Written answers

Llun, 13 Mai 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Asthma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of asthma (a) acute admissions and (b) deaths in the last 12 months.

    • Health Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the cost to (a) integrated care boards and (b) NHS England of commissioning specialised services in the (i)...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce regional variations in the length of NHS elective care waiting lists.

      Air Pollution: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential (a) viability and (b) merits of creating a national indoor air...

      Air Pollution: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of household air pollution on (a) health outcomes and (b) NHS...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost was of prescribing puberty blockers to each patient on the NHS in the latest period for which data is available.

      Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Gender Dysphoria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) children and young people and (b) adults whose care has moved to adult gender services will be able to opt out of research...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding will be provided to local Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services for ongoing support beyond initial...

      Gender Dysphoria: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help support 17-year-olds on the waiting list for gender identity services who have had their appointments...

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help improve the (a) quality, (b) coverage, (c) availability and (d) use of musculoskeletal data.

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of people working within the NHS with the title of Chief Executive and (b) average salary of...

      Medical Records: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on ensuring all NHS trusts have electronic patient records by March 2026.

      Liver Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2024 to Question 381 on Liver Diseases: Screening, where the 12 Community Diagnostic Centres...

      Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on waiting times for accessing vision rehabilitation support.

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) The Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and (b) Every Mind Matters in each year...

      Elysium Healthcare: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with Elysium Healthcare on continuing its contract following the inquest into the death of Liam...

      Maternity Services: Interpreters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 1.10 of the Three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services, published on 30 March 2023, what...

      Pharmacy: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of pharmacy closures on the quality of primary care in St Helens...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, published on 7 February 2024, what recent...

      Health Professions: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 187004 on Health Professions: Regulation, if she will set out the timetable to remove...

      Dental Services: Kingswood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s polices of recent trends in levels of (a)...

      Dental Services: Kingswood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) children, (b) women and (c) people affected by dental surgeries no longer providing NHS...

      Breastfeeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of Unicef on (a) its Baby Friendly initiative and (b) trends in breastfeeding...

      Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff were employed in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in public mental health national roles in (a) 2021, (b)...

      Assistance Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support the mental health of people working in the companion animal...

      NHS England: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints have been received by the NHS England South West Complaints Team in each of the last six months; how many emanated...

      Mental Health Services: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2024 to Question 20454 on Mental Health Services: Stockport, how the £4.7 billion of increased...

      Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase HPV vaccination uptake.

      Ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor: Vertex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide a timescale of when she expects (a) NHS England to conclude its commercial negotiations with Vertex Pharmaceuticals...

      Joint Replacements: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people received treatment for (a) knee and (b) hip replacements in surgical hubs in each of the last 12...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she (a) has had discussions and (b) plans to have discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on (i)...

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) charities and (ii) other organisations working to secure UK access to new...

      Liver Diseases: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure there are effective pathways for early detection of liver disease in Shropshire.

      Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24269 on Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, which (a) NHS trusts have and (b) imaging...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide an update on the status of the recruitment process for the Chair of the MHRA.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • RNAD Coulport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on improving service accommodation at Royal Naval Armaments Depot in Coulport since April 2022.

    • RNAD Coulport: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to Royal Naval Armaments Depot, Coulport for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot...

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the Anglo-French Future Cruise-Anti-Ship Weapon programme.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of service accommodation.

      Ministry of Defence: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single living accommodation bedspaces are there in Scotland.

      Army Foundation College: Repairs and Maintenance

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

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the Armed Forces were rejected due to previous criminal convictions in each year since 2015.

      Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the delivery of the Boxer RCH 155 Self Propelled Howitzer.

      Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts the National Roadside Repair and Recovery Scheme has received in each region of the UK in each year since 2015; and what the cost to...

      Army Foundation College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at the Army Foundation College since April 2022.

      Royal Fleet Auxiliary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will be exempt from the Government's proposed cuts to the civil service to fund the increase in defence spending.

      Ministry of Defence: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of (a) events, (b) activities, (c) merchandise and (d) other costs relating to Pride Month 2023.

      Armed Forces: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel on exchange programmes from non-UK allied Armed Forces have been affected by the data breach following the armed forces payment...

      Armed Forces: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time, (b) reservist and (c) former armed forces personnel were affected by the data breach reported on 6 May 2024.

