Written answers

Iau, 5 Medi 2024

  • Treasury

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) Department for Work and Pensions and (b) Local Government Association on the Household Support Fund.

    • Plastics: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation on Plastic Packaging Tax - chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach, published...

      Offshore Industry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the next meeting of the Fiscal Forum between representatives of the oil and gas industry and HMT officials will go ahead.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that pupils without an education, health and care who have experienced trauma are exempt from the introduction of VAT on...

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Tax Simplification for Alternative Finance, which closed 9 April 2024.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review Section 684 activities with reference to the Loan Charge.

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with private schools on the Government's proposed policy to implement VAT on private school fees.

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed application of VAT to private school fees on families who can only access...

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 588 on Private Education: VAT, if she will make it her policy to extend the VAT exemption to children with...

      Crown Estate Commissioners: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Crown Estate publishing the (a) asset value and (b) net revenue profit of the Crown Estate in...

      Payments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled UK Payment Markets Report, published by UK Finance in July 2024, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet...

      National Wealth Fund: Devolution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to determine how the National Wealth Fund will be spent; and whether she plans to hold discussions with the...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to help attract foreign direct investment into green industries in the (a) Humber and (b) UK.

      Insurance Companies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with regulators on ensuring that the insurance industry treats consumers equally in all regions.

      Travel: Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Post-implementation review of the travel insurance signposting rules for consumers with medical conditions, published by the...

      Cash Dispensing: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pay to use ATMs in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

      Cash Dispensing: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to increase access to cash in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency.

      Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) restricting early repayment charges on debt to benefit customers and (b) encouraging...

      Public Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement issued by the Prime Minister's office of 27 July 2024, if she will publish the evidential basis behind the assessment of...

      Business: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many high street businesses in (a) Wellingborough constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England have closed in each of the last five years; and...

      Low Incomes: High Peak

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help support people on lower incomes in High Peak constituency.

      Private Education: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to remove business rate relief for private schools.

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which body is responsible for taking customs duties that are required on goods moved in the red lane from Great Britain to Northern Ireland on arrival in...

      Pensioners: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people over State Pension age paid income tax at (a) the basic rate of 20%, (b) the higher rate of 40% and (c) the...

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of excluding properties that are restricted by planning permission for holiday let use only from the...

      Exports: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how export procedures are applied under Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 to goods placed under the export procedure within the Union in accordance with Title V...

      National Insurance Contributions and Pay: High Peak

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of people in High Peak constituency who (a) paid national insurance contributions and (b) earned below...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing early access penalty for lifetime ISAs from 25% to 20%.

      Parcels: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) introduce new mechanisms for and (b) otherwise support (i) business to business operators and (ii) other...

      Parcels: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the economic impact of the new arrangements for parcels transported between Great Britain and Northern Ireland...

      Attendance Allowance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending (a) a discount on and (b) an exemption from vehicle excise duty to...

      UK Internal Trade: Large Goods Vehicles

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of hauliers in supporting trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

      Domicil

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to reform the tax status of people with non-domiciled residency.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of non-invasive cancer treatment technologies in the NHS.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the covid-19 booster vaccination this autumn to (a) unpaid and (b) young carers.

      Airedale Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for rebuilding Airedale General Hospital.

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timetable for the introduction of secondary legislation for further advertising restrictions (a) on TV and (b)...

      Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on permanent antidepressant induced sexual dysfunction.

      Health: Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to use indicators of health other than Body Mass Index to inform public health (a) priorities, (b) decisions and (c)...

      Mpox: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in response to the declaration by the WHO of Mpox as a public health emergency of international concern under the...

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of childhood obesity on inequalities in health outcomes between (a) deprived...

      Mpox: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development on the steps required to help ensure...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for not including household members of people who are clinically vulnerable within the eligibility criteria...

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) assess provision gaps for open access defibrillators.

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide a sufficient number of public defibrillators to ensure that one is always accessible within five minutes...

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to defibrillators in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard...

      Neurology: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on supporting employment opportunities for people with...

      Processed Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods.

      Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to support (a) the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and (b) people diagnosed with...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Leukaemia UK on publication of a cancer strategy.

