clearances: Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision his Department has made for collecting biometric data from relatives of British nationals fleeing Gaza in the absence of...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies had registered with his Department as having multiple domestic properties available to be used as temporary residences...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of digital posts in her Department were vacant on 26 February 2024.

    • Department for Education: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

      Vocational Education: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on marketing for (a) Institutes of Technology, (b) T Levels and (c) Higher Technical Qualifications in each year since 2017.

      Local Skills Improvement Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will place details of the projects funded by the Local Skills Improvement Fund in the Library of the House of Commons.

      Free School Meals: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of permitting the proactive use of data by local authorities to identify and register...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 15371 on UNRWA: Finance, whether his Department held discussions...

    • Egypt: Human Rights

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on (a) the arbitrary detainment of prisoners and (b)...

      Morocco: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what progress he has made on arranging a meeting between the Moroccan ambassador and investors who lost money in the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Vacancies

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.

      Development Aid: Education

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure more of the global population have access to education in their native language.

      Israel: Hamas

      To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the scale of destruction of religious heritage as a result of the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the Universal Credit claimant commitment for kinship carers equal to that...

    • Pension Credit and State Retirement Pensions: Suffolk Coastal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 15000 on Pension Credit and State Retirement Pensions: Suffolk Coastal, what estimate...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for and (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Q102 of the oral evidence given by Lorraine Jackson to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 31 January 2024, HC 148,...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a repayable advance for Universal Credit claimants who are awaiting a...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • TV Licensing: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that (a) disabled and (b) partially sighted people are not sent multiple letters from TV Licensing.

    • RFA Sir Galahad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence about the publication of documents held at the National...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Translation Services

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

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department and its predecessor Department has paid for...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department and its predecessor Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the...

      Young People: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will allocate additional funds to the devolved Administrations for community youth groups.

      Football: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 14282 on Football: Regulation, what her planned timescales are for establishing...

      Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of digital posts in her Department were vacant on 26 February 2024.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of implementing a carbon border...

    • Paperchase: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Paperchase's administration and sale on independent (a) small designers and (b)...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that private rental residential landlords provide energy meters that are...

      Courier Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with delivery companies on ensuring that courier services are accessible for all.

      Publishing: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the universal service obligation to five-days-a-week on publishers with...

      Easter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring into force the provisions of the Easter Act 1928 to fix the date of Easter from 2025.

      Export Credit Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether there are limitations on how Export Development Guarantee funding is used.

      Scallops: Isle of Man

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK businesses welcome protection for iconic British food and drink in Japan,...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Vacancies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department were vacant on 26 February 2024.

    • Cabinet Office: Press

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals his Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of how many people would be eligible for compensation under the terms of the recommendations of the second interim report...

      Infected Blood Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 14606 on Infected Blood Inquiry, for what reason his Department has chosen not to publish the...

      Overseas Trade: Western Sahara

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2024 to Question 12605 on Overseas Trade: Morocco, what value of goods was (a) imported from and (b) exported to...

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for and (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

    • Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for fixing road surfaces.

      Motor Vehicles: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the brightness of car headlights on road safety.

      M4: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine when temporary air quality speed limits are used on the M4 near Heathrow.

      Shipping: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Section 4 of his Department's dataset entitled Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry: 2023, published on 22 February 2024, what...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled The path to inclusive footways, published by the Local Government Association on 10 February 2024, what...

      Active Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department takes into account local attitudes to active travel projects when assessing requests for funding from local authorities.

      Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has issued recent guidance on challenging the imposition of 20 mph zones by local authorities.

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to subsidise minimum rural bus services.

      Bicycles: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to support cycle businesses in England.

      Driving: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure (a) drivers living in the UK with EU licences and (b) UK licence holders seeking to drive in EU...

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of car driving test slots.

      Railways: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of the railways.

      Railways: Peterborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of London North Eastern trains from (a) Peterborough to London and (b) London to Peterborough were (i) cancelled and (ii)...

      Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the level of funding his Department will provide to the rail industry in the 2023-24 financial year.