      Armed Forces: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether salary payments for serving armed forces personnel due in May 2024 were affected by the armed forces payment data breach reported on 6 May 2024.

      Ministry of Defence: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) the contractor, (b) officials in his Department, (c) Ministers and (d) he first learned of the armed forces payment data breach reported on 6...

      Ministry of Defence: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many investigations the Information Commissioner’s Office has open related to data breaches in his Department.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2024 to Question 23282 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many service personnel are based in Woolwich; and what estimate he...

      Ministry of Defence: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential national security risks associated with IT infrastructure operated by (a) his...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 24130 on Armed Forces: Housing, what these figures are for Scotland.

      RAF Brize Norton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Brize Norton as of May 2024.

      Albermarle Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at Albermarle Barracks since April 2022.

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to procure F35A aircraft.

      Queen Elizabeth Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Queen Elizabeth Barracks as of 2 May 2024.

      Armed Forces: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of members of the armed forces were graded as unconditioned following a conditioning review in each year since 2018.

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to his Department was of the five Airbus H135 helicopters purchased under Project Matcha.

      Catterick Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at Catterick Garrison since April 2022.

      Armed Forces: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment programmes within the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, (b) Strategic Command and (d) Royal Air Force were deleted following the most recent...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to join the armed forces were rejected due to poor fitness in every year since 2015.

      Claro Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Claro Barracks as of 2 May 2024.

      Alanbrooke Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Alanbrooke Barracks as of 2 May 2024.

      Catterick Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Ypres Barracks as of 1 May 2024.

      Yemen: Houthis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what threat assessment he has made of Houthi military capabilities; and whether he has plans for further strikes in Yemen.

      Middle East: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the protection of British troops deployed in the Middle East.

      Gaza: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the temporary pier in Gaza to be operational; and whether UK troops will have a role in protecting it.

      Gaza: RFA Cardigan Bay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long RFA Cardigan Bay will be deployed to Gaza; and what role the armed forces will play in the construction of the temporary pier.

      Air Force: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many planes operated by the Royal Air Force have landed in (a) Lebanon, (b) Egypt, (c) Jordan and (d) Syria since 7 October 2023.

      Gaza: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the Royal Fleet Auxiliary will support the delivery of aid to Gaza.

      Air Force: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many planes operated by the Royal Air Force have taken off from Israel since 7 October 2023.

      Gaza: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last delivery of aid by the Royal Air Force to Gaza took place; and how frequently aid will be delivered in the coming months.

      National Cyber Force: Salmesbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on establishing the National Cyber Force headquarters at Salmesbury.

      RAF Akrotiri

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many planes operated by the US Air Force have taken off from RAF Akrotiri since 7 October 2023.

      Israel: Air Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the items that Royal Air Force operated planes landing in Israel since 7 October 2023 have carried on board.

      Israel: Air Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from his Department have been transported to Israel on RAF operated planes since 7 October 2023.

      Israel: Air Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force operated planes have flown to Israel since 24 April 2024.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to continue Operation Interflex beyond September 2024.

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on body armour in the last five years.

      Army: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Defence Equipment and Support's article entitled DE&S places new order with BAE Systems to increase 155mm shells stockpile for...

      Ministry of Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral Statement of 24 April 2024, Official Report, column 939, if he will publish details of how his Department's increase in...

      Victoria Barracks Ballater

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Victoria Barracks, Ballater as of 2 May 2024.

      Dishforth Airfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at Dishforth Barracks, Thirsk as of 2 May 2024.

      Weeton Barracks

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

      Albermarle Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Albermarle Barracks as of 1 May 2024.

      Army Foundation College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) Army recruits are based at Army Foundation College as of 1 May 2024.

      Catterick Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Catterick Garrison as of 29 April 2024.

      HMNB Clyde

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

      RAF Lossiemouth

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

      Catterick Garrison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at Bourlon Barracks as of 29 April 2024.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Unemployment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to make the local District Provision Tool available to local partners in London to help (a) tackle youth unemployment...

    • Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Disability Confident scheme.

      Unemployment: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to older jobseekers in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d)...

      Pensioners: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioner households are entitled to but not in receipt of housing benefit.

      Personal Independence Payment: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who claimed Carer's Allowance were caring for someone in receipt of a Personal Independence Payment in...

