Written answers

Mercher, 1 Mai 2024

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Somalia: Children

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the fundamental rights of (a) women and girls and (b) children following changes to the Somali...

    • Evan Gershkovich

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions he has had with international partners on the (a) release of Evan Gershkovich and (b) use of imprisonment as a bargaining tactic.

      Asylum

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department (a) logs and (b) registers potential concerns raised by (i) other governments and (ii) international bodies on UK responsibilities...

      World Bank: Climate Change

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with the World Bank Group on its commitment to fully align its non-sovereign operations since 1 January 2024.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on deaths of Palestinians in Israeli custody since October 2023.

      Lebanon: Church Schools

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he had discussions with his Lebanese counterpart on the efforts of Christian schools in that country to counter Islamic extremism.

      Lebanon: Christianity

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his Lebanese counterpart on the situation of Christians in that country.

      Lebanon: Schools

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department have made an assessment on the current levels of foreign aid funding for schools in Lebanon.

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality, published on...

      Georgia: Civil Liberties

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent clashes between protestors and police in Georgia; and what discussions he has had...

      Srebrenica: Genocide

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to support the draft UN resolution tabled by Rwanda, Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina on declaring 11 July as an international day of...

      Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps the Government plans to take through its role as penholder for Sudan at the UN Security Council to encourage international partners to support an...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Parkinson's Disease: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a Parkinson's Passport that would give automatic access to clearly...

    • NHS: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have registered for the NHS App since its creation.

      NHS: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing free parking passes to NHS community staff who are required...

      Parkinson's Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding allocated to the research of Parkinson's disease over the next five years.

      Cerebral Palsy: Health Services and Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase specialist knowledge of cerebral palsy across the (a) health and (b) social care workforce.

      NHS: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2021 to Question 51702 on NHS: Expenditure, how much NHS England, clinical commissioning...

      Pancreatin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the availability of Creon 25000 across the UK.

      Gabapentin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that people experiencing acute or chronic side effects from taking gabapentin do not have to wait for a...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce ambulance response times.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS A&E departments to ensure staff are aware that A&E services are free of charge...

      Autism: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on autism assessments in each of the last five years; how much funding her Department has allocated to...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2024 to Question 20081 on Gender Dysphoria: Children, what information her Department holds on the...

      Gender Dysphoria: Hormone Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have met Stonewall to discuss puberty blockers in the last five years.

      Shingles: Warrington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase uptake of the shingles vaccine by people aged over 65 in Warrington.

      Rochdale Infirmary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will meet the hon. Member for Rochdale to discuss (a) maternity and (b) accident and emergency services at Rochdale Infirmary.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle under-age alcohol use.

      Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to ensure that family hubs provide advice on smoking and vaping harm reduction.

      Health Professions: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with Integrated Care Boards on recruitment and retention of health workers.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to prevent increased synthetic drug use.

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 22526 on Food Advertising, what her planned timetable is for (a) publishing finalised...

      Pharmacy: Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with community pharmacists on supporting people with (a) smoking and (b) vaping (i) addiction and (ii)...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the administration of the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme cost the NHS Business Services Authority in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adult mental health patients have been held in inappropriate out of area placements since March 2021.

      Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to develop waiting time targets for receiving treatment in the eight new children and young people's gender services...

      Integrated Care Systems: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking ensure Integrated Care Schemes are able to support staff retention schemes.

      Psychiatric Patients: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that mental health discharge processes protect the (a) patient and (b) community.

      Health Services: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) an ageing population and (b) trends in the level of comorbidities on demand...

      Carers: Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published by her Department in December 2021, CP 560, what steps...

      Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England on progress on improving outcomes for patients suffering from pancreatic cancer.

      Gabapentin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on (a) its advice on prescribing and...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care during...

      Heart Diseases: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of heart valve surgery for (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities.

  • Department for Education

    • Health Education: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the content of alcohol education material used in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities that has been provided by...

    • Pre-school Education: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the website for her Department's consultation entitled Experience-Based Route for Early Years Practitioners, launched on 22 April 2024, was...

      Department for Education: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2022 to Question 151074 on Department for Education: Parking, if she will take steps to update and publish...

      Children: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the recent findings from the World Health Organization that revealed...

      Apprentices: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there have been among young people aged (a) under 19 and (b) 19 to 24, by level, for each academic year since 2018-19.

      Music: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on closures of music (a) departments and (b) courses at universities in each of the last 10 years.

      Universities: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential financial impact of trends in the level of enrolments of international students on universities.

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings in the report by Action for Children in their report entitled...

      T-levels: Student Wastage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who have started T-Level courses have not completed them in the last two years.

      Overseas Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of British National Overseas visa holders that are unable to access student finance.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Army: Incentives and Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) retention bonuses and (b) golden handshake payments the Army uses; and whether his Department has made an assessment of their effectiveness.

