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Louise Haigh
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Sheffield Heeley
📅 2015–2026
699 speeches on Hansard record
⚠️ Votes attended: 66.60% (#449 of 649 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.64%
📝 Topics: Police: Finance, Terrorism: Northern Ireland, Revenue and Customs: Concentrix
🤝 Member of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Acas under the Prevent strand of its 2025–30 strategy to ensure that employers do not issue non-disclosure agreements in cases of (a) harassment and (b) discrimination.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Acas under the new Resolve and Manage priorities in its 2025–30 strategy to help support victims of harassment and discrimination following the planned introduction of the ban on non-disclosure agreements.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department made payments to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World (i) for Departmental business travel and (ii) on Government Procurement Cards in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to monitor the potential supply of Russian crude oil via third parties into the UK.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests her Department has received from schools for sign-off of confidentiality clauses in staff settlement agreements in each of the last three financial years; and how many of those requests were approved.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the email of 5 October 2023 from the hon. member for Sheffield, Heeley on the availability of RAAC funding for a school in that constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the costs of RAAC removal at Abbey Lane Primary in Sheffield.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to Sheffield City Council of the removal of RAAC at Abbey Lane Primary.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will reimburse Sheffield City Council for the cost of RAAC removal at Abbey Lane Primary.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the costs of the removal of RAAC in schools will be reimbursed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received representations from Sheffield City Council on funding for the removal of RAAC from schools.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to maximise the role of UK-based supply chains in the (a) development and (b) delivery of innovative Small Modular Reactor projects.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) economic and (b) industrial benefits to (a) Sheffield and (b) South Yorkshire of building innovative Small Modular Reactors using domestic supply chains.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential role of (a) innovative Small Modular Reactors and (b) their associated UK-based (i) manufacturing and (ii) construction supply chains in supporting the Government’s (A) energy security…
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 20 September 2023 to Question 198801 on Exhaust Emissions: Environment Protection, how much funding has been provided for Selective Catalytic Reduction bus retrofit technology (a) since 2013, (b)…
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish the outcome of his Department's consultation entitled Private parking code of practice: call for evidence, which closed on 8 October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with representatives of the private parking industry to regulate parking fines.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the private parking code of practice.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Antisemitism Policy Trust entitled Antisemitism Goes Viral, published on 19 December 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with regulators on the future application of AI.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with (a) health, (b) environment, (c) energy, (d) film, (e) education, (f) business and (g) transport regulators on the impact of AI technology on their areas of…
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was in weeks for a DVSA practical driving test in (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) each region and (d) each driving centre in April (i) 2024, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the planned development corporation for Euston and associated civil engineering works.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the rescoped HS2 project; what recent estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of that project; and whether he plans to update the estimated costs of HS2 using 2024 prices.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on public funding for the Euston development corporation and associated civil engineering works.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of private finance required to deliver the HS2 Euston quarter development; and how much private finance has been secured for the project as of 8 May 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the HS2 Euston development, including core civil engineering and tunnelling.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in HM Treasury on funding for (a) delivering HS2 to Euston and (b) the re-scoped Euston station development.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the most recent HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament, whether phase one estimates at completion include public funding required to deliver core civil engineering and tunnelling work related to HS2’s Euston development.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of houses that will be delivered as part of the Euston quarter development corporation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations they have received from (a) Hitachi and (b) Alstom on their redundancy consultations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representation he has received on the future of UK rail manufacturing capability.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's strategy on rolling stock procurement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the (a) Avanti and (b) South Western train contracts.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17164 on Carbon Emissions: Finance, how much funding has been allocated for the continuation of his Department's 2024-25 net zero policies in the 2025-26 financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17165 on Carbon Emissions: Finance, how much funding each of the policies listed will receive in the financial year 2025-26.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to Question 15694 on Department for Transport: DP World and P&O Ferries ,tabled by the Hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley on 26 February 2024 for answer on 29 February 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for for Business and Trade on enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 for seafarers working on (a) domestic shipping routes and (b) offshore oil…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport for the 2024-25 financial year; and how…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry statistics, published by his Department on 22 February 2024, how many vessels belonging to members of the UK Chamber of Shipping were surveyed as part of the data collection process.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review, which policies were identified for receipt of core net zero spend funding from the £1 billion allocated to fund decarbonisation of cars and vans in the financial year 2024-25 at the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of non-qualifying seafarers working on vessels in scope of the Seafarers Wages Act 2023; and when he plans to publish the updated impact assessment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on ships that regularly use UK ports who are paid less than the national minimum wage.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 193953 on Department for Transport: DP World and P&O Ferries, whether (a) his Department has and (b) executive agencies of his Department have (i) made payments and (ii) awarded grants to (A) P&O…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to pages 8 and 36 of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, CP423, published in May 2021, if he will publish the workings behind the £1.5 billion annual cost savings after an initial five year implementation period expected from reforms…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the recurring annual cost savings after an initial five year implementation period from reforms proposed in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason supporting documents for the draft Rail Reform Bill published on 20 February 2024 do not reference the expected £1.5 billion in recurring annual savings after an initial five year implementation period from reforms proposed in the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 February 2024 on Government response to the consultation on rail reform legislation and draft Rail Reform Bill, HCWS267, what estimate he has made of the savings available to the public purse from the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the procurement of services from (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World by Government departments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received correspondence from Southeastern Trains Ltd on service quality standards on the Southeastern franchise since ownership was transferred to the operator of last resort.