      Personal Independence Payment: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's proposed changes to Personal Independence Payments on unpaid carers.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are awaiting a decision on their Access to Work applications as of 1 May 2024.

      Government Departments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to support the establishment of accessibility champions in each Department.

      Employment: Disability

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

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to introduce mandatory disability reporting for organisations with at least 250 employees.

      Department for Work and Pensions: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published...

      Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech on welfare of 19 April 2024, if he will publish equality impact assessments made in connection...

      Employment: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department issues guidance to Departments on supporting candidates with autism through job recruitment boards.

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of housing benefit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to distinguish between (a) studio and (b) one bedroom apartments in Local Housing Allowance rates.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people in destitution.

      Football: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will have discussions with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on the potential merits of classifying people with football-related...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the benefit cap on people living in regions with high housing costs outside of...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of households awarded transitional protection under the Move to Universal Credit programme have subsequently lost that...

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to increase statutory sick pay in line with the living wage.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional funding is available to local authorities to provide services to assist people with Universal Credit claims where those...

  • Home Office

    • Shoplifting and Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of scrapping the £200 summary offence rule for shoplifting and theft.

    • Theft: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts from retail businesses there have been in each of the last three years.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling underage drinking in Northern Ireland.

      Cannabis: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cannabis use on violent crime.

      Police National Computer: Outages

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outages have affected the Police National Computer in each year since 2015.

      Home Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the specification of requirements for the contracts agreed by his Department on (a) 2 October 2023 with Home Connections...

      Home Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework,...

      Migrant Workers: Sponsorship

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times were for processing applications for certificates of sponsorship for skilled workers in...

      Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2024 to Question 15230 on Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership, what each of those...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safe and legal routes to the UK are available for (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers as of 8 May 2024.

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential cost to businesses of the reforms to skilled worker visas.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK illegally in each year since 2020.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a breakdown of how the £171,000 per person deported to Rwanda agreed in the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where refugees coming from Rwanda to the UK will be housed.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much will people whose claims have been rejected be offered to move to Rwanda voluntarily.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will conduct initial asylum screenings under the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership.

      Asylum: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were subject to electronic tagging as part of his Department's pilot programme between 15 June 2022 and 31 December 2023.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2022, published on 25 April 2024, if he will make it his policy to...

      Undocumented Migrants: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the enforcement notice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office...

      Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity of the immigration detention estate was on (a) 8 May 2024, (b) 8 January 2024 and (c) 8 July 2023.

      Home Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 6089 on Home Office: Training, whether participants in the e-learning training on FGM...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to announce whether he plans to extend the seasonal agricultural workers scheme beyond December 2024.

      Immigration: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rule 35(1) reports made by GPs working in Immigration Removal Centres setting out their concerns that continued detention of a...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals that have been issued a notice of intent of inadmissibility have subsequently been admitted to the asylum system since...

      Deportation: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals that have been detained for removal to Rwanda have also been served an (a) notice of inadmissibility and (b)...

      Undocumented Migrants: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24423 on Undocumented Migrants: France, whether the payments made by his Department to the...

      Deportation: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the video entitled The first individuals set to be removed to Rwanda, posted on X by his Department on 1 May 2024, what...

  • Department for Education

    • Academies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the role that academy trusts in improving (a) educational standards and (b) school facilities.

    • National Tutoring Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending funding for the National Tutoring Programme on the attainment gap in 2024.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April to Question 20456 on Special Educational Needs: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Counci, what estimate her Department...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to uprate the income threshold for eligibility for free school meals.

      Mathematics: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to allow people who are aged 18 and 19 and not in (a) education and (b) training to resit maths GSCE for free.

      Digital Technology: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the digital skills of older people.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Rolls-Royce SMR: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's press release entitled UK backs new small nuclear...

    • Rolls-Royce SMR: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's press release entitled UK backs new small nuclear...

      Wind Power: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she made an assessment of trends in the level of exports from the offshore wind sector since 2015 and; whether she has made...

      Rolls-Royce SMR

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Roll-Royce's decision not to open a pressure vessel...

      Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to...

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received support through the Energy Price Guarantee; and what the total amount of support received was by...

