Mawrth, 18 Chwefror 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve water quality at (a) the River Teme and (b) other bathing sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to fully enact the provisions of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle fly-tipping in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to improve the enforcement of anti-fly tipping rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were prosecuted for illegal fly tipping in 2023-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to recommendation 13 in the Fifth Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2023-24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes the Environment Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility to people who are digitally excluded of the consultation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the persecution of birds of prey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of available sites for biodiversity net gain credits in south...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to stop the accidental poisoning of wildlife.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Natural England plans to reintroduce beavers into the wild in 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to review the maximum penalties for committing wildlife offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional non-statutory guidance his Department is working on with the Waste and Resources Action Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) the Cambridgeshire Fens and (b) the UK from Chinese mitten crabs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the (a) framework and (b) criteria for beaver releases into the wild.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of (a) ancient and (b) veteran trees not covered by Tree Protection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to establish the (a) nine new river walks and (b) three new national forests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is adequate competition in the domestic veterinary care insurance sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of tracing of movement of animals, animal products and vehicles to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what purposes (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have used AI in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to expand the Government Buying Standards across the wider public sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether funds given to the proposed national Nature Restoration Fund will be allocated to the county where the development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the continuation of Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for new developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support developers to comply with biodiversity net gain policy for large housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) 60mm and (b) 81mm mortar smoke rounds have been procured for Ukraine since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that vulnerable Afghan family members are included in any new resettlement scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a statutory timeframe for communicating decisions on applications submitted under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for additional family members seeking to resettle in the UK to join a principal who has already been resettled via the (a) Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for a review of negative decisions on Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are awaiting resolution; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 3M Combat Arms Earplugs V2 his Department purchased between 2003 and 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Social Security Act 1973 on veterans who served before 6 April 1975 but did not meet the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the Digital Veteran Card system on the data protection of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of former armed forces personnel residing in Bromsgrove constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of awarding a specific Gallipoli campaign medal to British soldiers that served in that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken was between the point of application to join the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF and attestation in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Leave Outside the Rules process for Afghan family members will remain in place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on Capita provided medical vetting for forces personnel in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing Afghans resettled under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) 60mm and (b) 81mm high explosive mortar rounds have been procured for Ukraine since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024, to Question 1248 on Military Aircraft: Helicopter, where the Ministerial Transport Office is based; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25862 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether his assessment of the cost has included the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025to Question 25863 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, what is the name of the company now providing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in the US on levels of defence spending by the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes the Submarine Delivery Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27513 on Defence: Bank Services, how many smaller defence suppliers have raised concerns with his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of numbers of medical appointments on the medical readiness of serving personnel; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what purposes the UK Hydrographic Office has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on palliative care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of repurposing Nightingale hospitals to provide temporary accommodation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with NHS England and the Department for Education to reduce speech and language therapy waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by GPOnline entitled Registrars delaying GP qualification because they can’t find jobs, says LMC,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26669 on Dental Services: Rural Areas and to the pursuant to the Answer of 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of nurses in acute inpatient mental health settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage Integrated Care Boards to invest in Primary Care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number of beds provided for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units in (a) Hampshire and Isle of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to renew pharmacy contracts following their expiry in March 2024; and if he will provide updated guidance on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that disabled children from all socio-economic backgrounds receive appropriate therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that concerns raised regarding elderly care homes are dealt with appropriately.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential causes of the diagnoses of autism in young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to ensure that people diagnosed with ADHD through private healthcare can access NHS prescriptions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and (b) adults are waiting for an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment in Middlesbrough &...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of having a dedicated mental health professional in every school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help armed forces veterans access mental health support in Leigh and Atherton constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish a national ADHD data improvement plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community pharmacy on access to primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Sky News investigation into UK care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices stopped accepting NHS patients in (a) Twickenham and (b) London in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expected timeline is for Baroness Casey's Commission into Adult Social Care, including the dates for evidence submission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support hospices in City of Durham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to retain the 66.7% national dementia diagnosis rate target for the 2025-26 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Oral Statement of 19 December 2024 on Hospice Funding, Official Report, column 451, what the level of the Barnet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of NHS England's report entitled Independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) dentists and (b) dentist representatives on the recent dentist pay award.