      Cross Country Line: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2024 to Question 12442 on Cross Country Trains: Overcrowding, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a)...

      High Speed Two: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in HS2 Ltd have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

      North Wales Coast Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status of the planning and scoping process is for electrification of the North Wales mainline as of 27 February 2024.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Apprentices

      To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.

    • Attorney General: Magazine Press

      To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

      Attorney General: Press

      To ask the Attorney General, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) upgrade military equipment and (b) increase recruitment.

    • Army: Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the British Army takes into account the size and weight constraints of the (a) C-17, (b) A400M, (c) Chinook and (d) Merlin helicopters when...

      Unmanned Air Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) tests and (b) trials of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) that were conducted (i) in-house and (ii) in conjunction with industry were carried...

      Type 45 Destroyers: Antiaircraft Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans the upgrade to Type 45's Sea Viper Air Defence system to deliver Ballistic Missile Defence Capability will achieve initial operating...

      Canada: AUKUS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the expansion of AUKUS to include Canada.

      Antisatellite Weapons: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to support research and development of space-based weaponry.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of sending a RAF Typhoon fighter jet from RAF Akrotiri on a bombing sortie over Yemen.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what munitions the RAF has used in Yemen since 1 January 2024.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package,...

      Skynet: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that procurement for the SKYNET enduring capability supports high-skilled jobs in military satellite design.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications received under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy which have not been approved (a) are awaiting...

      RFA Fort Victoria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on current planning, whether RFA Fort Victoria will sail as part of the Carrier Strike Group 2025 deployment.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy were approved up to 31 January 2024.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in (a) Iran, (b) Pakistan and (c) other third countries eligible for relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are...

      Air Force: Communication

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of communications between Royal Air Force Quick Reaction Alert Stations in England and Royal Air...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military assistance he is offering to Ukraine to help deter attacks on civilians.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled UK to boost Ukraine's artillery reserves with £245 million munitions package,...

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that an insecticide factory in Al-Nahda in Sana'a was hit by coalition air...

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reported civilian casualties in Maqbanah, Taiz following coalition...

      Ministry of Defence: Public Speaking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) hiring fees and (b) other expenses on external speakers at events run by his Department for service people in...

      Ministry of Defence: Public Speaking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has hired Graham Potter to give a speech to service people in the Falkland Islands in the last 12 months.

      HMS Prince of Wales: Salvage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether artefacts salvaged illegally from HMS Prince of Wales and seized in Malaysia are to be accessioned by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

      Ministry of Defence: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.

  • Treasury

    • Self-employed: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to undertake a review of HMRC's payments on account system.

    • Fraud: Self-assessment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the support offered by HMRC to self-assessment customers who have been victims of scams by...

      Arms Length Bodies: Annual Reports and Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what ministerial involvement there is in (a) setting budgets, (b) preparing annual reports and (c) approving annual reports for arms length public bodies.

      Revenue and Customs: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in HMRC have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

      Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on (a) economic growth and (b) inequality of introducing a higher earners minimum tax rate of 35% for...

      Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the performance of HMRC in answering telephone enquiries.

      Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of the Pillar 2 OECD global minimum income tax on the UK economy.

      Voluntary Organisations: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will exempt not for profit organisations delivering welfare services for people living with dementia from VAT.

      Tax Avoidance: Convictions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been convicted of offences relating to arrangements which have been marketed as tax avoidance since the formation of HMRC's Fraud...

      Voluntary Organisations: VAT Exemptions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of making not-for-profit organisations that provide welfare services VAT exempt.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been affected by the loan charge.

      Self-employed: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of paying tax in advance via HMRC's system of payments on account on (a) small business owners, (b) freelancers...

      Beer and Cider: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February to Question 14382 on Beer and Cider: Tax Allowances, what steps he has taken to raise awareness of the change in...

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce excise duty on wine.

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the easement for levying wine duty permanent.

      Public Sector: Productivity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase public sector productivity.