      Breast Cancer: Aldershot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of breast cancer screening in Aldershot constituency.

      Drugs: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to (a) improve drug addiction treatments and (b) reduce drug-related deaths.

      Food and Cosmetics: Pollutants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential risk of titanium dioxide in (a) food and (b) cosmetics.

      Parkinson's Disease: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that people with Parkinson’s in Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency receive (a) an early...

      Mpox: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure pandemic preparedness in the context of the mpox outbreak in Africa.

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at what proportion of NHS spending he plans to set funding for GPs.

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to ringfence dentistry budgets within the budgets of integrated care boards.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry,...

      Dental Services: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Proposal for a tie-in to NHS dentistry for graduate dentists which closed on 18...

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential value for money of providing financial incentives for GPs to deliver continuity of care.

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the consultation on the provisional registration for overseas-qualified dentists.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will extend the Shared Prosperity Fund spend deadline for 12 months until 31 March 2026.

    • Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will extend the Towns Deal Fund spend deadline for 12 months until 31 March 2027.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25,...

      Motorhomes: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a duty on local authorities to provide overnight...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that changes to the national planning policy framework prevent developers from land...

      Jews: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to help ensure Jewish communities feel safe.

      Members: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow for teenagers to be elected as hon. Members.

      Social Rented Housing: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that investment in social rented housing will be prioritised for communities with...

      Homelessness: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle the health issues faced by people experiencing homelessness.

      Housing: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of people living...

      Sleeping Rough: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provided to rough sleepers in High Peak constituency in winter 2023-24; and what steps her...

      Sleeping Rough: Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help reduce the number of women who are rough sleeping.

      Housing: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the supply of adapted housing for (a) adults and (b) children with...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a list of local planning authorities which (a) have and (b) do not have up to date local plans.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she took account of net migration in setting the target for new homes in this Parliament.

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many units of accommodation in the (a) private and (b) social housing sector have combustible cladding; on how...

      Affordable Housing: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will (a) remove the Affordable Housing Grant embargo placed on Cornwall Council and (b) take steps to (i)...

      Max Caller

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled ministerial meetings, July to September 2023, updated on 14...

      Neighbourhood Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to change the legal status of neighbourhood plans.

      Private Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to enable local authorities to bring in rent controls for people in the private rented sector.

      General Election 2024: Absent Voting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to review the (a) efficiency and (b) reliability of postal voting for UK nationals living...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Winter Fuel Payment: Louth and Horncastle

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of pensioners will no longer be eligible to receive the Winter Fuel Payment in Louth and Horncastle constituency in Winter 2024-25.

    • Pension Credit: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 9 of the policy paper entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, what...

      Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made on trends of unemployment rates over the last 12 months.

      Universal Credit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to continue the nationwide rollout of the Mandatory In-Work Progression offer.

      Poverty: Knowsley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty in Knowsley constituency in each of the last 10 years.

      Social Security Benefits: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to share data for free with local councils on (a) Universal Credit, (b) unemployment benefits, (c) young people who are...

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will no longer be able to access winter fuel payments.

      Sick Pay: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her plans to strengthen statutory sick pay on the disability employment gap.

      Occupational Health: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to use occupational health to help reduce levels of economic inactivity.

      Commonwealth: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will widen Bilateral Social Security Agreements including index-linked state pensions for UK nationals abroad with Commonwealth countries.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact the Disability Employment Charter proposals on disabled people's ability to (a) gain...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce Access to Work claim (a) application and (b) renewal times; if she will make an assessment of...

      Equal Pay: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a timeline for the introduction of the right to equal pay for disabled people through the introduction of mandatory...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people previously in receipt of the winter fuel payment who will no longer be...

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners not in receipt...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners don't receive Pension Credit; and if she will make an estimate of the number of those pensioners...

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's oral statement on 29 July 2024, Official Report, column 1038 on Public spending:...

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the additional resources it will need to means test winter fuel payments.

      Pension Credit: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to increase the take-up of pension credit.

      Pension Credit: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing the uptake of Pension Credit.

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what date people must submit a pension credit claim by to qualify for the 2024 winter fuel allowance.

      Pensioners: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to provide additional financial support to disabled people in receipt of the State Pension.

