Written answers

Llun, 2 Medi 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that there is a comprehensive strategy for meeting the (a) clinical and (b) care needs of people...

    • Derriford Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the proposed urgent and emergency care centre at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers he has made; and (i) who the...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for the completion of the new Urgent Care and Emergency Centre at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.

      West Suffolk Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue the previous Government’s (a) plans and (b) timetable for rebuilding West Suffolk Hospital.

      NHS: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) modernise NHS IT systems and (b) protect them from cyber attacks.

      Air Ambulance Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of air ambulance response times in rural areas.

      Care Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help people with care home fees.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussion with his Northern Ireland counterpart on trends in waiting times for access to CAMHS.

      Dental Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase access to NHS dentistry in rural areas.

      Mental Health Services: Derbyshire and Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health support teams there were in (a) High Peak constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) London in each year since 2010.

      Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting times were for (a) ADHD and (b) autism assessments in each year since 2010.

      Dental Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) financially support and (b) improve local access to NHS dental practices in South West England.

      Leighton Hospital: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the condition of RAAC at Leighton Hospital in Crewe and Nantwich...

      Autism: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children requiring an autism assessment.

      Radiotherapy: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase radiotherapy treatment capacity for patients in Romford constituency.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a cancer plan that (a) increases (a) radiotherapy and (b) other...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to increase workforce capacity for (a) cancer care and (b) radiotherapy treatment services.

      Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend powers from HMRC to Trading Standards to provide on-the-spot fines for retailers selling illegal (a) tobacco and (b)...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the cost of training for new dental academic staff to support the expansion of dental school places in the NHS Long Term...

      Dentistry: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital funding he plans to provide to expand dental school estates to accommodate the increased number of dental students from...

      Primodos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support those impacted by Primodos.

      Commission on Human Medicines: Pregnancy Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission an independent review of the Report of the Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group on Hormone...

      Obesity: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of sales of weight loss injections by online pharmacies.

      Dyslexia: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the diagnosis of dyslexia in children.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that abortion providers meet their obligations to ensure that a woman’s gestational age is...

      Tobacco and Vapes Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

      Junior Doctors: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the pay differential between junior doctors and Agenda for Change staff following his Department's recent...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the Government's pay offer to non-Pay Review Body staff on (a) recruitment and (b)...

      Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve pancreatic cancer outcomes.

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1339 on Accessible Information Standard, for what reason NHS England cannot provide a...

      AJM Healthcare: Wheelchairs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July to Question 383 on Wheelchairs: Procurement, if he will take steps to solicit feedback from ICBs on the...

      Heart Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome as of July 2025.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of the recent pay award for Agenda for Change staff will be funded from (a) existing NHS budgets, (b) the Departmental...

      Doctors: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help registrars find work in the North of England.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that NHS workers receive above inflation pay awards.

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) children and (b) other people with long covid.

      Family Hubs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to continue funding (a) family hubs and (b) the Start for Life programme.

      Public Buildings: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a duty on local authorities to facilitate the installation of...

      Care Homes: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of care homes are rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in High Peak constituency.

      Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to use the impact assessment entitled Tobacco and Vapes Bill: impact assessment, published on 20 March 2024,...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the plans to increase dental training places by 40% by 2031-32 outlined in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan are fully funded.

      Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure mental health services are accessible to patients in rural communities.

      Mental Health Services: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services in High Peak constituency.

      General Practitioners: Derbyshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding for the provision of out-of-hours GP appointments in (a) High Peak constituency and (b) Derbyshire.

      NHS England: Communication and Management Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 10 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July...

      Dental Services: Gosport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase access to NHS dentists in Gosport constituency.

      Surgery: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries for people in High Peak constituency.

      University of Portsmouth Dental Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.8 of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, how many new dentistry training places will be...

      Dental Services: Bournemouth West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) access to and (b) the provision of NHS dentistry in Bournemouth West constituency.

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged four and under have been admitted to hospital for tooth extraction due to decay in each of the last five years.

      Dental Services: Bournemouth West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices offered NHS services in Bournemouth West constituency in each year since 2015.