      Beer and Cider: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the value of draught relief to 20% for qualifying beer and cider products in the spring Budget 2024.

      Public Sector: Productivity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of trends in public sector productivity since 2019.

      Treasury: Vacancies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of digital roles within his Department were vacant as of 26 February 2024.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Technology: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the (a) implications for her policies and (b) potential impact on investment in the UK by...

    • Media Literacy Task Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times the Media Literacy Taskforce has met in the last 12 months.

      National Security Online Information Team

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to publish any of the work produced by the National Security Online Information Team.

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d)...

      Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department and the predecessor Department (a) allocated for and (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in...

      Emergency Calls and Telemedicine: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide financial assistance to vulnerable customers reliant on (a) monitoring and (b) emergency call services...

      Space Technology: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Space Agency’s Placements in Industry Programme includes all parts of the UK.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Burglary: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527 on Burglary: Reoffenders, whether the re-offending rate for people serving a custodial...

    • Police National Computer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information on offenders his Department is able to access from the police national computer; and if he will list the fields of information that are...

      Shamima Begum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse was for legal fees relating to the Shamima Begum case.

      Prison Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison service HQ staff work on project (a) management and (b) delivery; and what grades those staff are.

      Ministry of Justice: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.

      Prison and Probation Service: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of new senior management posts at HM Prison and Probation Service were created via the One HMPPS project.

      Prisons and Secure Accommodation: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing digital learning (a) tools and (b) technology in the education services of the (i) youth and (ii)...

      Secure Accommodation: Education and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which external (a) educational and (b) vocational training providers work in the secure estate.

      Prison Accommodation: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells housing the (a) general prison population and (b) segregation population do not allow direct access to (i) artificial lighting...

      Probation Service: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stress-related sick day absences were recorded for probation staff in 2023.

      Prison Accommodation: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells that are occupied by two prisoners have less than 8m² living space, excluding space dedicated to sanitary facilities, broken...

      Prisons: Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who volunteer as part of operation tornado there are are in each prison as of 27 February 2024.

      Prison and Probation Service: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the management structure is of the counter corruption unit in HM Prison and Probation Service; and how many people there are at each (a) grade and...

      Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the statutory eligibility criteria in section 4.3.1 of his Department's publication on the home detention curfew (HDC), published on 6...

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the most recent data is that his Department holds on the number of (a) unreleased people and (b) recalled people serving a serving a sentence of...

      Prisons: Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff available for operation tornado duty have (a) completed full training and (b) in-date control and restraint training.

      Secure Accommodation: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department uses feedback from individuals within the secure estate to improve the (a) relevance and (b) quality of educational programmes.

      Prosecutions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the training required of investigators employed by statutory bodies with the authority to undertake...

      Water Companies: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of fines issued to water companies were uncollected in each year since 2010.

      Probate: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) digitising and (b) not physically storing probate documents on the accessibility of the...

      Ministry of Justice: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average turnaround time is for access codes to be checked when dealing with enquiries where a claimant is subject to Power of Attorney.

      Ministry of Justice: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in their Department have job titles that include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

      Legal Profession: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require law firms to recognise trade unions.

      Television Licences: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) tried and (b) prosecuted for non-payment of a TV licence in 2023.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.

  • Home Office

    • Slavery

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism for modern slavery after arriving in the UK irregularly since January 2022 have...

    • Slavery

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism for modern slavery after arriving in the UK irregularly since January 2022 were...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they provide WiFi access within asylum seekers' lodgings to enable them to communicate with family members.

      Domestic Abuse: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether all police forces in England, including the Metropolitan Police, work with independent schools in implementing Operation Encompass, through which schools...

      Suicide: Greater London

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many suspicious, unnatural, untimely or unexplained deaths have been investigated by the Metropolitan Police since 2010 in which they ultimately determined the...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ethiopia: Somalia

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) relations between Ethiopia and Somalia, following the signing of the Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding...

    • Gaza: Ceasefires

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel to discontinue their military action in Palestine, and what steps they are taking to assist...