    • Army Foundation College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits were recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system at the time...

      Army Foundation College: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a recruit at the Army Foundation College who expresses a desire to leave the Army during the first six weeks may do so.

      Ministry of Defence: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which assessment methods his Department's hearing loss compensation scheme uses; and whether he plans to update them.

      Redford Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Redford Barracks as of 23 April 2024.

      Dreghorn Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Dreghorn Barracks as of 23 April 2024.

      Glencorse Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Glencorse Barracks as of 23 April 2024.

      Kinloss Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Kinloss Barracks as of 23 April 2024.

      RAF Saxa Vord

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Saxa Vord as of 23 April 2024.

      RRH Buchan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RRH Buchan as of 23 April 2024.

      RRH Benbecula

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RRH Benbecula.

      RAF Kirknewton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Kirknewton.

      Veterans Welfare Service: Finance and Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget of the Veterans Welfare Service is; and how many staff work for that Service.

      RAF Kirknewton: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to RAF Kirknewton for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics, (d)...

      HMS Raleigh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at HMS Raleigh since April 2022.

      HMS Raleigh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMS Raleigh as of 24 April 2024..

      HMS Raleigh: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to HMS Raleigh for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d)...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Defence Command Paper 2023, published on 18 July 2023, how much of the £400 million...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many compensation payments were awarded to families living in service family accommodation in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March and (d) April...

      Germany: Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) UK and (b) German content is of the Challenger III main battle tank.

      Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £6.6bn in R&D spend for defence announced in his Department's paper entitled Defence and Security Industrial Strategy: A...

      UK Defence and Security Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6422 on UK Defence and Security Exports, how many times the Defence and Security Exports...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the service family accommodation housing stock is in Woolwich; and how many service family accommodation properties in Woolwich are listed to be...

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the Ground Based Air Defence programme.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently HM Revenue and Customs provides his Department with earnings alerts on potential overpayments of carer’s allowance.

    • Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of (a) initial and (b) continuing professional development training on domestic abuse do work coaches at DWP Jobcentre Plus...

      Carer's Allowance: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the 21 hour study rule from the eligibility criteria for Carer’s...

      Prisons: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prisoners have accessed support through Prison Work Coaches since the scheme's introduction; and how many of those prisoners entered...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department's took a leave of absence due to mental ill health by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) UK...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of children from single parent households that are in poverty.

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carer’s allowance overpayments over (a) £5,000 and (b) £20,000 there were in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the highest value overpayment has been for Carer’s Allowance in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years.

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full time equivalent staff in his Department worked on investigation of earnings alerts for carer’s allowance in (a) 2019-20,...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his planned timetable is for responding to the findings and recommendations from the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman report...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of claims processed within planned processing timescales.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Personal Independence Payment claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b)...

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many potential cases of overpayments of carer’s allowance were flagged by the Verified Earnings and Pensions service system in each...

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet representatives of Women Against State Pension Inequality to discuss the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman's...

      State Retirement Pensions: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the State Pension age to 60.

      State Retirement Pensions: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met with the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman to discuss the findings and recommendations of its report on changes to...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) periods of amnesty and (b) lower repayment plans to help tackle fraud...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking post-legislative scrutiny of the Fraud Act 2006 and its potential impact...

      Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many domestic violence easements were granted in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 to date.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Post Office: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Post Office staff have left that organisation in each year since 2015.

    • British Business Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how (a) much finance was and (b) many loans were provided to businesses by the British Business Bank; and how many and what proportion of...

      Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of small and medium-sized businesses in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) the most recent year...

      Business: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses that have employees there were in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available.

      New Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of new businesses that have been established since 2010.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 30 March 2024 from the hon. Member for Cardiff Central.

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what purchases her Department made of international carbon credits in the most recent five years for which figures are available; and what...

      Public Holidays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating additional bank holidays in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern...

      Regulation: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she will publish a response to her Department’s consultation entitled Smarter regulation: strengthening the economic regulation of...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • UK Research and Innovation: Postgraduate Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of PhDs funded (a) in whole and (b) in part by UKRI are allocated to Chinese nationals.

    • UK Research and Innovation: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether UK Research and Innovation have (a) staff and (b) offices in China.

      Data Protection: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses secure their digital infrastructure against the provision of...

      Voice over Internet Protocol: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 22261 on Voice Over Internet Protocol: Telemedicine, how many written...

      Voice over Internet Protocol: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish a list of meetings her Department has had with local authorities on the switch off of the public switched...

      UK Research and Innovation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding her Department plans to provide to UK Research and Innovation in the next three financial years.

      Media: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what support is available to media organisations to (a) detect and (b) counteract foreign disinformation.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Child Rearing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle parental alienation.

