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Questions for Written Answer for 16 January 2025
Tabled on 15 January and due for answer by 29 January.
Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government how many anti-depressant prescriptions were prescribed to patients under the age of 19 by (1) psychiatrists, (2) general practitioners, and (3) other medical specialists, in each year since 2015. HL4074
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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that sensitive cabling runs under the site of the proposed redevelopment of the Old Royal Mint; and whether such security considerations will be taken into account when deciding whether to permit the construction of a new embassy for China on the site. HL4075
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Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government how many Staff Officer 2 Military posts are vacant at (1) Army Headquarters and (2) the Defence Equipment and Support organisation. HL4076
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Earl Attlee to ask His Majesty's Government what is the established liability for Staff Officer 2 Military posts across the Ministry of Defence; and how many officers from all three services with a substantive rank of major or equivalent are available to fill them. HL4077
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Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government how many new contracts, or extensions to existing contracts, have been awarded to Fujitsu over the past 12 months by each government department. HL4078
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Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government what is the total value of contracts that they have awarded to Fujitsu over the past 12 months. HL4079
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Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government what contracts the Home Office has awarded to Fujitsu since July 2024. HL4080
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Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings have taken place between the Department for Business and Trade and Fujitsu concerning Fujitsu making a financial contribution to the Post Office Horizon compensation scheme. HL4081
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Lord Beamish to ask His Majesty's Government which Ministers have had meetings with Fujitsu since July 2024. HL4082
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government how much public bodies have spent on research intended to develop mirror life. HL4083
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to place restrictions on the allocation of public funds to research intended to develop mirror life. HL4084
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Baroness Blower to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how the United Kingdom and other international partners can protect minority communities in Syria. HL4085
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the benefits of limiting the amount of alcohol sold to customers in bars and restaurants at airports; and what consideration they have given to imposing such restrictions. HL4086
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth to ask His Majesty's Government what has been the increase in the uptake of pension credit since the announcement that winter fuel payments will be means-tested; and what estimate they have made of the likely cost of this to the Exchequer next winter. HL4087
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Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 24 December 2024 (HL3494), what assessment they have made of the alignment between the United Kingdom’s Nationally Determined Contribution for 2030, which requires that emissions do not exceed around 260 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, and the existing leg… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord Foster of Bath to ask His Majesty's Government what performance management system is used by HM Prison and Probation Service; when it was last reviewed; and whether it requires managers to submit annual appraisal markings for staff. HL4089
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Baroness Freeman of Steventon to ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to their research paper Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers published on 3 January, what targets they have for training, recruiting, and retaining specialist local authority conservation officers; and what plans they have for achieving any such targets. HL4… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Freeman of Steventon to ask His Majesty's Government, following Historic England's report Skills Needs Analysis for the Repair, Maintenance and Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England, 2024 published on 13 September 2024, what plans they have for including energy efficiency adaptations to traditionally built housing stock in construction training… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Freeman of Steventon to ask His Majesty's Government, following Historic England's report Skills Needs Analysis for the Repair, Maintenance and Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England, 2024 published on 13 September 2024, what plans they have for funding specialist tutors to train and mentor construction trainees, including through microbusinesses… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government what rules regulate the commissioning of training and rehabilitation activities by prison governors. HL4093
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Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government how much they have spent on rehabilitation and training services at each prison in England and Wales in each of the past three years. HL4094
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Lord German to ask His Majesty's Government how many notices of intent the Home Office issued to asylum applicants deemed potentially inadmissible under sections 80B and 80C of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 between July and September 2024. HL4095
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Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 14 January (HL3815), when they intend to disclose details of meetings they have had with stakeholders about the prospect of legislation on conversion practices since 4 July 2024. HL4096
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Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the results of the Department for Education’s consultation on Guidance for Schools and Colleges: Gender Questioning Children, opened on 19 December 2023; and what is their response to the consultation. HL4097