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of pensioners who will have winter fuel payment withdrawn in (a) Epping Forest constituency and...

      Pension Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to review the inclusion of military compensation as income in the means test for Pension Credit.

      Winter Fuel Payment: Louth and Horncastle

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Payment...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the change in eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Payment in Winter 2024-25...

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's strategy entitled Fighting Fraud in the Welfare System: Going Further, updated on 13 May 2024, whether she...

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were denied Bereavement Support Payments in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023 due to their deceased partner not having made the necessary...

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were denied Bereavement Support Payments in (a) 2024 and (b) 2023.

      Attendance Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Motability charity on inclusion of Attendance Allowance recipients in their scheme.

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the (a) level, (b) eligibility criteria and (c) processes of Carer's Allowance.

      Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to reduce the (a) number and (b) size of Carer's Allowance overpayments.

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to bring forward the Employment Rights Bill.

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to remove barriers to trade with the EU.

      UK Trade with EU

      What discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on removing barriers to trade.

      Developing Countries Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department takes steps to (a) monitor and (b) assess the extent to which countries participating in the Developing Countries...

      Developing Countries Trading Scheme: Bangladesh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the human rights situation in...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department are taking to sanction companies that pollute waterways with sewage.

    • Fish: Export Health Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to reduce the cost of export health certificates for fish.

      Swimming: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help improve the quality of bathing water around Britain's shores.

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure water quality monitoring data is published all year round.

      Flood Control: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to increase the flood resilience of the river Severn in the Shrewsbury area.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Bangladesh: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart on releasing information on student protests.

    • Bangladesh: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department supports an (a) impartial, (b) independent and (c) transparent investigation into alleged...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart about recent Israeli military activity in the West Bank.

      Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to support international partners with ceasefire discussions on Gaza.

      Unrwa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with UNWRA since the publication of the Final Report of the Independent Review of...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to update the guidance by his Department entitled Overseas Business Risk: Israel section,...

      Myanmar: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support persecuted Christians in Myanmar.

      Government Hospitality: Wines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister plans to use the Government Wine Cellar for functions at 10 Downing Street.

      Bangladesh: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK has provided training to the (a) Bangladeshi police, (b) Bangladeshi military and (c) Rapid Action...

      Bangladesh: Developing Countries Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the Developing...

      Myanmar: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of attacks against health (a) workers...

      USA: Cuba

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the US economic embargo on Cuba on (a) the...

      Bangladesh: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the interim government in Bangladesh.

  • Department for Education

    • Childcare: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the availability of childcare in High Peak constituency.

    • Free School Meals: High Peak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in High Peak constituency.

      Children: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make provision available for the (a) emotional and (b) mental health needs of children transferring from the independent to the state...

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of trends in levels of school exclusions in (a) High Peak constituency,...

      Private Education: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) private school pupils in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth who will transfer into the state...

      Social Workers: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate has she made of the current (a) average time and (b) maximum times for Social Work England to conclude fitness to practice cases.

      Schools: Non-teaching Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 8.1.1 of her Department's publication entitled School workforce census guide 2023: Guide for schools including academies...

      Special Educational Needs: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities are required to monitor the average cost of delivering Education, Health, and Care Plans within their area.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a...

    • Youth Justice: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons have there been late allocations of funding for the youth justice system for 2024-25.

      Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Official Statistics entitled Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023, published on 16 May 2024, which offence...

      Probation Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of cases within the probate service.

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time has been for county courts to (a) accept, (b) consider, (c) process and (d) enforce possession cases brought by residential...

      Reoffenders: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has to work with Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help reduce reoffending by people in the criminal justice system.

      Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure prisoners do not become homeless upon release.

      Crimes against the Person: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing sentences for people convicted of assaulting public service workers .

      Family Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the recommendations of the Final Report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases.

      Family Courts: Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the presumption of contact at the Family Court does not result in unsafe contact arrangements.

  • Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to compensate people affected by the surplus sharing agreement with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.

    • Hydrogen: Holyhead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to provide £4.8 million to support the development of the Holyhead Hydrogen Hub.

      Hitachi: Wylfa Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much the UK Government paid Hitachi for the purchase of the Wylfa nuclear site.