    • Crown Court: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog in the Crown Court.

      Wandsworth Prison: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce drugs use by prisoners in HMP Wandsworth.

      Wandsworth Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce over-crowding in HMP Wandsworth.

      Wandsworth Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average weekly time out of cell for prisoners in HMP Wandsworth has been for each week in 2024.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under the executive release scheme in each year between 2017 and 2023.

  • Home Office

    • Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which homelessness stakeholders he has met since his appointment.

    • International Corruption Unit: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the budget for the international corruption unit within the National Crime Agency came from (a) Official...

      Burglary

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with police forces on the effectiveness of the commitment that the police attend the scene of every...

      Fire Prevention: Surrey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mitigate potential wildfires in Surrey.

      Firearms and Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to provide additional funding to help tackle (a) knife and (b) gun crime.

      Home Office: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department have a maximum payscale below £29,000.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number for fire fighting (a) appliances and (b) vehicles owned by the Fire and Rescue Service...

      Retail Trade: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Retail Crime Action Plan.

      International Corruption Unit: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of permanent staff worked in the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit for more than 12 months;...

      UK Border Force: Reasonable Adjustments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 38 of the Independent review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, how many and what...

      Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2024 to Question 22938 on Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries, with which EU member states his Department...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any unaccompanied asylum seeking children who arrived in the UK after 7 March 2023 have been informed that their claim will not be...

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are in use as temporary accommodation for people seeking asylum in Northern Ireland; and what recent estimate he has made of...

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will have discussions with his Irish counterpart on the number of asylum seekers who arrived in Northern Ireland who have subsequently...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Redundancy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, from which (a) Departments, (b) arms length bodies and (c)...

    • Local Government: Trade Union Officials

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story entitled Cabinet Office Minister writes to councils over spending on Trade Union facility time, published by his...

      Veterans: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Veterans' Strategy Action Plan 2022-24, what steps the Office for Veterans Affairs has taken to improve veterans' access to...

      Office for Veterans' Affairs: Finance and Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the annual budget for the Office for Veterans Affairs is for the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial year; and how many people work for the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Transport: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the sustainability of transport infrastructure.

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to require drivers to report collisions with cats to the police.

      Roads: Bexley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of potholes on drivers in Bexley.

      Department for Transport: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication entitled DfT: spending over £500, December 2023, published on 25 April 2024, which Minister used...

      Aviation: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Heathrow Airport, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority and (c) NATS Holdings on the timeline for progressing...

      Aviation: Global Positioning System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent reports that flights to and from the UK may have been affected by alleged...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Active Travel: Bedlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department still plans to provide funding for (a) walking and (b) cycling routes in Bedlington in the context...

    • Evictions: Lewisham East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of section 21 evictions in Lewisham East constituency.

      Private Rented Housing: Warwick and Leamington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average increase in monthly private rent in Warwick and Leamington constituency in the...

      Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on halving the number of non-decent rented homes by 2030.

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he last met the Law Commission to discuss leasehold reform.

      Aerials: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of planning rules on the installation of (a) telecommunications...

      Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of rough sleepers in England.

      Temporary Accommodation

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

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Charity Commission: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff have left the Charity Commission in each year since 2015.

    • Sports: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 21037 on Football: Disadvantaged, whether her Department is taking steps to help...

      Cultural Heritage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) flags, (b) statues and (c) other national symbols receive specific protections.

      St George's Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government made plans for the celebration of St. George's Day in England.

      Gambling: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect (a) children and (b) young people from gambling harm.

      Young People: Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure young people continue to have opportunities for democratic participation at the local authority...

      GB News: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofcom on (a) the impartiality of and (b) sanctions on GB News.

      British Library: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British Library staff have left that organisation in each year since 2015.

      British Film Institute: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many British Film Institute staff have left that organisation in each year since 2015.

      Arts Council England: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Arts Council England staff have left that organisation in each year since 2015.

      National Archives: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff have left The National Archives in each year since 2015.

  • Treasury

    • Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, by how much each Department's research and development budget will...

    • Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, whether the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the public purse has been of maintenance work on the Estate in each financial year since...

    • House of Commons and House of Lords: Staff

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people are employed by (a) the House of Commons and (b) any joint body with the House of Lords (i) in...

  • Scotland Office

    • Cost of Living: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on trends in the cost of living in Scotland.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the strength of the Union.

      Freedom of Speech: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the protection of free speech in Scotland.

  • Attorney General

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what purchases her Department made of international carbon credits in the most recent five years for which figures are available;...

    • Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to improve EPC rating metrics to more accurately assess low-carbon heating systems.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofgem on taking steps to ensure that energy companies use reputable contractors to meet...

      Electricity: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of homes that have an electricity smart meter.

      Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the press release dated 15 April 2024 issued by the company Framatome, entitled Framatome has signed contracts...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of households that have received compensation for having had a pre-payment meter fitted...

      Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Appendix 2 of the Contracts for Difference AR6 Allocation Framework 2024, Appendix 2 of the Contracts for...

      Energy: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 23316, whether energy charges by suppliers to consumers include debt servicing.

      Power Failures: Voice over Internet Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to help ensure that (a) energy companies and (b) network operators can contact consumers on the Energy...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Company Liquidations

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many liquidations began (1) five, (2) 10, and (3) 15, years ago but are still not finalised.

    • Post Office: Audit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Financial Reporting Council in relation to external audits of the Post Office.

      Horizon IT System: Prosecutions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) financial, and (2) legal, support they will provide to sub-postmasters to bring private prosecutions against past directors of the Post Office for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Criminal Cases Review Commission

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of resources allocated to the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: War Crimes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the potential of an international tribunal for delivering reparations to victims of the war in Ukraine.

    • Ukraine: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government how quickly their decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed.

      Sudan: Food Supply

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan.

      South Sudan: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on...

  • Treasury

    • Inflation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent remarks from the deputy governor of the Bank of England, Dave Ramsden, that inflation could remain around the two per cent target for the next...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Iran: Israel

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord True on 15 April (HL Deb col 844), whether all those ships mentioned have funding in the Ministry of Defence programme.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospital Wards: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to strengthen the privacy and dignity of female patients in NHS hospitals.

    • Avian Influenza

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the transmission of H5N1 bird flu to humans.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund the national roll-out of mental health support teams across all schools and colleges in England.

      NHS: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many NHS boards have included sustainability in their assurance framework.

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they will assess (1) wider productivity, and (2) economic benefits, when considering new immunisation programmes for infant respiratory syncytial virus.

      Bowel Cancer: Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government which groups have a lower-than-average rate of participation in home-kit bowel cancer screening; and what plans they have to increase participation.

      Screening

      To ask His Majesty's Government what practical assistance is available for those with a physical or mental condition which prevents them from doing medical tests at home, such as bowel cancer...

      Strokes: Rehabilitation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to ensure the sustainability of the stroke rehabilitation innovations developed through the Stroke Quality Improvement in Rehabilitation...

      Out-patients: Attendance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost to the NHS of missed appointments at (1) hospitals, and (2) GP surgeries, in each of the past five years.

      Antibiotics

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Antibiotic underdosing and disposal in NHS organisations across Great Britain, published in November 2023;...

  • Department for Transport

    • Cars: Insurance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following a 43 per cent increase in car insurance prices compared to this time last year, what steps they are taking to address the underlying factors that...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of H5N1 bird flu, following an outbreak in cattle in multiple US states with reports that many cattle are asymptomatic;...

    • Soil: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect soil monitoring data will become available from the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme.

      Agriculture: Land Use

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of Grade 1 and 2 lowland peat is let on annual farm business tenancies; and what steps they are taking to ensure this land is not being farmed in a...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Disadvantaged: North East

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to reduce the rates of deaths of despair in the North East, which has over double the rate of London; and what assessment they have made of using...

    • Regional Planning and Development

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made regarding the 12 targets set out in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, published on 2 February 2022.

      Local Government: Audit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current backlog in local authority audits; and what plans they have to deliver all outstanding audit opinions by their...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Fabian Society report When I'm 64: A strategy to tackle poverty before state pension age, published on 17 April, which found that the...

    • Unemployment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rise in (1) unemployment, and (2) economic inactivity, highlighted in the Office for National Statistics data, published...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to hold chief officers of police to account for the appropriate vetting of adverse information on police recruits regarding (1) security, (2)...

    • Police: Orphans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Orpheopolis system of French orphanages for the orphaned children of police officers; and what assessment they have made of...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • BBC Radio

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the BBC’s announcement of the launch of spin-off stations on BBC Sounds before Ofcom have completed their regulatory...

    • Tourism: Passenger Ships

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many tourists visit England each year (1) on a cruise ship, and (2) to go on a cruise holiday; and what percentage of all tourists these numbers represent.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Artificial Intelligence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to draft new legislation to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence...

    • Computers: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether national security clearance was sought by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, and approved, before purchasing the Lenovo supercomputer from a...

      Artificial Intelligence: Business

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to address the concerns of the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority that a small number of tech companies creating...

      Universities: Innovation and Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on university research and innovation of the reduction in applications from overseas postgraduate students.

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current value of the resource accounting and budgeting charge for student finance.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Renewable Energy: Supply Chains

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK renewables deployment supply chain readiness study, published on 17 April; and what steps they are taking to address the...

    • Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the whole life net carbon savings which will be forfeited as a result of removing the requirement for Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant...

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