      Life Expectancy: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a health mission to tackle the (a) social determinants of health and (b) regional gap in healthy life...

      Processed Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of a ban on junk food advertising before the watershed.

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the evaluation of non-specific pathways will include granular blood cancer data.

      Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect those most at risk of harm from gambling and betting.

      General Practitioners: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries are rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in High Peak constituency.

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to implement a cancer strategy over the course of this Parliament.

      Leukaemia: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of five-year survival rates for (a) acute myeloid leukaemia and (b) other leukaemias.

      Leukaemia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of leukaemia patients were offered a holistic needs assessment in the last 12 months.

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistent publication of data on waiting times for (a) leukaemia and (b) other cancer...

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to develop a best practice pathway for (a) leukaemia and (b) other blood cancers.

      Autism and Mental Health: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of beds for (a) adults and (b) children with (i) a dual diagnosis with...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on housebuilding targets in outer London.

    • Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to build more affordable homes.

      Local Government: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of devolution on local economies.

      Local Government: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with metro mayors and local authorities on further devolution.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will continue after March 2025.

      Land Use: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that changes to the National Planning Policy Framework prevent developers...

      Planning: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on planning reform.

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities work collaboratively when preparing local plans.

      Local Plans: Horsham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy that the Horsham District Council local plan should be allowed to progress without alteration...

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the standard method formula for calculating housing need.

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish guidance on the responsibilities of freeholders for the external areas of an estate on which...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tenancy support duty for possessions...

  • Department for Education

    • All Saints Roman Catholic School York: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether All Saints School in York will receive funding for (a) repairs and (b) development.

    • Class Sizes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase class sizes to accommodate children moving from the independent sector to the state sector.

      Childcare and Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority group-based providers of Ofsted registered Early Years Foundation Stage (a) education and (b) care provided childcare places...

      Special Educational Needs: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for SEND services in schools.

      Basic Skills: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to improve children's oracy skills in High Peak constituency.

      Special Educational Needs: Private Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase SEND provision for pupils moving from private to state schools.

      Pupils: York Outer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of per-pupil funding in York Outer constituency since 2010 on...

      Carers: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) the physical and mental health and (b) other aspects of the lives of unpaid and kinship carers.

      Musical Instruments: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in schools in High Peak constituency are learning a musical instrument at school.

      Teachers: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in High Peak constituency.

      Secondary Education: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in High Peak...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities (a) adequately capture the needs of SEND children and (b) provide a local offer that...

      Pupils: Dyslexia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools to support pupils with dyslexia.

      Secondary Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff-to-student ratio was in secondary schools in (a) England and (b) High Peak constituency in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and...

      Special Educational Needs: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in a) Dorset and b) the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 402 on Special Educational Needs, how many children and young people with education, health and...

      Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish, for every school in England (a) the unique reference number for that school, (b) the local government areas and their ONS codes...

      Teachers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 83 of the HM Treasury's policy paper entitled, Fixing the foundations public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July...

      Educational Visits: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in High Peak constituency have taken part in foreign school trips since September 2023.

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to work with (a) colleges and (b) employers to ensure that there are sufficient high-quality placements for T Level study programmes.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to increase funding for road resurfacing in (a) the South West and (b) South West Devon constituency.

    • Railways: Cleethorpes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the planned direct train link between Cleethorpes and London Kings Cross.

      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using acoustic cameras to help tackle illegal car exhaust systems.

      Active Travel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding her Department has provided for (i) walking, (ii) cycling, (iii) healthy and safer streets, (iv) disabled...

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on retaining the £2 bus fare scheme beyond December 2024.

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve bus services in rural areas.

      Cars: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing a phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines.

      Automatic Number Plate Recognition: Lambeth and Southwark

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Automatic Number Plate Recognition car pilots in the London Borough of (a) Lambeth and (b) Southwark.

      Cars: Hire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to enforce vehicle excise duty rules for car rental companies that use vehicles registered outside the UK.

      Railways: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce an online search facility hosted by Great British Rail to help people affected by train delays find actual...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 722 on Public Transport, if her Department will list the Local Transport Authorities that are (a)...

      Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has plans to increase the number of low traffic neighbourhoods.

      Bus Services: York Outer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to increase the provision of bus services in rural areas with low connectivity in York Outer constituency.

      Bus Services: Tiverton and Minehead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding community shuttle bus services in Tiverton and MInehead constituency.

      Bus Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to increase access to bus services in (a) South West Devon constituency and (b) the South West.

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to introduce a minimum bus service frequency standard in rural areas.

      Public Transport: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to help make the public transport system more accessible for rural users.

      Bicycles: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing lockable bike storage at rural (a) bus and (b) rail stations.

      Bus Services: Bicycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to encourage the carrying of bicycles on buses to create a more integrated public transport service.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in the earnings threshold for overseas workers on the care sector.

    • Police: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to set conditions for and regulate the use and deployment of live facial recognition...

      Anti-social Behaviour and Drugs: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle a) anti-social behaviour and b) illegal drug use in town centres.

      Crimes of Violence: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle violent crimes against women.

      Police and Crime Commissioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislation to (a) abolish the post of Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) replace them with local boards of...

      Dangerous Driving: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce dangerous driving in Romford constituency.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on steps to tackle knife crime.

      Police: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional funding will be provided to Police and Crime Commissioners (a) to deliver above-inflation pay rises and (b) long term.

      Police and Crime Commissioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on rules governing the recruitment of Deputy Police and Crime Commissioners.

      Police Community Support Officers: York Outer

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of community police officers in York Outer constituency since...

      Visas: Families and Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on whether people living in the UK on a Graduate visa can start a Master’s degree while waiting...

      Wildlife: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make wildlife crimes notifiable; and whether she plans to include those crimes in national statistics.

      Protest

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review measures within the Public Order Act 2023 on restrictions to the right to protest.

      Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that introduction of the EU Entry/Exit System does not delay people travelling to Northern Ireland...

      Police: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Disclosure Barring Service checks have been completed by police forces within 60 days in each month of the...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to grant visa extensions to Ukrainian nationals under the age of 18 on the Ukrainian Sponsorship Scheme that...

      Licensing Laws

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional legal powers of local authorities to assess the suitability...

      Pensions: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to support people from Hong Kong with British National (Overseas) visas access pensions managed in Hong Kong.

      Refugees: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was loaned through refugee integration loans in each year since the scheme was created.

      Bottles: Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the aim of the Bottle Stop campaign to ensure that all bottles in clubs and bars are...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce anti-social behaviour (a) on high streets and (b) in city centres.

      Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) increase prosecution rates for perpetrators of rural crime and (b) protect victims of those crimes.

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    • Shared Rural Network: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the value for money of the Shared Rural Network.

    • Research: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that departments have access to high quality predictive modelling.

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will list the job title of each special adviser appointed to 10 Downing Street.

    • Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has appointed a director of trade union relations.

      Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to The Pensions Increase (Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC) Regulations 2013, what the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of the scheme...

      Civil Service: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 10 of the report published by HM Treasury entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, what the (a)...

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to update the National Cyber Security Strategy.

      Civil Servants: Conferences

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on allowing civil servants to speak at (a) commercial and (b) voluntary sector conferences in a (i) personal and (ii) trade union...

      Business Interests: Civil Servants and Ministers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the average length of time for the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to process a business appointment rules application from (a)...

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria will his Department use to measure social value when undertaking procurement rounds.

      Ministers: Conduct

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising section nine of the Ministerial Code on Ministers and Parliament.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Cybersecurity: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether organisations in the United Kingdom are subject to assimilated EU law restrictions mandating kernel level software access.

    • Industry: Isle of Wight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the industrial strategy applies to the Isle of Wight.

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 July 2024 on Low Pay Commission Remit, HCWS43, what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Minimum Wage: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 July 2024 on Low Pay Commission Remit, HCWS43, by what date will 18 to 20 year olds be in...

      Summertime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment as part of his next spending review of the potential economic merits of double British Summer time.

