To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations 2009 to bring measures relating to the mandatory retirement age for clergy into line with…

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has been informed of when Australia will implement the immigration visa changes under the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on public workers in Canterbury.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what date he expects the Energy Bill Relief Scheme payment to be made, in relation to residents of Park Homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing liquidity loans to the charitable trust sector to help support employment and services in that sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including homes in Council Tax Band E in the ECO+ scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential ecological impacts of the Space Based Solar Power Innovation Competition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising electricity costs on the price of gas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of pro-rata splitting of covid-19-related business grants when the business has passed between owners during the covid-19 lockdown period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will instruct Ofgem to extend the claims period for the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria is being used to select the body administering funding from the statutory gambling levy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) misogyny and (b) other forms of discriminatory behaviour at football grounds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle abusive behaviour on social media.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of places in swimming lessons for (a) adults and (b) children in (i) Canterbury constituency and (b) Kent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will publish data on the airborne transmission of covid-19 as a result of groups of more than six people singing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of equity of access for children to healthcare checks in independent schools in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Adult Skills Fund to cover learning (a) primarily and (b) solely for leisure purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing non-repayable maintenance grants for higher education students from the least advantaged backgrounds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that care leavers under the age of 21 who present as homeless should have their accommodation funded by the local authority responsible for social care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Kent County Council on its proposal to reduce the eligible age for accessing its supported accommodation service for care leavers from 21 to 19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued recent guidance on the duties of responsible authorities to provide supported accommodation for care leavers under the age of 21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued recent guidance on the provision by local authorities of accommodation to care leavers beyond the age of 18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to local authorities on consulting with affected children on proposed changes to (a) the provision of accommodation and (b) other services for (i) children in care and (ii) care leavers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of processes for investigating allegations made against foster carers; and what right of access foster carers have to information on allegations made against them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the extension of free childcare will not commence until 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Canterbury constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condition grade D, when that data was collated; and which of…

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a summer-born child with an Education, Health and Care Plan has the right to apply to (a) start and (b) maintain education outside their chronological year group as a compulsory school age start set out in the Admissions Code.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the HGV Skills bootcamp programme beyond 2023, to alleviate the shortage of HGV drivers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase attendance in post-16 education for students with anxiety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to increase the level of hardships funds for students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of primary school places in Canterbury.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of SEND places available in schools in Canterbury.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been distributed through the National Tutoring Programme in Canterbury in each month since that programme was launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many year nine places are available in Canterbury as of 11 October 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on fulfilling the core objectives of the national curriculum physical education programme for primary school children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of available nursery places in (a) Canterbury constituency, (b) Canterbury district, during the (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23 school year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to end the (a) exploration, (b) extraction, (c) export and (d) import of fossil fuels by the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the finding by Ofgem that Drax had misreported data in relation to their annual profiling submission between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022, published on 29 August 2024, whether he plans to investigate its subsidies…

