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Rachel Hopkins
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Luton South and South Bedfordshire
📅 2020–2026
551 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 78.86% (#274 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.00%
📝 Topics: Veterans: Advisory Services, Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans
🤝 Member of 21 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will (a) identify and (b) contact people in Luton South who were (i) infected and (ii) affected by the contaminated blood scandal as part of Government preparations for responding to Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations on compensation.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have received interim compensation payments because of (a) their and (b) their family member’s infection from contaminated blood or blood products in Luton South constituency.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full time equivalent employees in his Department work on the delivery of Op Fortitude.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on Op Fortitude in 2023.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to invite all Nuclear Test Veteran charities to a reception in November 2023.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much government funding was allocated to delivery of the Veterans' Gateway in (a) 2019, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021, (e) 2022 and (f) 2023.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department is providing to the Veterans' Gateway in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department supports (a) training, (b) services and (c) activities of grant recipients of the Armed Forces Covenant Trust’s Veterans Places, Pathways and People programme.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which organisations his Department provides funding to operate the Veterans' Gateway.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to take steps to hold a ceremony for nuclear test veterans receiving medallic recognition.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department provided to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding provided by his Department has been spent on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Veterans Places, Pathways and People programme in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homeless veterans can access accommodation through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme in all regions.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many homeless veterans have secured accommodation through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Programme in each region.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has published recent guidance for veterans seeking support through the Reducing Veteran Homelessness programme.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what programmes the Nuclear Test Veteran Community Fund is funding.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled Major new grants now available to fund specialist care for homeless veterans, published by his Department on 21 April 2023, how many and what proportion of the 900 veteran-supported housing places were in use…
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what specialist care services are provided to veterans who have accessed accommodation through the veteran homelessness programme.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many homeless veterans his Department has supported into accommodation in each month of 2023.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on helping homeless veterans into accommodation in each month in 2023.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to 2,000kg in content, in the context of the cost of the license having not increased since 2004.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has for funding for councils to deliver cultural services in the next two years; and if she will increase such funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated to councils to deliver cultural services in (a) 2010, (b) 2018 and (c) 2024 as of 17 April 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage girls from disadvantaged backgrounds to take up cricket.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Special Educational Need schools are eligible for split school site funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who were non-high needs and aged between 16 and 19 years old received the band (a) five and (b) 4a national funding rate in the 2022-23 academic year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and East of England Local Government Association entitled Levelling Up in the East of England: the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, published on…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and East of England Local Government Association entitled Levelling Up in the East of England: the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, published on…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and EELGA entitled Levelling Up in the East of England - the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, what assessment she has made of the potential…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and EELGA entitled Levelling Up in the East of England - the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, if she will make an assessment of the potential…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and East of England Local Government Association entitled Levelling Up in the East of England: the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, published on…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the East of England APPG and EELGA entitled Levelling Up in the East of England - the Region’s Progress towards the Government’s Twelve Levelling Up Missions, what assessment she has made of the potential…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2022 to Question 101099 on Further Education Expenditure, how much and what proportion of the £6.5 billion made available to 16-19 education has been spent in the 2022-23 academic year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the spend on 16-19 education in the current financial year.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 October 2025, Official Report, col 189, what plans he has to extend grants for solar panels on public buildings in non-Mayoral areas.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the use of snares.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish an impact assessment of the structure of payments within the Environmental Land Management schemes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sewage releases there were in Luton South constituency in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether sewage was released into the chalk aquifer in Caddington in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes are classified as non-decent by (a) age and (b) tenure type in (i) Luton South constituency, (ii) Bedfordshire, and (iii) England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government response to the Committee for Public Life report on Local Government Ethical Standards, published on 18 March 2022, what plans he has to ensure that councillors are not required to publicly…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Luton South, dated 28 June 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of veterans who were homeless in each month in 2023.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Luton South dated 28 June 2023.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii) other claimants of benefits.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the Australian government on uprating state pensions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 193037 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces by local authority area for the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2023 to Question 187857 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces for the assessment period ending on 1…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of compensation from the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pension Scheme have had their payments considered as income in welfare benefit means tests in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department deducted from welfare benefits as a result of (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pensions Scheme payments being considered as income in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021, (iv) 2022 and (v) 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 175486 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces for the assessment periods ending on 1…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 175486 on Universal Credit: Armed Forces, how many Universal Credit claimants have been identified as (a) serving and (b) having served in the armed forces by local authority area for the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Armed Forces Champions in job centres.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much it costs to train an Armed Forces Champion in a job centre.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres have Armed Forces Champions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which job centres have an Armed Forces Champion.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what psychological support is available for people (a) infected and (b) affected by contaminated blood and blood products in Luton South.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who were (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given contaminated blood transfusions by the NHS in Luton South constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who have died since being (a) treated with contaminated blood products and (b) given contaminated blood transfusions in Luton South constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the £95 million investment in dementia clinical (a) trials and (b) innovative research will be allocated across the Mission’s pillars of (i) innovations in biomarkers, data and digital and imaging technologies, (ii) increasing…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to double funding for dementia research by 2024-25.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department plans to ensure that increases in funding lead to increased participation in clinical trials of people living with dementia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent employees of her Department work on the delivery of Op Courage.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent employees in her Department work on the delivery of Op Restore.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent employees in her Department work on the delivery of Op Nova.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent employees in her Department work on the delivery of Op Nova.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was provided for Op Courage in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was provided for Op Restore in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was provided for Op Nova in 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence of 30 August 2023 from the hon. Members for Luton South and Luton North.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 104 of the Armed Forces Covenant and Veterans annual report 2022, published on 19 December 2022, what the average waiting times were for (a) Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services and (b) Complex Treatment…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many GP practices have been accredited as veteran friendly.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department takes steps to monitor the service veteran-friendly General Practices provide to veterans.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department has offered to the Spanish government, in the context of recent floods in that country.