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Care of 13 January 2025, Official Report, column 128, what his planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services in City of Durham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of NHS dentists in Kent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of NHS dental provision in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) the East Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional (a) funding and (b) other resources his Department plans to provide to primary care providers to support preventative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Written Question 26150 on General Practitioners: Bedfordshire, what assessment he has made of the impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of demand for NHS dentistry services in Broxtowe constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations his Department is making for currently unknown pathogens that could emerge in future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for (a) leukaemia and (b) other non-stageable cancers; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the level of obesity in the (a) richest and (b) poorest areas of Ilford South constituency; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of health centres in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to pulmonary fibrosis treatment in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the link between life expectancy and trends in the level of poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential role of no and low alcohol products in supporting the Government’s public health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the adequacy of NHS support for people with liver disease in Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential correlation between the number of fast food outlets opening and recent trends in the level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of defibrillators in public spaces in England; and whether he has had recent discussions with his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the standard of care available in the NHS for those suffering with liver conditions in (a) England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the difference in diabetes rates amongst the (a) white...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Child Death Overview Panels cited consanguinity as the (a) primary and (b) secondary cause of death of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing shifts went unfilled at acute NHS trusts in each month since January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many asylum seekers have received medical treatment in Bromsgrove constituency in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Global Compact for Migration on (a) demands for NHS services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 19779 on Health Professions: Regulation, what his timetable is for announcing his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve detection of undiagnosed heart conditions in young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he expects ICBs to take to support people with long covid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of levels of capacity in phlebotomy services on the time taken for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the education of (a) frontline healthcare staff and (b) the public on the (i) symptoms and (ii) signs of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of food poverty on trends in the level of malnutrition in over 65-year-olds in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much consequential funding the Scottish Government receives for Home Building Funds and the Land and Infrastructure Funds, broken down by spending type.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the difference between the minimum wage and the State Pension.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues, to help tackle child poverty in (a) Birmingham Perry Barr constituency and (b) the West Midlands.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank closures there were in 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customer compliance managers there are in the HMRC large business directorate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to support the Welsh road freight industry.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of establishing a customs union with the EU on town centre businesses in Cheltenham.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what purposes the Government Actuary’s Department has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tax evasion in vape shops.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will extend the 75% business rates relief for retail, hospitality, and leisure businesses after 2025.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential cumulative impact of the 2026 business rates revaluation on the plans for a new surcharge on hereditaments...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to prevent money laundering by foreign nationals.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of limiting the amount of money that the Bank of England can pay in interest to commercial banks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £110,000 cap threshold on retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief under the multiplier regime will apply from April 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Personal Allowance threshold from £12,570.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of establishing a customs union with the EU on the cyber security sector in Cheltenham.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of increasing the maximum level of deposit protection afforded by the Financial Services...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of increasing the maximum Premium Bond holding deposit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing tax allowance rates to £20,000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of fee-less community bank accounts being closed and replaced with fee-paying business accounts on...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of economic inequality on (a) Gross Domestic Product and (b) GDP growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the off-payroll working rules.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to increase the minimum threshold at which the Expensive Car Supplement is levied on vehicle excise duty.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of scrapping Multiple Dwellings Relief in March 2024 on the economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to extend full expensing to leased vehicles to support the road haulage industry in Wales.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's document entitled Measuring tax gaps 2024 edition: tax gap estimates for 2022 to 2023, updated on 20 June 2024, if she will take...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.91 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reclassification of double cab...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out the exemption on customs duties that is allowed for parcels under...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has taken steps to support farmers who have diversified into holiday accommodations to mitigate the potential financial impact of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of establishing a customs union with the EU on retail prices of consumer goods.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of linking vehicle excise duty to vehicle weight.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges to prevent their use in financial crime.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether professional body supervisors will share risk assessments of Trusts and Corporate Service Providers with Companies House for (a) assessing and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Financial Regulators Complaints Commission report on BetIndex Limited, published on 16...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of workplace sickness on productivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28401 on Translation Services, what the spend was on interpretation for people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21056 on DWP: Political Impartiality, whether her Department holds information on a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost of Universal Credit benefits accessed by refugees was in 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the recent State Pension increase.