      Energy Bills Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many businesses received support through the Energy Bills Discount Scheme; and what the total amount of support received was,...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many businesses received support through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme; and what the total amount of support received was, by...

      Carbon Budgets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the High Court ruling of 3 May 2024 on the Government's carbon budget delivery plan, if her Department will take...

  • Treasury

    • Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase public sector pay in line with inflation.

    • Schools: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of increasing funding through the Barnett formula to assist...

      Farmers: Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support agricultural businesses to access finance from banks.

      Banks: Urban Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help preserve access to banking on high streets.

      Mortgages: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in its assessment of mortgage mis-selling...

      Financial Services Compensation Scheme: Appeals

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of appeals to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme have resulted in an over-turned decision.

      Insurance: Travellers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) insurance sector, (b) Financial Conduct Authority, (c) Financial Ombudsman and (d) Equality and Human...

      Electric Vehicles: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to vehicle tax for electric and low emissions vehicles from 1 April 2025 on the number of...

      Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Smuggling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the total tax revenue lost due to the smuggling of (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco since 2010.

      Tobacco: Smuggling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many referrals have been received by HMRC from trading standards since the commencement of the Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features)...

      Business: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1823 on Business: Insolvency, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the trend in the...

      Pensioners: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of freezing of income tax thresholds on pensioners.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Border Target Operating Model, whether he has issued guidance to border control staff on the...

    • Import Controls: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of current operating hours of privately-run Border Control Posts on just-in-time...

      Import Controls: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the basis on which the Common User Charge is levied will be set out in (a) regulations or (b) guidance.

      Export Health Certificates: Languages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues on the language in which vets in EU nations must complete health certificates for goods...

      Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of checks that will be carried out on medium risk goods under the Border Target...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the public consultation on fairer food labelling which closes on 7 May 2024 does not include labelling the...

      Import Controls: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for issuing invoices for the Common User Charge for shipments entering the UK on 1 May 2024.

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the deadline for neutering dogs whose owners wish to...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the proportion of land covered in applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive in the...

      Freight: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to mitigate the potential impact of increases in import costs at Dover on the efficiency of...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of trees have been planted in each year since 2015.

      Game: Gun Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to increase the transparency of the process for licensing game bird shoots.

      Water: Pollution and Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support sports clubs engaged in (a) swimming, (b) surfing, (c) angling, (d) canoeing...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to use the Government's tree planting programme to tackle (a) flooding and (b) upper catchment...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic representations he has made to Israel on allowing 500 aid trucks a day to enter Gaza.

    • Aviation: Iran Air

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of banning flights by Iran Air to the UK.

      Hong Kong: Human Rights

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether the Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific raised human rights concerns relating to the 2024 Safeguarding National Security Bill and the 2020 National...

      Hong Kong: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if the Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific will declare the 2024 Safeguarding National Security Bill in Hong Kong to be a breach of the Sino-British Joint...

      China: Coronavirus

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the transparency of the Chinese government on their handling of the covid-19 outbreak and (b)...

      Gaza: Food Supply

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to food in Gaza.

      Gaza: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will have discussions with the UN on establishing responsibility for the (a) bombing of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza in October 2023 and (b) recent...

      UNRWA: Finance

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to suspend funding to UNRWA on religious minorities.

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the planned march into Gaza by Israeli settlers on 15 May 2024.

      Gaza: Ceasefires

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure all parties comply with resolution 2728 (2024) adopted by the UN Security Council on 25 March 2024.

      Toomaj Salehi

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will summon the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and call for (a) the revocation of Toomaj Salehi’s...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with their Egyptian counterparts on Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

      Toomaj Salehi

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Iranian counterpart on Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence.

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to paragraph 4.11 of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s report entitled UK aid’s international climate finance...

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s UK review of UK aid’s international climate finance commitments, published 29...

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he supports the Israeli government exercising military operations in Rafah.

      Kenya: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take steps with his international counterparts to support the Kenyan government in managing evacuations near dams and reservoirs due to ongoing...

      East Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his (a) international partners and (b) non-governmental organisations on potential food shortages in East Africa;...

      Disease Control: Air Pollution

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take steps to ensure measurable commitments to improve indoor air quality are included in the forthcoming Pandemic Accord.

      Sudan: Famine

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of (a) trends in the level of food shortage and (b) the likelihood of famine in Sudan; and what steps his Department plans to take...