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To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking with the UK Embassy in Colombia to support the peace talks between the Colombian government and the Segunda Marquetalia.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure implementation in full of the International Court of Justice's Order relating to the case of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime…
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his (a) Israeli counterpart and (b) the UK’s international allies on the provisional measures set forth by the International Court of Justice in the case concerning Application of the…
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department forecasted aid funding for agencies supporting people in Palestine for the financial year 2024-2025.
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To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department forecasted aid funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees for the financial year 2024-25.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether financial resources will be made available to charities and voluntary groups organising public events in order for them to comply with the provisions of the Terrorism (Protection Of Premises) Act 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help support police officers with mental health issues.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department provided to help support police officers' mental health in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will commission research into the potential work-related causes of police officer suicides and attempted suicides.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of fire stations that have closed per region since 2010.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure that fire and rescue services are able to respond to extreme weather events.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many wildfires there were in the UK between October (a) 2021 and 2022 and (b) 2022 and 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the daily per person rate of funding provided to Luton Borough Council to support asylum seekers housed in (a) dispersed accommodation, (b) overflow dispersed accommodation, (c) contingency hotel, (d) stage one overnight initial…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the daily per person rate of funding provided to local authorities to support asylum seekers housed in (a) dispersed accommodation, (b) overflow dispersed accommodation, (c) contingency hotels, (d) stage one overnight initial…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the daily per person rate of funding provided to Luton Borough Council to support asylum seekers housed in (a) dispersed accommodation, (b) overflow dispersed accommodation, (c) contingency hotel, (d) stage one overnight initial…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overnight stays in the area served by Luton Borough Council have asylum seekers spent in (a) dispersed accommodation, (b) overflow dispersed accommodation, (c) contingency hotel, (d) stage one overnight initial accommodate or (e) spot…
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints relating to the timeliness of decisions from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme his Department has received in each of the last 12 months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department received in relation to the transparency of decision making in the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources were allocated to the delivery of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Quinquennial Review 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timeframe is for delivering the recommendations of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Quinquennial Review 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training defence transition service caseworkers receive.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training veteran welfare service staff receive.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) funding provided by his Department to the Veterans Welfare Service and (b) support provided by that service to service leavers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Defence Transition Service has sufficient resources to support service leavers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the total expenditure on his Department's digital transformation programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many charities were consulted as part of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Quinquennial Review 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when phase two of the Veteran's Recognition Scheme will be completed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans were consulted as part of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Quinquennial Review 2022-23.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the number of veterans who attended each focus group that contributed to the independent review of UK Government welfare services for veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the focus groups for the independent review of UK Government welfare services for veterans were held.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which charities submitted written responses to the independent review of UK Government welfare services for veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many charities submitted written responses to the independent review of UK Government welfare services for veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) family members of veterans have received the Nuclear Test Medal.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) family members of veterans are eligible for the Nuclear Test Medal.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have received their Veteran ID card under the Veteran's Recognition Scheme as of 1 November 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have received their Veteran ID card in each local authority area under the Veterans' Recognition Scheme as of 1 November 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much from the public purse was spent on the distribution of veteran ID cards in 2023, as of 14 September 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff were working on the veterans recognition scheme on 1 September 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse was of phase one of the veterans recognition scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans had received a veteran ID cards as of (a) 1 January, (b) 1 February, (c) 1 March, (d) 1 April, (e) 1 May, (f) 1 June, (g) 1 July, and (h) 1 August 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the delivery of the War Pension Scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department supports (a) training, (b) services and (c) activities of The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Veterans’ Places, Pathways and People programme grant recipients.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183286 on Veterans: Identity Cards, how many veteran ID cards have been distributed by local authority area as of 1 July 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on which private military companies are operating alongside the Russian Armed Forces inside Ukraine.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) artillery, (b) small arms, (c) anti-structure weapons, (d) anti-tank weapons and (e) anti-air ammunition his Department has provided to Ukraine since February (i) 2022 and (ii) 2014.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel have been trained by UK troops under Operation Interflex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are based in Estonia; and how many will be based in that country in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to issue medals for nuclear test veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people contacted the Veterans Gateway requesting employment support in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people requested financial support from the Veterans Gateway in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people requested mental wellbeing support from the Veterans Gateway in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people requested independent living support from the Veterans Gateway in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have contacted the Veterans Gateway via phone call in each nation and region of the UK in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans contacted the Veterans Gateway via email in each nation and region of the UK in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans contacted the Veterans Gateway via live chat in each nation and region of the UK in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people contacted the Veterans Gateway requesting housing support in each year since 2018.