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are considered to be in poverty in Mid Leicestershire constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unpaid carers over the State Pension age that have an entitlement to but are not claiming (a) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying the application process for unpaid carers claiming Pension Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support women born in the 1950s affected by State Pension age changes in City of Durham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women impacted by the maladministration of pension communications as highlighted by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for recipients of Personal Independence Payment to speak to an advisor over the telephone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of children in England who (a) are aged between four and 18 and (b) have an EHCP...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) the Scottish government and (b) the other devolved Administrations on (i) tackling the rise in school violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of potential impact of Brighton and Hove City Council new schools admission policy on school children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children aged four to 18 who have an EHCP attend schools rated (a) Outstanding, (b) Good, (c) Requires Improvement and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant of the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22412 on Childcare: Finance, how many and what proportion of childcare providers allow parents...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage reading in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the total number of special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) in all schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to Central Bedfordshire Council to help support the transition...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have closed in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to monitor the adequacy of library provision in primary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of specialist education provision in (a) rural areas and (b) South Shropshire constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations of the AQA report entitled Towards new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of targeting the Children’s Social Care Prevention Grant at (a) Halton Council and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to widen access to postgraduate education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to widen access to higher education by underrepresented groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to support the provision of sixth form education in Spelthorne constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with universities on the potential impact of the rise of employer national insurance contributions on projects they fund...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to launch a consultation on (a) reducing the availability of Disabled Students Allowance assistive technology packages and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the maintenance loans system for meeting students’ cost of living needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started apprenticeships at level (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4, (d) 5, (e) 6 and (f) 7 in each public service in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recourse (a) academics and (b) other people will have who believe that they have had their free speech curtailed, in the context of her proposals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to expand AI apprenticeships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial viability of universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) approved families looking to adopt and (b) children ready for adoption there were in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make (a) schools and (b) education providers statutory safeguarding partners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools receiving support from regional improvement for standards and excellence teams will have improvement progress measured by (a) those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of members of the public directly contacting the Teaching Regulation Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support home educators and (b) protect children removed from mainstream schools for malicious reasons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children are eligible for free school meals in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the impact of period poverty on educational attainment in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's contract entitled Emergency Transport for Staff and Illegal Migrants including Minors, procurement...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on expediting and expanding the Online...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) the contract entitled AIRE - Advice Issue Reporting and Eligibility, procurement reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow the police to be (a) trained and (b) equipped to administer Naloxone.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish an anonymised list of Non Crime Hate Incidents investigated by police forces in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing performance-related pay for Chief Constables based on (a) rates of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help West Mercia Police recruit more special constables in rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to prevent parcel thieves taking parcels which have already been delivered to people’s homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of policing in Rubery in Bromsgrove constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that retired police officers affected by the 2018 McCloud judgment receive a Remediable...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her Department’s policy to create a unified national firearms licensing authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration on (a) UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's contract entitled Contract for the provision of Language Analysis Services, procurement reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story £200 million boost to transform neighbourhood policing, published on 31 January 2025,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of street racing on the A435 at Wythall; and what steps her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure sufficient recruitment of retained firefighters in Shropshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the independent report entitled Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to (a) revise the National Planning Policy Framework and (b) redefine affordable housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22329 on Noise: Pollution Control, what guidance her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason thank you payments to sponsors hosting refugees from Ukraine for more than 12 months will reduce from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has she made of the impact on her policies of the levels of damp and mould affecting housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of access to greenbelt countryside in north Worcestershire on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential contribution of the greenbelt to adjacent urban communities to health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of people who live in social housing in Mid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the National Planning Policy Framework adequately reflects the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council houses were built in the West Midlands between 2010 and 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chief Land Registrar on ensuring that adverse possession claims are not granted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review the treatment of digital and mobile infrastructure within the National Planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in (a) the UK, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire constituency since 5...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure major housing developments include mobile network infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the origination criteria of the British Business Bank’s Enable Build scheme permits lending to all small...