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the KPMG interim investigation of December 2022 into Drax Power Station’s claims for government subsidy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with Ofgem on disabled tenants in supported housing paying bills at domestic rates rather than business rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide additional financial support to disabled people in receipt of Income-related (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Personal Independence Payment to help replace the support provided by the one-off Warm…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of forthcoming legislation relating to IVMS licensing on small-scale shellfish fisheries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review conflict of interest rules within the IFCA framework to ensure the industry appointed members can meaningfully contribute to decisions whilst maintaining transparency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) sustainability and (b) economic resilience of small-scale shellfish fisheries post-Brexit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of levels of illegal shellfish harvesting in (a) English coastal waters and (b) Whitstable.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle illegal shellfish harvesting in English coastal waters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure inshore fishing voices are equitably represented in Fisheries Management Plans and Marine Spatial Planning Decisions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure full and transparent consultation with the under 14m fishing fleet before mandating Remote Electronic Monitoring as a licence condition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a review of Southern Water’s stakeholder engagement with local fisheries on (a) pollution and discharge events and (b) development in Thames Estuary.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Ministry of Defence to deliver the target to protect and manage 30 per cent of the land and sea for nature by 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Marine Management Organisation is taking to ensure (a) adequate support and (b) fair enforcement of the IVMS license condition for under 12m vessels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Marine Management organisation is taking to ensure fair and proportionate enforcement across domestic and foreign flagged vessels operating in UK inshore waters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Marine Management Organisation is taking to ensure that cumulative impacts of offshore developments are properly assessed in relation to fisheries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to take forward the spirit and substance of the Climate and Nature Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the country’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions minimises damage to ecosystems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the publication entitled Farmed fur animals harbour viruses with zoonotic spillover potential, published by Nature on 4 September 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department has received for certificates of exemption to keep an American Bully XL type dog in (a) Canterbury constituency and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken in response to the findings of its investigation into the cases of bluetongue virus in cattle in Kent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has met Southern Water to discuss sewage discharge since taking office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the farming industry with changes in the level of milk price payments to primary producers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure councils have the necessary funding to tackle the presence of Asian hornets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that enforcement action is taken against water companies that discharge sewage on dry days.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the adoption rate of private sewers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England, published in July 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential economic impact of sewage discharges on coastal communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on raw sewage discharges on the Kent coast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of littering by main roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of concluding a SPS agreement with the EU on the UK poultry industry’s volume of trade with that region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has held recent discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency in relation to (a) the potential merits of lifting avian influenza control zones and (b) the impact of those zones on the UK poultry…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help improve resilience of the poultry meat industry’s supply chain.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with OFWAT on a cap to the proposed increase in water bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to (a) reduce the cost and (b) simplify processes for applying to take a dog on holiday to an EU country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of raw sewage discharges on local economies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to bring into force section 83 of the Environment Act 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will bring forward legislation to implement the Landscapes Review’s recommendations to reform the purposes, duties and governance of England’s National Parks and AONBs in this Parliament; and when…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the compilation of evidence that underpins the Benyon Review and Nature Recovery Green Paper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recommendations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report entitled Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit Report: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, what steps he plans…

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the National Planning Policy Framework to enable local planning authorities to use the most recent Office for National Statistics household projections in the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Renters (Reform) Bill on the ability of students to acquire short-term lets for the purposes of their education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Afghan refugees who are in hotels can apply for homelessness with any local authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reasons his Department plans to introduce voter identification for postal votes before its review into the effect of voter identification on the level of turnout in the 2023 council elections has concluded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will conduct an equality impact assessment on the requirement of voter ID following the local elections on 4 May 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people in Canterbury were turned away from the polls because they did not have the required voting identification at the local elections on 4 May 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to assist non-qualifying leaseholders in selling their properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people on the electoral register in Canterbury who will be affected by the requirement to produce voter ID at the May 2023 local elections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review legislation on netting on buildings to deter birds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Local Authority Remote Meetings call for evidence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his timetable is for the UK's association with the Horizon scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the safety of (a) horses and (b) horse riders on roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Canterbury with a medical condition have been waiting more than a year for a new driving licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the limited availability of practical driving tests following the covid-19 outbreak, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the validity of a successful driving theory test to three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays in processing Passenger Carrying Vehicle licences by the DVLA on the availability of bus drivers in (a) Kent and (b) the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the backlog in driving theory test availability in (a) Canterbury and (b) Kent; and what steps he is taking to clear that backlog.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the backlog in practical driving test availability in (a) Canterbury and (b) Kent; and what steps he is taking to tackle that backlog.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation officials in his Department undertook with commuters prior to the introduction of flexible rail season ticketing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Government taking a financial stake in Eurostar, in response to the covid-19 pandemic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the UK's commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 1, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of people living in poverty by more than half by 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of financial support for widows and widowers who do not receive their late spouse's state pension following the introduction of the bereavement support payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a benefit for people over the age of retirement who are caring for relatives and do not qualify for carer's allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require companies to provide information on levels of sickness due to (a) stress and (b) other mental health issues.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in total his Department has spent on the Enhanced Checking Service since April 2020; and how much in total his Department has recovered in fraudulently claimed welfare benefits as a result of the Enhanced Checking Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have died after their claims have been denied for (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Universal Credit in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support her Department is providing to people diagnosed with long covid who are out of work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review whether Brodifacoum is safe and appropriate to be using in the open countryside.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2021 to Question 16930, Social Security Benefits: Appeals, if her Department will publish the conclusions of their research and analysis to understand the consequences of newly introduced benefit assessment…