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Lord Jackson of Peterborough to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to take the recommendations of the Cass Review into account when updating their guidance for schools and colleges on gender questioning children. HL4098
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government, following DEFRA’s press release ‘Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter standards for new builds’ published on 30 December 2024, what is the timescale for requiring carbon capture and storage technology to be installed on (1) new, and (2) existing, incinerators recovering energy from waste. … Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to DEFRA’s press release ‘Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter standards for new builds’ published on 30 December 2024 which stated that “the country will only need to manage 17.6 million tonnes of non-recyclable waste by 2042”, what estimate they have made of the weight of residual… Item text truncated - open link to view full item text
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government how much residual waste was incinerated in 2023 (1) by weight, and (2) as a proportion of all residual waste. HL4101
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government how much residual waste was disposed of in 2023 (1) by weight, and (2) as a proportion of all waste. HL4102
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Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb to ask His Majesty's Government how much recyclable waste was incinerated in 2023. HL4103
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Lord Kamall to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) trial and (2) introduce artificial intelligence to speed up legal processes and reduce the courts backlog. HL4104
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Lord Lee of Trafford to ask His Majesty's Government whether they are satisfied that UK military bases in the Middle East, particularly RAF Akrotiri, have appropriate protection. HL4105
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 10 December 2024 (HL3098), whether their policy on energy from waste has changed; and if so how, following the publication of the Residual waste infrastructure capacity note on 30 December 2024. HL4106
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Lord Moynihan to ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Prime Minister's Office have had with representatives of the English Football League, including from lobbying firms, in relation to football since 5 July 2024. HL4107
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Lord Moynihan to ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy on Ministers’ claiming accountancy services on the public funds to facilitate the completion of their HMRC self-assessment tax returns. HL4108
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Lord Moynihan to ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 24 October 2024 (HL1636), and with reference to the new Ministerial Code guidance on gifts and hospitality, whether (1) Ministers, (2) senior officials, and (3) special advisers, may accept hospitality of free tickets to the Oasis Live '25 tour. HL4109
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Lord Moynihan to ask His Majesty's Government what meetings special advisers in the Prime Minister's Office have had with representatives of TikTok since the 2024 General Election. HL4110
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Lord Moynihan to ask His Majesty's Government how many official photographers are employed across government departments. HL4111
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Baroness Northover to ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to accelerate progress in combatting female genital mutilation worldwide. HL4112
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Baroness Northover to ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they provided to combatting female genital mutilation globally in each year from 2019 onwards. HL4113
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Lord Randall of Uxbridge to ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on developing a licensing regime to enable the wild release of beavers in England. HL4114
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government how many humanitarian lorries were allowed into Gaza in (1) 2020, (2) 2024, and (3) 2025 to date. HL4115
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current level of starvation in Yemen. HL4116
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Lord Rogan to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to prevent political parties registered in Northern Ireland from receiving donations from people and organisations based in the Republic of Ireland. HL4117
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to prevent the illegal release of beavers into the wild. HL4118
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government whether they have decided not to introduce a formal wild release licensing system for beavers, and if so, what assessment they have made of the implications for their climate change and sustainability strategies. HL4119
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of reintroducing beavers on landscape recovery and natural flood management. HL4120
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of parents illegally accessing cannabinoid epilepsy treatments for their children. HL4121
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The Earl of Shrewsbury to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average time taken for (1) all, and (2) individual, police forces in England and Wales to process (a) applications for, and (b) renewals of (i) shotgun, and (ii) firearms, certificates. HL4122
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Lord Storey to ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of empty houses in each of the past three years. HL4123
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to research new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies; and whether they intend to invest in universities to encourage more AI research. HL4124
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how video games can benefit dementia patients by (1) slowing the decline of brain neurons through keeping the brain active, and (2) monitoring progress in the games to identify cognitive decline. HL4125
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Lord Taylor of Warwick to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for funding into AI tools and projects (1) to increase the productivity and efficiency of small businesses, and (2) to affect the market share of larger businesses. HL4126
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Baroness Whitaker to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of wave and tidal energy in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. HL4127
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