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people contacted the Veterans Gateway requesting employment support in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans received assistance from the Veterans Gateway in each (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans contacted the Veterans Gateway via text in each (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans contacted the Veterans Gateway via email in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans contacted the Veterans Gateway via text in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans contacted the Veterans Gateway via live chat in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have received assistance from the Veterans Gateway in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the Veterans Gateway in 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have contacted the Veterans Gateway via phone call in in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department provided to the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding provided by his Department has been spent on the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Veterans Places, Pathways and People programme in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran ID cards have been distributed by local authority area as of 25 April 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department received about the rollout of Veteran ID cards in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, and (c) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the rollout of veteran ID cards up to 28 April 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants from his Department (a) in total and (b) in full-time equivalent posts are allocated to work on the rollout of veteran ID cards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) in total and (b) full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on the rollout of Veteran ID cards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is providing support to people who are distressed by the application process for the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran ID cards have been distributed in each local authority area.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial and (b) other guidance his Department provides to claimants who are successful in receiving payment from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the representatives of the (a) service charity sector, (b) in-scope bodies and (c) veteran community his Department plans to consult with as part of the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to consult with a diverse range of representatives from the veteran community on the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to use any external consultants for the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to use external consultants for the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Government (a) bodies and (b) services are within the scope of the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) resources and (b) funding he has allocated to the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent civil servants from his Department work on the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) total staff in his Department are working on the Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department provided for the operation of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what processing targets his Department has for completing (a) injury and illness claims, (b) survivor claims and (c) reconsiderations under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on appeals relating to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on reconsiderations relating to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in each year since 2019.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme reconsiderations in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the terms of reference for the review of veteran welfare services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which government services are in the scope of his Department’s review of veteran welfare services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources his Department has allocated to undertake the review of veteran welfare services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services are being provided through each contract procured by his Department for its digital transformation programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value is of each service contract his Department has procured from businesses to deliver its digital transformation programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what services his Department procured from armed forces charities in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the value of services his Department procured from armed forces charities was in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what step-by-step support pathways are available to veterans and their families seeking assistance from the (a) Veterans Welfare Service and (b) Defence Transition Services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget allocated to Veterans UK to deliver transition services was in 2021-22.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget allocated to Veterans UK to deliver veteran welfare services was in 2921-22.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) families of veterans contacted the Veteran Welfare Service requesting financial support in each month of (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, and (iii) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) families of veterans contacted Veterans UK requesting financial support in each month in each month of (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, and (iii) 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that people are not medically discharged from the Armed Forces for mental health reasons without first receiving (a) a formal diagnosis, (b) information on treatment and support options and (c) referral to…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mental health assessments for people leaving the military with a physical injury are robust.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing his Department's policy to allow veterans regardless of how long they have spent out of the armed forces to access specialist wheelchairs and other orthotic equipment through the Defence…
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Remediation Acceleration Plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publishing a response to the report entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published in June 2022.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Target Operating Model on Divisional Sex Offender Units.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified probation officers were in post at the end of March in each year since 2020.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were completed by frontline HM Prison and Probation Service staff for prisoners to be exempted from the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme in each month since October 2023; and how many and what proportion of these requests were…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises referrals were submitted by probation staff to accommodate people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence in each month since October 2023; and how many and what proportion of those referrals were rejected.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on an end of custody supervised licence were subject to a serious further offence review in each month since October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of prisoners that were released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme who were homeless upon their release from prison in each month since October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on End of Custody Supervised Licence were assessed as posing a high risk of harm in each month since October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people released on an End of Custody Supervised Licence were subsequently (a) recalled back to prison and (b) subject to a Death Under Supervision Review in each month since October 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of murder in each year since 2005.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for people convicted of rape in each year since 2005.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for rape in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for murder in each year since 2005; and what the conviction rate was in the same period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of the provision of non-legal members to Employment Tribunals was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses received National Insurance contributions holidays for employing armed service leavers.
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Women and Equalities
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on legally binding humanist marriages in England and Wales.
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To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce economic inactivity among women between the ages of 45 and 64.
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To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on support for disabled people with rising energy, food and fuel costs.
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