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to monitor and compare the outcomes of assessments and appeals for disability benefits conducted by paper review, telephone and virtual means during the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role neighbourhood mental health centre pilot schemes will play in improving (a) care and (b) support for people living with bipolar; and whether these centres will provide specialist support to help reduce delays in (i) diagnosis and…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of including wombs on the list of routine organ donations included for transplant by the NHS on women's health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of taking immunosuppressant drugs in cases of pregnancy after organ transplant on babies in utero.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will mandate the compulsory listing of health risks on adverts placed by the NHS and fertility clinics which seek egg donors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services his Department and the NHS offer to people choosing to detransition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of new prescriptions issued by NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Services for (a) oestrogen and (b) testosterone to young people aged 16-18 since 1 April 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet representatives of women and children's rights groups to discuss proposals announced by the Law Commission on 29 March 2023 in relation to surrogacy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on which (a) cognitive behavioural therapy, (b) family therapy, (c) exploratory therapy and (d) other non-medical treatments are offered to young people by NHS Children and Young People’s Gender…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the NHS review of adult gender dysphoria clinics to report its findings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has issued recent guidance to integrated care boards on their role in assessing the mental and emotional health of young people entering care using a person qualified to assess mental health as part of the initial…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on redress for people affected by mesh implants following the publication of The Hughes Report on 7 February 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adult social care residential care home places there were in (a) Kent and (b) Canterbury in each year since 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the availability of NHS dentistry appointments and patient access to bone-strengthening medication to treat cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the online sale of prescription drugs without a prescription.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of ADHD medication.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding sphenopalatine ganglion block treatment on the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance issued by the NHS entitled Introduction of Shingrix® vaccine for the whole programme and expansion of eligible cohorts, published on 4 July 2023, on people who…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help people who are clinically vulnerable to access a covid-19 booster vaccination.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of covid-19 booster vaccines for people who are clinically vulnerable.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising people who have severe learning disabilities as being clinically vulnerable for the purposes of the eligibility criteria for covid-19 booster jabs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the size of waiting lists for aortic stenosis among women in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether staff working for social enterprises in the health sector will be included in Agenda for Change.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to dental care for Ukrainian refugees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with dementia used a patient transfer service in 2022 to attend a medical appointment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the availability of azelaic acid; and whether he plans to take steps to help increase the supply of that product.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce cannabis treatment on the NHS for people with Dravet Syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to measure the impact of the Women’s Health Strategy for England in its first year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to decrease the time it takes for sponsorship licences to be issued to immigrant care workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of Fluoxetine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce variations in access to menopause treatment and (b) ensure that women get equal access to the treatments they need.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the level of vacancies for consultant dermatologists in the South East; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of these vacancies on patient waiting…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingencies are in place for people using sleep apnoea machines, in the event of energy blackouts in winter 2022-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for paediatrics appointments in Kent and Medway in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the NHS Pension Scheme to help increase the recruitment and retention of clinical staff in Kent and Medway.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Canterbury constituency in the past 12 months and what the number was in 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason students studying for a Paramedic Science degree course as their second degree are not eligible for grants from the NHS Learning Support Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support and resources are being made available to NHS Trusts in the South East for patients diagnosed with long covid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a patient to be diagnosed with long covid within NHS Trusts in the South East.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the outbreak of covid-19 on the demand for urgent NHS specialist eating disorder treatment in Kent and Medway.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 1 call-outs were within the target of 15 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 1 call-outs in each of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 2 call-outs were within the target of 40 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 2 call-outs in each of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 3 call-outs were within the target of 120 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 3 call-outs in each of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of ambulance responses by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to category 4 call-outs were within the target of 180 minutes; and what the average response time was in that service for category 4 call-outs in each of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of emergency dental treatment for refugees who have been resettled in the UK from Afghanistan as part of the UK's military withdrawal from that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the stock of Verteporfin held by NHS trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards he has put in place to ensure that people do not receive doses of the covid-19 vaccine from different manufacturers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with the Scottish Government to ensure that (a) English people living, studying, and working in Scotland can access their covid-19 vaccine through NHS Scotland and (b) Scottish people living, studying, and working in…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) collect and (b) disseminate data on individual women who have been prescribed anti-epileptic drugs to enable investigation into the reasons for the teratogenicity of valproate and other epilepsy…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps have been taken to ensure that medical professionals are equipped to provide awareness of the risk of physical and neurodevelopmental harm to a baby associated with the use of many anti-epileptic drugs taken in…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to appoint a Patient Safety Commissioner as recommended by the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were registered with an NHS dentist in Canterbury district in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentistry appointments were carried out in Canterbury district in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) physiotherapists and (b) other healthcare staff providing patient-facing NHS services, but employed by independent providers, will have access to covid-19 vaccination in the same priority cohort as NHS employees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) physiotherapists and (b) other healthcare staff providing patient facing services in charitable hospices will have access to covid-19 vaccination in the same priority cohort as NHS employees.