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the number of full-time equivalent hours spent (a) monitoring performance of train operating companies and (b) assessing performance based fees on National Rail contracts.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received correspondence from Govia Thameslink Railways on service quality standards on the (a) Thameslink, (b) Southern and (c) Great Northern franchise since the start of those franchises.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Avanti West Coast on levels of train cancellations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the SQR (a) data and (b) benchmarks used for train operating companies in financial years (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies are not meeting contractual benchmarks for service quality.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies have notified him that they have not met contractually agreed benchmarks for service quality since 18 September 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) operational performance benchmarks and (b) default performance levels for train operating companies on National Rail contracts.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which (a) funding and (b) other commitments for the new West Yorkshire mass transit system referenced on page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, are additional to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what the (a) rail network enhancements pipeline status and (b) project acceleration in a controlled environment stage is of the planned upgrades to Haxby Station; and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 40c of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the new West Yorkshire mass transit system is guaranteed to progress into all subsequent stages of development; and whether further…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Ely Junction upgrade scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the reference to the reopening of Beeching lines will include the new Ferryhill railway station in County Durham that was listed in his…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the reference to the reopening of Beeching lines will include the Ivanhoe railway line between Leicester and Burton that was listed in his…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 paragraph G of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the reference to Stocksbridge will include projects that were previously awarded funding to restore the Don Valley railway line between…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 paragraph G of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether he plans for Waverley to be a new railway station on the existing line between Sheffield and Worksop; and whether the reference to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which plans for the new West Yorkshire mass transit system referenced on page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, differ to those set out in Appendix B of the Growth…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish a formal response to the Pathway to net zero aviation: Developing the UK sustainable aviation fuel mandate consultation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New measures to support sustainable aviation fuel industry, published 4 September 2023, how many commercial sustainable aviation fuel plants are under construction.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made towards its aim of having at least five sustainable aviation fuel plants in production by 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the 10 new smaller Midlands road projects have entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 32 of Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the 10 smaller road schemes in the Midlands.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed A38 Somerset road improvement scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A10 Ely-Cambridge improvement scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed A10 Ely-Cambridge road project.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A75 upgrade programme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the (a) total cost and (b) completion date of the proposed A75 upgrade programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 71 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the Wellington-Cullompton line has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the proposed reopening of the Wellington-Cullompton line.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Euston Quarter development referred to in Network North, whether that project has entered the Rail network enhancements pipeline; what the project's Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage is as of 16 January 2024;…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Energy Coast Line Upgrades between Carlisle, Workington and Barrow have entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage is; when approval was granted to enter…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 71 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the new station at Tavistock has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a Controlled…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the proposed development of the new station located in Tavistock connecting to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the the proposed electrification of the North Wales mainline, whether that project has entered the Rail network enhancements pipeline; what the project's Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage is as of 16 January 2024;…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the proposed reopening of Beeching lines has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; and what the current PACE status of that project is if…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost and (b) completion date of the proposed Ferryhill Station upgrades.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the proposed Midlands Rail hub has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a Controlled…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 52 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the proposed upgrade to Waverly station has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed improvements of the M6 Junction 15 South of Manchester to Birmingham have entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether they will progress into…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed road improvements to the M6 Junction 15 South of Manchester to Birmingham.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A38 Somerset road improvement scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the Kendal Access Road scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Kendal Access Road scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed Kendal Access Road improvement scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) national and (b) local highway maintenance in each financial year since 2010-11; and how much funding has been allocated for (i) national and (ii) local highway maintenance for the (A) 2023-24 and (B) 2024-25…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed Blyth relief road has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed Blyth relief road upgrades.