      China: Foreign Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the People's Republic of China, including in discussions between the Foreign Secretary and...

      Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Bangladesh in response to its statement on 7 February that it will not allow any more Rohingya refugees to...

      China: Foreign Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the People's Republic of China, including in discussions between the Foreign Secretary and Chinese...

      China: Foreign Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place in the Library of the House a full transcript of the discussions held between the Foreign Secretary and Chinese Foreign Minister...

      Myanmar: Gems

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, has been made as to whether gems and precious stones from Myanmar sold by British retailers could have been used to finance the Myanmar...

      China: Foreign Relations

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the People's Republic of China, including in discussions between the Foreign Secretary and Chinese Foreign...

      Falkland Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent comments by the President and government of Argentina regarding the future status of the Falkland Islands.

      Climate Change: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, together with international partners, to improve climate change education for 3 to 19 year-olds globally.

  • Department for Education

  • Cabinet Office

    • British Constitution

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 13 September 2023 (HL10154), what steps the Deputy Prime Minister has taken to ensure that senior...

    • Government Departments: Departmental Coordination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress on their Shared Services Strategy, and in particular whether this has delivered cost savings for the taxpayer; and what...

      Government Departments: Grants

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they routinely publish the details of grants and programmes referred to the Complex Grants Advice Panel for expert advice, and if not, whether they will...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Navy: Aircraft Carriers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to minimise reputational damage to the UK’s Armed Forces capability, following recent issues regarding the material state of...

    • Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask His Majesty's Government on what date they requested access to the 150 documents held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment concerning blood tests taken from British troops during radiation...

      NATO: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Donald Trump’s comments about NATO members and spending on defence.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Tata Steel: Port Talbot

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they are intending to alleviate and assist with the impact of job losses caused by the closure of Port Talbot Steelworks.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many children have required NHS care as a result of (1) tooth decay, (2) Type 2 diabetes, and (3) musculoskeletal conditions, in the past 12 months for which...

    • Dental Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that dental services are represented in the governance structures of integrated care systems.

      Maternity Services: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of understaffing in maternity units on levels of bullying, as highlighted in the #Saynotobullyinginmidwifery report...

      Avoidant/restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Integrated Care Board will make available services to people suffering from Avoidant...

      Neurology: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of new optimal clinical pathways for those with neurological conditions.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they submitted any cross appeal on the finding of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal in the matter of an application by James Allister and others that...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of ending the Household Support Fund on 31 March on (1) the number of people experiencing destitution,...

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of ending the Household Support Fund on 31 March on (1) the number of people experiencing destitution, and...

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Nuclear Power: Imports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that, in future, the United Kingdom will not have to rely on foreign suppliers of nuclear technology.

    • Nuclear Reactors: Testing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to designate sites where new nuclear reactors can be tested and established, and how the processes of certification will be expedited.

      Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expected timescale from the decision to proceed with Hinkley Point C until it is providing power to the grid.

      Nuclear Reactors: Contracts for Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that in the competition to find the best modular reactor the support from agencies of the government of the United States and...

      Rolls-Royce: Nuclear Reactors

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the design of the Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor.

      Rolls-Royce: Nuclear Reactors

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of risk of declining to adopt the Rolls-Royce reactor for the future of Britain’s nuclear industry.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Cornwall Insight’s forecast of a 15 per cent reduction in the household energy price cap in the second quarter of this...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Cattle: Methane

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the reduction of methane in the cattle sector.

    • Food Supply

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the underlying causes of food insecurity in the UK.

  • Treasury

    • Northern Ireland Executive: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the warning from the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council that Stormont will face a financial "cliff-edge" in 2026 when money from the...

    • Banks: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to implementing a windfall tax on the excess profits of UK banks.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Inter Faith Network: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the letter of 19 January from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Inter Faith Network (IFN) about the possible...

    • Housing Ombudsman Service: Landlords

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they have designated the Housing Ombudsman the preferred provider of the Landlord Ombudsman Service without an open and transparent process to find the...

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