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the proposals by prospective buyers of Royal Mail.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for support services for victims of sexual assault and violence.

    • Drugs: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for drug-related offences in Bournemouth in each year since 2019.

      Ministry of Justice: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers she has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii)...

  • Treasury

    • Tourism: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce tax free shopping in tourist destinations.

    • Cash Dispensing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to cash in areas with (a) few and (b) no cash machines.

      Banking Hubs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria her Department plans to use to identify locations for banking hubs; and if she will set out a timetable for rolling out hubs in...

      Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that people are able to access cashpoints in rural areas.

      Money Laundering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for publishing its response to the consultations on (a) reform of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism...

      Pensions: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the revenue to the public purse from reducing the top rate of tax relief on pension contributions to 30%.

      Sanctions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support the enforcement of UK sanctions.

      Banks: Derbyshire

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of bank branches that have closed in (a) High Peak constituency and (b) Derbyshire in each year since 2010.

      Special Educational Needs: Private Education

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will exempt independent special schools from the removal of business rates charitable rates relief.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Great British Energy: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to announce the location for the headquarters of Great British Energy.

    • Offshore Industry: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what budget he has allocated for legal costs in the event of legal action from businesses following from his decision not to issue...

      Great British Energy: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of Great British Energy's budget will be allocated to early development work to help de-risk private sector...

      Great British Energy: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has for (a) whole and (b) partial ownership of (i) offshore and (ii) onshore wind farms by GB Energy by 2045.

      Wylfa Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for the delivery of a new nuclear power plant at Wylfa.

      Small Modular Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for approving Small Modular Reactors.

      Offshore Industry: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not issuing new oil and gas licences on levels of public investment from oil...

      Sellafield: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have sought approval for the purchase of land in West Cumbria in the last ten years.

      Moorside Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether access has been (a) requested and (b) granted to land owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority at Moorside for...

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which government sites licensed for new nuclear use have been subject to further detailed assessments since designation.

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the eight sites identified for new nuclear use in the 2011 National Policy Statement are intended for new nuclear use.

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether access to existing nuclear expertise is considered in siting decisions for new nuclear power plants.

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will prioritise government owned land that remains (a) unused and (b) licensed for new nuclear use in siting decisions...

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will prioritise new nuclear power generation on land designated for new nuclear over other potential uses.

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many approval processes Great British Nuclear undertake before final decisions are made on (a) technology and (b) sites for new...

      Great British Nuclear: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many full-time permanent staff he (a) plans to recruit and (b) has recruited for Great British Nuclear; and what his planned...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of onshore windfarms on (a) the environment, (b) arable land and (c)...

      Natural Gas and Oil: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of oil and gas that the North Sea will produce in each year until 2060 and (b) tax...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Noise: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum complaints threshold for...

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department have had with the EU on cooperation on chemicals regulation.

      Pesticides: Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to discontinue the use of the pesticide thiamethoxam, in the context of its alleged toxicity to bees.

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the updated UK Food Security Report.

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescale for introducing legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies.

      Furs: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescale for publishing a response to the consultation entitled the Fur market in Great Britain, published...

      Farmers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that farmers are fairly remunerated for their produce.

      Rivers: Mid Leicestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the ecological rating of rivers are in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

      Air Pollution: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on meeting WHO clean air standards.

      Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle coastal erosion in Hemsby; and if he will meet the hon. Member for Great...

      Water Companies: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to hold water companies accountable for alleged sewage discharge.

      Postal Workers: Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help prevent dog attacks on postal workers.

      River Rom: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve water quality in the River Rom.

      Dairy Products: Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential future impact of the H5N1 virus on dairy projects.

      Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to (a) protect...

      Horses: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) horses and (b) ponies smuggled from the United Kingdom in each of...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers he has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii)...

  • Leader of the House

    • Short Money

      To ask the Leader of the House, if she make it her policy that the resolution restricting short money for parties with fewer than five hon. Members should be amended to only apply to parties with...

    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Leader of the House, whether she plans to amend the Restoration and Renewal (a) budget, (b) timetable and (c) decant policy.

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