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 26 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 13 October 2023, how the funding to fix potholes will be allocated for (a) national highways and (b) local highways; what his Department's timescales are for allocating…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the A1-A19 Hickleton Bypass Road scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) completion date of the proposed A1-A19 Hickleton Bypass Road scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the planned electrification on the Hull-Leeds, Sheffield-Hull and Sheffield-Leeds routes has entered Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage is; when approval was granted…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) total cost and (b) estimated date of completion for the planned electrification of the (a) Hull-Leeds, (b) Sheffield-Hull and (c) Sheffield-Leeds train routes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the restoration project of the Don Valley Line between Sheffield and Stocksbridge has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; at what Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage the project is; when approval was granted; and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of roads managed by local highways authorities that were classified as roads on which maintenance should be considered in each year since 2015.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the restoration of the Don Valley Line between Sheffield and Stocksbridge.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the upgrade of Haxby Station.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) completion date for the upgrade of Waverley Station.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish the Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment status of planned upgrades to Ferryhill Station.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost and (b) completion date of the Midlands Rail hub.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost and (b) completion date of the proposed reopening of the Beeching Lines.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost and (b) completion date of the proposed Euston Quarter development.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost and (b) completion date of the electrification of the North Wales mainline.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline status and (b) Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project between Bradford and Manchester is; and when Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) final cost to the public purse and (b) completion date of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project between Bradford and Manchester.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the planned electrification of the Hope Valley line between Sheffield and Manchester has entered the Rail Networks Enhancements Pipeline; what estimate he has made of the project's final cost; and when he plans the project will be complete.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what stage of the Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment process the planned electrification of the Hope Valley line between Sheffield and Manchester is; when he expects that stage to be complete; and what the likelihood is of the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198772 on Buses: Exhaust Emissions, if he will publish a breakdown by local authority of funding provided for retrofitting buses under the (a) Clean Bus Technology Fund and (b) NO2 programme…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198771, how much funding his Department has provided for specific retrofit initiatives under the NO2 Programme since 1 January 2017.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the planned NPR Bradford-Manchester line as part of Network North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the electrification of the Sheffield - Leeds Line as part of Network North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the electrification of the (i) Hull - Leeds and (ii) Sheffield - Hull rail line as part of Network North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for the electrification of the Hope Valley line between Sheffield and Manchester as part of Network North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) delivery milestones, (b) timeframe and (c) benefit cost ratio are for upgrading the Energy Coast Line between Carlisle, Workington and Barrow as part of Network North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Carnival UK on proposed changes to employment contracts at Carnival UK.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2023 to Question 2364 on Driving Tests: Waiting Lists, if he will make an estimate of the average waiting time in weeks for a practical driving test at each DVSA centre in (a) December 2019 and (b) each month between…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of practical driving tests booked in 2023 as of 16 November 2023 and (b) proportion of those practical driving tests booked (i) through third-party applications not approved by the DVSA and (ii) by automated…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the average amount paid in pounds sterling for practical driving test slots that were (a) booked via third-party applications not approved by the DVSA and (b) resold after having been bought by automated bots.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the average waiting time for a practical driving test at each DVSA assessment centre as of 16 November 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to limit the use of (a) third party applications not approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and (b) automated bots to book driving tests.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 1195 on Bus Services: Finance, whether the £150 million of redirected HS2 funding formed part of his Department's Capital budget before 4 October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the internal analysis with which his Department estimated that £1.5 billion could be saved within five years by delivery of the planned efficiencies set out in the the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published in May 2021, CP 423.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53555 on Railways: Contracts, for what reason his Department has not updated data on fees paid to train operating companies since September 2021; and if he will publish that data.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of (a) land, (b) property and (c) businesses that were purchased as part of HS2 phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b in the period between 20 July 2023 and 4 October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 203073 on Railways: Greater Manchester, whether funding for Network North will be allocated to track upgrades on the West Coast Mainline.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Departments news story entitled Major £150 million funding boost for local bus services as fare cap set to be extended, published on 23 October 2023, whether the £150 million of redirected HS2 funding (a) previously formed…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimate was for the (a) cost for the acquisition of properties and (b) number of properties needed to be acquired for the delivery of HS2 Phase One in (i) February 2017 and (ii) the most recent period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount his Department spent on (a) land acquisition and (b) compensation for Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b of HS2 from 20 July to 4 October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203072 on Railways: Greater Manchester, how many and what proportion of the eight trains per hour terminate at (a) Birmingham and (b) Manchester.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203071 on West Coast Main Line, how much and what proportion of the 250,000 additional seat capacity will be on (a) the West Coast Mainline and (b) HS2 Phase 1.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) land acquisition and (b) compensation for Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b of the HS2 project (A) between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024 and (B) in the 2024-25 financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Equality Impact Assessments undertaken by his Department on the recently proposed closures of rail ticket offices in England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 202776 on High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase, what the cost to the public purse was of the acquisition of land within Phase 2a Act limits.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the 19 October 2023 to Question 202776 on High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase, how many (a) homes and (b) businesses were acquired through compulsory purchase orders on HS2 Phase 2a; and what was the total cost of those…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the HS2 ministerial taskforce has met since 25 October 2022.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what quality assurance mechanisms are in place to ensure consistent decision-making across Access to Work caseworkers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants have reported difficulties communicating with Access to Work in each of the last five years; and what feedback mechanisms exist to improve user experience.