      Sudan: Famine

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions his Department has had with non-governmental organisations on famine relief in Sudan; and with which non-governmental organisations his...

      Cameroon: Violence

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports that (a) the Cameroon Armed Forces and (b) separatist groups are...

      Cameroon: Violence

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps to support UK nationals with relatives in Cameroon who are affected by violence and persecution in that country.

      Cameroon: Violence

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps to support asylum seekers fleeing violence in south Cameroon.

      Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department plans to take to investigate the recent MoD security breach.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Fertilisers: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the UK has imported fertiliser from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.

    • Iron and Steel: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to increase domestic steel production to levels that would make the UK self-sufficient.

      Arms Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on arms exports to Israel of protests by university students.

      Export Credit Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13544 on Export Credit Guarantees, whether (a) her Department or (b) UK Export Finance...

      NHS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of companies being unable to comply with the NHS England requirement for all suppliers...

      Three: Vodafone Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority into the proposed merger between...

      Three: Vodafone Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the links between the Li family and the Chinese state on the proposed merger of...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data her Department holds on the number of people in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry North East constituency who...

  • Department for Transport

    • Taxis: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure passenger safety in the private hire sector.

    • Euston Station: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of private finance required to deliver the HS2 Euston quarter development; and how much private finance has...

      High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the HS2 Euston development, including core civil engineering and tunnelling.

      High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in HM Treasury on funding for (a) delivering HS2 to Euston and (b) the re-scoped Euston...

      South Fylde Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Northern Rail's performance on the South Fylde Line.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of consolatory payments issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in the last 12 months.

      High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financing mechanisms he plans to use to help deliver the HS2 station at London Euston.

      High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the most recent HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament, whether phase one estimates at completion include public funding required to...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the average processing time of applications submitted to the...

      Euston Station: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of houses that will be delivered as part of the Euston quarter development corporation.

      Euston Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Avanti West Coast’s management of Euston railway station.

      High Speed 2 Line: Old Oak Common Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on HS2 tunnelling between Old Oak Common and Euston Station.

      Ferries: Penzance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding has been allocated to Harland & Wolff to run a ferry service between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly.

      Motorcycles: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to announce a timetable for a licencing review of (a) mopeds, (b) motorcycles and (c) other powered light vehicles.

      Regional Airports: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using low-carbon aircraft to support regional airports.

      Ports: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote job creation in British ports.

      Ports: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve port infrastructure in (a) Portsmouth and (b) across the UK.

      Electric Vehicles: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) new and (b) used electric vehicles bought in the last 12 months.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • End-to-End Rape Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Rape Review Action Plan to include all cases of sexual violence.

    • Ministry of Justice: Ipsos MORI

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what way the purpose of the contract agreed by his Department with Ipsos Mori on 20 March 2024, procurement reference 398437/1351727, differs from...

      Offenders: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press notice entitled Clean-up scheme expanded nationwide to tackle anti-social behaviour, published on 22 March 2024, how many...

      Offenders: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence on licence in the community took their own life in each year since 2010.

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an imprisonment for a Public Protection sentence were held in secure hospitals at the start of the last 20 quarters.

      Long Lartin Prison and Whitemoor Prison: Prison Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were deployed on detached duty to (a) HMP Long Lartin and (b) HMP Whitemoor in each of the last four years.

      Wandsworth Prison: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of foreign national prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are (a) post-sentence awaiting deportation and (b) serving current sentences.

      Wandsworth Prison: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth are serving (a) Imprisonment for Public Protection and (b) Detention for Public Protection...

      Wandsworth Prison: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners at HMP Wandsworth have been recalled to custody having been released as part of the early release scheme.

      Ministry of Justice: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29...

      Long Lartin Prison and Whitemoor Prison: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidences of (a) assault and (b) serious assault were committed against prison staff at (i) HMP Long Lartin and (ii) HMP Whitemoor in each of...

      Health Services: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve response times to prisoner medical emergencies.

      Prison Officers: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former prison guards were found guilty of criminal offences in each year since 2015.

      Bail: Remote Hearings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on its decision to make second and subsequent bail applications remote by default.

      Prison Officers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of the prison workforce had received training to deal with extremist prisoners as of 26 April...