      Hitachi: Wylfa Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date the purchase of the Wylfa nuclear site from Hitachi was completed.

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to provide incentives to local communities for support for onshore wind projects in...

      Refineries: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he consulted (a) Unite the Union, (b) GMB and (c) other trade unions on the potential closure of oil and gas refineries in...

      Heat Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using heat batteries for households who experience challenges in installing...

      District Heating: Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of district heating schemes on levels of energy poverty.

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to reduce the standing charge on household energy bills.

      Great British Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will publish all written representations made by the Crown Estate on proposals for Great British Energy.

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help consumers of district heating schemes.

      Great British Energy: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Chair of Great British Energy was appointed through open competition; what his remuneration is; and whether he has...

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street: Digital Technology

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) headcount and (b) budget is of the 10 Downing Street data science team.

    • Political Parties: Donors

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what meetings he has had with people who have donated to the Labour Party in the last 12 months since the general election.

      Citizens' Assemblies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the use of citizens assemblies.

      King Charles III: Art Works

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office press release entitled More public institutions can apply for a portrait of The King, published on 12 May 2024,...

      Government Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 10 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, whether...

      Cabinet Office: Flags

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what flags other than the Union flag he plans to fly on 70 Whitehall in the next 12 months.

      Politics and Government: Costs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 17 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, in what...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to renew the contract with the Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport Helicopter Service.

    • F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) industrial and (b) military participation in the F35 programme is not impacted by the decision to ban certain...

      Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the size of the Royal Navy fleet.

      Antiship Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of Sea Venom’s certification forecast for 2026.

      Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to help support the defence sector in the (a) East of England and (b) UK.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2024 to Question 155 on Defence: Expenditure, whether the future fiscal event will cover the potential impact of the...

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the (a) Future Combat Air System and (b) Global Combat Air Programme in the current financial year.

      Defence: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to inform Parliament of deferments to planned expenditures on major programmes within the financial year where they occur.

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the (a) Future Combat Air System and (b) Global Combat Air Programme in each financial year from its inception...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Mid Leicestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants are resident in hotels in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

    • Asylum: Bournemouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are a) waiting for a decision on their asylum applications in Bournemouth and b) currently residing in hotels in Bournemouth.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median cost per night for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create a specific civil remedy of modern slavery.

      Abortion: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that offers of practical help to women outside abortion clinics will be permitted when section 9 of the...

      Asylum: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of the asylum system was in each year since 2005; and what estimate she has made of the cost for 2024.

      Temples: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect Hindu temples.

      Sexual Offences: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sexual assaults and (b) rapes were reported in (i) Bournemouth and (ii) the South West in each of the last three years.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help (a) maintain and (b) improve the operational performance of (i) Greater Anglia and (ii) other private rail operators...

    • Railways: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid out to passengers by (a) West Midlands Trains and (b) all train operators as part of the Delay Repay scheme in each of the last 12...

      Public Transport: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for transport improvements in the South West; and whether it remains Government policy to (a) fund the new Tavistock to Plymouth...

      Blue Badge Scheme: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making lifetime Blue Badge awards to people with lifelong conditions.

      Road Traffic: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the use of noise cameras on roads.

      Motor Vehicles: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to fund independent research into the potential safety implications of headlight glare.

      Electric Vehicles: Vans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles' report entitled Consultation outcome: driving licence flexibility for alternatively-fuelled...

      Bodmin Parkway Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of accessibility for passengers with reduced mobility at Bodmin Parkway railway station.

      A226: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to restore the collapsed section of the A226 Galley Hill Road, Greenhithe.

      Railways: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the West Midlands Rail Hub.

      Rolling Stock: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the long-term sustainability of rolling stock manufacturing.

      Railways: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the (a) designs for and (b) delivery of the Midlands Rail Hub.

      Transport: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's policy is on spending £262 million from reallocated HS2 funding on Lincolnshire's (a) roads and (b) public transport.

      Motor Vehicles: Diesel and Petrol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to ban the sale of new (a) petrol and (b) diesel vehicles from 2030.

      Taxis: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on the number of local authorities that have offered (a) loans and (b) grants to encourage the purchase of...

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  • Leader of the House

    • Leader of the House: Ministers

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

  • Northern Ireland Office

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