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were evicted from their properties in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed national planning reforms for farmers on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent the establishment of pop-up campsites in Areas of Outstanding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of leasehold flats containing combustible material with higher insurance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of holiday lets on the affordability of rents; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support the Build to Rent sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish the rationale for cancelling or delaying certain council elections scheduled for May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for the next (a) revaluation of the Local Government Pension Schemes and (b) the review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with the Leader of the House of Lords on the applicability of the Salisbury-Addison...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to expedite the development of affordable housing at Sawyers Close in Windsor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure councils have the resources needed to provide safe, stable housing for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the transparency of charges levied on residents of new estates where freehold...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of local councils that plan to increase the local fire precept to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to help ensure that grants for affordable housing schemes do not sit as debt on housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating more funding to build social rent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employers’ National Insurance contribution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to amend the Homelessness Code of Guidance to clarify the obligations of local authorities at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) Cabinet colleagues to provide homeless and pregnant women...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will issue guidance to planning authorities on the cumulative impact of carbon emissions from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with Leicestershire County Council on (a) local government reorganisation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Greater Manchester Combined Authority on encouraging housing developments near...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandatory design codes for local planning authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23351 on Regulatory of Social Housing: Translation Services and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give local planning authorities further powers to prevent high concentrations of (a) short-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislation to allow wheelchair users who have been (a) trapped insider their homes or (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on embodied carbon as a material consideration in the planning process when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19066 on Housing: Construction, whether she plans for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 22720 on Housing: Foreign Nationals, in what circumstances are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 20655 on Housing: Migrants, what information her Department holds...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that town and parish councils are in place prior to the abolition of district...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the fire service for each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commission a review into the adequacy of housing bands used to calculate council tax bands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question HL4145, on Local Government: Elections, if he will make it his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the (a) total amount of people who are exempted from paying council tax for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Isle of Wight will retain it’s own council as part of the Hampshire and Solent Mayoral authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February to Question 27485, tabled on 29 January 2025 on Parking: Private Sector, if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22646 on MHCLG: Religion, if she will list each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the conversations and negotiations which she had in order to determine which elections were to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that her target for new home building is not impacted by local government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of (a) media and (b) voice training for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12343 on Foreign Companies: Property, when she plans to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for hate crime in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Q3 of the oral evidence given by the Lady Chief Justice of England to the Justice Select Committee on 26 November 2024, HC 421, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judicial reviews of (a) major infrastructure projects and (b) planning applications and (c) other issues have taken place in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number of times courts have cited (a) the UN Global Compact for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people eligible for housing legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what purposes the Legal Aid Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on intellectual property rights in the creative industries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support public libraries in City of Durham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that football stadiums are accessible to fans with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to UK Music’s blog post entitled UK Music & Tik Tok Party at Labour Conference 2024, published in 2024,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the inclusion of trans athletes in women's sports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to increase youth services provision in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to (a) promote and (b) support the participation of young people in (i) youth charities and (ii) the voluntary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure social media companies are accountable for content on their sites that may be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the total amount of Government investment into acoustic neuroma research was in 2023-24; and which public bodies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to reduce spam telephone calls linked to fraudulent activity; and what discussions he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to maintain 2024-25 funding levels for research to (a) replace, (b) reduce and (c) refine the use of animal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of rolling out Project Gigabit in Bedfordshire on local economic growth.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s proposed revisions...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies to record age-related data in their recruitment practices as means of...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the medical assessment required for an individual to obtain a Gender Recognition...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Period Poverty Taskforce (a) last met and (b) next plans to meet.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to service providers on rights under the Equality Act 2010 to lawfully exclude biological...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will take steps to promote positive male role models.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to (a) communicate how his Department's policies will help to lower energy bills in 2025 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether guidance on community benefit funds for electricity transmission infrastructure will include transmission projects where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will review subsidies given to Biomass production by Drax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including the preservation of nature as priority in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to appoint the Independent Sustainability Advisor on large scale biomass.