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of drug incidents in prison by (a) drug type and (b) class since 2010.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Enterprise Rent-A-Car

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the contract agreed by his Department with Enterprise Rent-A-Car on 19 April 2024, procurement reference CCVH23A01, which public...

    • Cabinet Office: ICT

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance by the Central Digital and Data Office entitled Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published on 29...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to reply to the correspondence of (a) 4 March and (b) 3 April 2024 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on digital exclusion on...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments plan to make it a requirement in their procurement processes that potential suppliers meet net zero targets in their...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Council Housing: Morley and Outwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of council homes in Morley and Outwood constituency.

    • Housing: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to reduce health inequalities through housing in (a) Coventry North East...

      Infrastructure: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to improve local consultation on nationally significant infrastructure projects.

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's statistics entitled Statutory homelessness in England: October to December 2023,...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to increase protections for house purchase expenses prior to exchange of contracts.

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of empty residential properties in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...

      Housing: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support homeowners that have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their...

      Flats: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of residents who have been ordered to leave their flats in the last three years.

      Holiday Accommodation: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to help tackle antisocial behaviour by guests in short-term holiday lets.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) local authorities in Wales on the operation of...

      Mortgages and Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people under the age of 40 who (a) lived in private rented...

      Property Management Companies: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislation to approve the Law Commission's draft code on event fees...

      Homelessness: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of people unable to vote due to the voter ID requirements in the elections of 2...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • Journalism

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

    • Film and Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Bectu report entitled UK film and TV industry in...

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of differences in the (a) licensing and (b) regulation of (i) short-term holiday...

      Tourism: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of tourism on the local economy in (a) rural and (b) coastal communities.

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Political Parties: Registration

      To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if she will hold discussions with the Electoral Commission on the reasons for...

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords Chamber: Bishops

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether he has asked (1) Lords Spiritual, and (2) other peers, for their views on whether the requirement for Lords Spiritual to wear robes of rochet and chimere...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Self-harm

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to remarks by Lord Stewart of Dirleton on 29 April (HL Deb col 1704), what are (1) the make-up, and (2) the objectives, of the Imprisonment for...

    • Prisons: Visits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the visit rates were for (1) male, and (2) female, public sector prisons in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (c) 2022, and (d) 2023.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Crime

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of sobriety tagging schemes.

  • Treasury

    • Companies: Insolvency

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the recent decline in corporate insolvencies, what steps they are taking to (1) identify the factors they believe contributed to this reduction,...

    • Mortgages: Islam

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the disparities between conventional and Sharia-compliant mortgage products in respect of the imposition of capital gains tax.

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 29 April (HL3718), in which circumstances, and why, it would not be applicable to apply...

    • Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of untaxed vehicles driving on UK highways.

      Avanti West Coast: North Wales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the train cancellations announced by Avanti West Coast for the summer do not negatively impact tourist-related businesses...

      East Coast Main Line: Timetables

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 29 April (HL3879), whether the latest announcement about the postponement of the introduction of an...

      Dual Carriageways: Norwich

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Natural England, and (2) Norfolk County Council, about the proposed construction of the Norwich West Link.

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the transition to electric vehicles supports the automotive industry.

      Great Western Railway: Trains

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many intercity train services operated by Great Western Railway are operating in unplanned short formation; what is the reason for this; and when the normal...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Marine Animals: Fishing Catches

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many marine mammals were caught by vessels fishing in UK waters in 2023.

    • Veterinary Medicine: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have had, or intend to have, discussions with the EU regarding the implementation of a post-Brexit agreement on the supply of veterinary...

      Immigration Controls: Borders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support small businesses in adapting to additional costs for post-Brexit border checks.

      Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 12 March (HL2920), whether they will forecast the impact of different charges at different...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Small Businesses: Mergers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the reported recent increase in mergers and acquisitions activity among medium-sized companies, what steps they are taking to support...

    • Overseas Investment: Morocco

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will seek an investment facilitation memorandum between the UK and Morocco at the forthcoming Association Council to support UK investment in Morocco...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Social Services: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish their Social Care regulatory reform programme and what new protected professional medical titles they are considering introducing.

    • Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of cancer patients currently waiting more than 31 days for radiotherapy treatment.

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