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the treatment of the Hazara community in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the viability of members of the Chagossian community returning to the Chagos Islands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria his Department has used to determine the distribution of funds for the Chagossian Support Package projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to Chagossian residents in Canterbury through the Chagossian Support Package projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with members of the Chagossian community.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Hazara community in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the post-decision move on period on levels of homelessness in Canterbury.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time for a DBS check is in (a) Canterbury constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the welfare of beagles bred for sale to animal testing facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much is spent on weekly running costs for Manston Processing Centre, (a) in total and (b) for heating.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Hazara community in Afghanistan have been granted asylum in the United Kingdom since August 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are held at Manston migrant processing centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for a visa application made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of the deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda scheduled for 14 June 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether scheduled deportation flights from the UK to Rwanda are planned to take place without passengers onboard; and what the cost to the public purse is of those flights.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment and retention of staff at HM Passport Office, in order to manage the backlog of outstanding passport cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct HM Passport Office to make available more fast-track and premium service appointments.

What steps the Government is taking to protect asylum seekers housed at Napier Barracks, Folkestone, from covid-19 infection.

To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that their Departments meet deadlines for replying to Members’ correspondence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the sale of his Department's Old Park and Chequers Wood site in Canterbury on levels of biodiversity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of veteran ID cards issued to veterans in Canterbury.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the uptake of veteran's ID Cards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the validity of veterans' ID cards as a form of identification in the May local elections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will revise the eligibility criteria for the General Service Medal (1918 GSM) with Canal Zone Clasp in order to allow service personnel who served in the Canal Zone at other times besides those specified in the present criteria to receive that medal…

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her Department's policy that all planning decisions should adhere to the Mitigation and Conservation Hierarchy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken by the Bury St Edmunds Regional Divorce Centre to process an application for a decree nisi was in the latest period for which data are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made in the effectiveness of community service at removing litter in communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7091 on Gender Recognition Act 2004, how many people were convicted of an offence under section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in each year since 2016.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to tackle race disparity in the youth justice system, particularly with regard to those held on remand.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on financial support for non-qualifying leaseholders.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial support to people experiencing significant increases in their mortgage costs following the end of a fixed-term mortgage agreement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the Wine and Spirit Association’s proposed model for the taxation of wine and spirits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government is providing support to small and medium sized businesses in the wine and spirits sector to assist with the financial implications of that sector's taxation system.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will announce details of the fourth grant of the Self Employed Income Support Scheme before 3 March 2021.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will meet representatives of the Sex Equality and Equity Networks.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help reduce maternal mortality.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to reduce age discrimination against older people.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people with assistance dogs are not discriminated against when entering public buildings.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal protection for disabled people when (a) applying for work and (b) having their employment terminated.