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the retrofitting of homes in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to ban the use of open fridges in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households in the UK have been in receipt of Government grants for spray foam insulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25799 on Property: Bedfordshire, what his Department's timetable is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of expanding financial support for heat pump installation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans for the development of heat networks in areas located away from existing (a) industrial or (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has for the development of heat networks in areas located away from existing industrial or natural heat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to extend the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to (a) hybrid heat pump technologies and (b) other multi...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what schemes the Warm Homes Fund will cover to ensure that households can access subsidies for transitioning to heat pump technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to include foie gras in it's trade strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the same sustainability standards are applied (a) Temu, (b) Shein and (c) other Chinese...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the frequency of rail services for commuters between Folkestone and London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of the British Transport Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with train operators on the level of demand for train services at Worcester Park station post Covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to include people with mental health problems in the disability criteria for disabled railcards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing the use of tricycles as mobility aids in the Persons with Reduced Mobility National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what guidance she plans to issue to combined authority mayors on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's White Paper, English Devolution, published on 16 December 2024, when she will publish guidance on the (a) powers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to implement contactless ticketing at Dorking Deepdene station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to delivering Active Travel Schemes in (a) the UK, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to create local walking and cycling networks to enable more children to stay active on the way to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of time taken for construction between phases 4 and 5 of the rail resilience programme on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27628 on Railways: South West; whether the business case for completing phase 5 of the South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not completing phase 5 of the South West rail resilience programme on the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to recruit more bus drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of increased investment in active travel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including a rail station’s distance from London as a deciding factor in compiling the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Transport Commissioner for London on reducing the levels of particulate pollution on the London Underground.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for nationalising (a) London Northwestern Railway and (b) Thameslink.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for active travel on national river walks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential economic merits of investment in active travel infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of small training airfields on (a) local rural economies and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure there are adequate train and bus links in remote coastal communities in Kent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to provide free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus routes were closed in Worcestershire between 2010 and 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) harassment and (b) intimidation of women while cycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with transport industry representatives on (a) increasing the levels of participation and (b) the career...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the rollout of the 2025 Pay As You Go rail scheme for stations which did not receive contactless ticketing on 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations will be announced in the 2026 phase of the Pay As You Go rail rollout.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to accelerate the introduction of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Revenue Certainty Mechanism) Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve truck stop facilities for HGV drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with her counterpart in the Scottish Government on compelling the removal of derelict small boats in Scottish harbours.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment of HGV drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to improve the regulation of electrically assisted pedal cycles to (a) assist police with enforcement and (b) clarify...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ensure more women take up leadership positions across the transport sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce rail fares.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14712, on Honours: Public Appointments, at what stage was each of the honours competitions when...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small businesses in Mid Leicestershire constituency in (a) July 2024 and (b) February 2025.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 25863 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether (a) the Prime Minister or (b) other senior...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Answer of 23 September 2024 Question 5009 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether his Department's transparency...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent trade union representatives in his Department receive trade union facility time; what proportion of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 9160 on Nuclear Power Stations: Construction, whether Hinkley Point C will be classified by the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference the guidance entitled Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: Publication Guidance, published on 30 January 2025, whether hospitality...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23486 on Cabinet Office: Staff, whether the New Media Unit has been established; and what it's...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made changes to the write-round process for policy clearance since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make an assessment of the potential merits of inviting the Minister for Housing and Planning to Cabinet.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25454 on 9 Downing Street: Media, if he will place a copy of the OCS invoice in the Library of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government Departments: Communication and Consultants, whether his Department holds...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 20750, on Public Sector: Procurement, if he will publish (a) a list each stakeholder that was...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22196, on Senior Civil Service: Recruitment, for what reasons can these individuals not be identified.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 16 of the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-2025, published on 24 February 2022, what progress the Government...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his department has made of the level of population growth in the Mid Leicestershire constituency over the next five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what purposes the Government Property Agency has used artificial intelligence in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support (a) trade unions and (b) workers' rights through foreign policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will review the Government's funding to UNRWA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) each of its arm’s length bodies has spent on external communications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to remove (a) help and (b) assistance from (i) internal and (ii) external...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to raise international awareness of (a) noma and (b) the impact of noma on...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consultations they have made, or representations they have received, before deciding to reduce funding for the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to deliver the objectives they set in the AI Opportunities Action Plan while removing funding for mathematics education in schools and colleges...