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently does the Department review performance data on Access to Work delivery; and will this data be published regularly.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent people changing jobs from experiencing long gaps in Access to Work support.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to simplify and speed up renewals and changes in circumstance to prevent loss of Access to Work support.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to make Access to Work application and renewal processes more accessible.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department will explore making Access to Work awards portable between jobs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken for Access to Work on disabled people unable to (a) start and (b) sustain employment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff are allocated to processing Access to Work applications; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that number.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Access to Work applications are processed within a reasonable timeframe.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) reducing and (b) reforming the Access to Work budget on the disability employment gap.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of applicants for Access to Work wait longer than the target timeframe for (a) decisions and (b) payments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work decisions are overturned following mandatory reconsideration or appeal.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the most recent data on the number of (a) unemployed benefit claimants and (b) job vacancies by Jobcentre.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for ending the shortage of ADHD medication.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent future shortages of ADHD medication.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of people affected by shortages in ADHD medication.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the level of ADHD medication shortages per region.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date she was first notified of the possibility of a shortage of ADHD medication.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will condemn recent comments made by the Kremlin on (a) Mikhail Khodorkovsky and (b) other dissident pro-democratic Russians, in the context of the formal platform of engagement with the Parliamentary…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to open a formal dialogue with the Russian Antiwar Committee.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to offer support to members of the Russian Anti-War Committee living in the UK.
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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 the report by the UNESCO entitled AI and the Holocaust: rewriting history, published on 18 June 2024.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 192710 on British International Investment: DP World, what the cost to the public purse was of payments made to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World through (i) British…
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering entry to members of the Russian Anti-War Committee.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a relocation scheme for high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK facing (a) imprisonment, (b) torture and (c) death.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the campaign for the (a) protection and (b) resettlement of high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that immigration rules do not prevent the relocation to the UK of high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK at risk under the Taliban.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that police forces implement changes in practice following Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel findings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identified victims of modern slavery in Sheffield were referred using the National Referral Mechanism in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 to date.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery were identified in south Yorkshire in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 as of 21 May 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modern slavery survivors in Sheffield had a positive conclusive grounds decision using the National Referral Mechanism in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many survivors of modern slavery were identified in Sheffield in 2023, broken down by quarter.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department allocated to modern slavery first responder organisations in Sheffield in financial year 2023-24.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) tackle modern slavery in Sheffield.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to monitor modern slavery in Sheffield.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were investigated by the police on suspicion of involvement with modern slavery in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of (a) human trafficking, (b) labour exploitation, (c) sexual exploitation, (d) criminal exploitation and (e) domestic servitude were identified in Sheffield in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding is provided to projects supporting victims of modern slavery in (a) Sheffield and (b) the rest of South Yorkshire.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Sheffield City Council to help support victims of modern slavery in the financial year 2023-24.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority do not hold modern slavery data for Sheffield.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many duty to notify referrals were made to his Department by the local authority in Sheffield in financial year 2023-24.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits his Department has made to car washes in Sheffield to investigate modern slavery in the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made for modern slavery in connection with car washes in the last five years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modern slavery referrals have been made in connection with car washes in the last five years in Sheffield.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2024 to Question 6514 on Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries, what the cost to the public purse was of payments made to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World (i) for support of operational movement services, (ii) for business…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2023 to Question 1933 on Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries, if he will list the payments over £500 made from his Department to P&O Ferries in each financial year between 2018-19 and 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193273 on Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries, whether his Department's expenditure on P&O Ferries services between 17 March 2022 and 1 July 2023 were recorded in the departmental returns for…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the procurement of P&O Ferries’ services by his Department.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorders were sitting in the crown and county courts in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders with parental responsibility for a minor child have received a custodial sentence of over four years in each year since 2017 for a sexual offence against (a) their own child and (b) any child.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish data on (a) the parental responsibility status of offenders sentenced for sexual offences against children under 13 and (b) the number of such offenders who were sentenced to more than four years in custody in each year since…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on whether offenders sentenced for sexual offences against children under 13 are the parents of minor children; and if he will make it his policy to publish such data.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of offenders sentenced to more than four years’ custody for sexual offences against children, broken down by whether the victim was (a) their own child and (b) another child in each…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunal cases concerning fire and rehire practices in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunals in relation to fire and rehire practices that have found in favour of employees in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
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