To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to support pupils who wish to study classical languages in state schools in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of their decision to reduce funding for the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme, what plans they have to ensure young people have the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to concerns expressed by the president of the British Rabbinical Union’s on the potential impact of clauses...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any skills gaps in the retrofit and green construction workforce; and whether they have identified any upskilling needs.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of the Student Loan Company’s loan book of pre-Brexit qualifying loans to EU, EEA and EFTA students, of those loans, how many and to what total...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to invite the Equality and Human Rights Commission to review the rights implications of the Information Commissioner's Office regulatory record;...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how the AI Cyber Security Code of Practice will help businesses use AI responsibly; and how they will encourage businesses to...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many data protection complaints were lodged with the Information Commissioner's Office in 2024; of these, in respect of how many the ICO took regulatory...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the AI Opportunities Action Plan is followed and is successful.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of levels of anti-Palestinian racism in the media and political discourse; and what steps they are taking to reduce levels...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered automating the visa extension process for Ukrainians living in the UK whose visas are about to expire.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the rise in shoplifting.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce knife crime among young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many contractors they have engaged to assist with the management of asylum seekers, and what fees those contractors have been paid in (1) the last financial...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many non-crime hate incidents have been recorded by police forces in (1) England, and (2) Wales, in relation to the behaviour of under 18-year-olds since the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 29 January (HL4121), whether they intend to make an assessment of the number of parents illegally...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend the Prevent programme to continue to fund Prevent education officers.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to take forward proposals from the Fairer food labelling consultation, which ran from 12 March to 7 May 2024.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to begin phasing out the use of cages for hens and pigs; and if so, when.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many miles of the King Charles III England Coast Path (1) have been, and (2) are still to be, completed.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are committed to a target for Government procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises, and if so, what percentage of annual...
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to regulation 72 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Deed of Variation to contract 2887470\5, published in the procurement notice on...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many public inquiries chaired by a judge since 2015 (1) had within their terms of reference the power to recommend individual compensation payments, and did...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 8 January (HC21054) and the report by the Crown Prosecution Service, Annual...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many statutory public inquiries have been established under the Inquiries Act 2005; what were the names of each inquiry; what were the projected costs of each...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office on 16 January (HC22995), on what date the decision was taken to refurbish the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reports of fraud in the letting of development contracts for Euston station by the Department for Transport to Lendlease, whether the Cabinet Office...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the remedial agreement letter between the Secretary of State and XC Trains Limited, whether they will release in full the redacted...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the current remedial agreement or agree a new remedial agreement with XC Trains Limited beyond March 2025.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they expect XC Trains Limited to meet its contractual commitments to deliver the May 2025 timetable uplift or whether they have requested any alterations...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to require train companies to refund passengers by the same payment method with which the ticket was originally purchased.
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of aviation fuel is sourced from sustainable sources in the United Kingdom; and what are the most common sources from which this fuel is produced.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Disabled Persons Railcard will be made available for sale by independent retailers; and if so, when.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 3 February (HL Deb cols 474–5), whether they will publish the analysis which suggests that a third...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce double track railway lines on the Tisbury loop between Salisbury and Gillingham, Dorset.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of South Western Railway Sunday services between Yeovil and London Waterloo.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether XC Trains Limited were in default of their contract regarding any of their contractual performance indicators in (1) October 2024 (2) November 2024 and (3)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which local authorities in England undertook preventative road maintenance, such as surface dressing roads to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which local authorities in England divert money from their roads budgets to fund other policy areas.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of road accidents in England in the last 10 years where potholes and poor-quality road surfaces were a cause.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they were involved in the decision-making process to withdraw the direct train service between Sheffield and Manchester Airport; and, if so, whether they...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the condition of Redheugh Bridge; and whether they intend to provide funding for its restoration.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to announce whether they will provide the remaining £6.2 million necessary to restore the Tyne Bridge.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current UK inflation rate, and what steps they are taking to support progress towards the 2 percent target.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of staff the Financial Conduct Authority employs in each directorate.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to HMRC Government Major Projects Portfolio Data March 2024, published on 16 January, how they have revised their estimated monetised benefits...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of money laundering in the online advertising sector, and whether they have proposals to deal with the issue.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in view of the 12 per cent fall in vehicle manufacturing in the United Kingdom between 2023 and 2024, what plans they have to support that industry.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for appropriate categories of prisoners to undertake work in the community, such as litter clearance.
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal against local authority decisions relating to special education needs are upheld.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds are currently held in the youth secure estate, broken down by (1) young offender institutions,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what welfare support is provided to those who have completed jury service on cases that include traumatic evidence of physical or mental harm to others.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to provide, via Family Hubs, early advice and support on staying together to separating couples, before...
To ask His Majesty's Government what biosecurity guidance they provide to those working closely with poultry for their safety and their protection from avian flu.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of start-up video game companies in the UK, particularly with regard to government investment.
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