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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 to support entrepreneurs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector to export (a) goods and (b) services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage investment into the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent from the public purse on private sector provision of children’s social care in each year since 2010.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector on (a) investment to the UK and (b) the growth in good jobs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the consultation on the expansion of the Clean Industry Bonus to the hydrogen sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) innovation and (b) research and development in the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking through (a) regulatory reform and (b) market incentives to support the growth of the hydrogen technology manufacturing sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the number of jobs (a) related and (b) dependent on the net zero transition in South Yorkshire; and if he will make an estimate of how much private investment this work attracts to South Yorkshire.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the growth of community energy projects.
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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 potential impact of the forthcoming Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on the (a) glass, (b) aluminium and (c) plastic packaging sectors.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support provided to parents trying to enter back into the workforce that are currently in (a) education and (b) training.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking with (a) disabled people and (b) disabled people's organisations to help improve the experience of disabled people within the benefits system.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that a permanent access agreement is reached for Brineura as a treatment for patients with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2).
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on providing access to Brineura for patients with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2).
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring social workers have more time for relationship-based work.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of social workers; and what plans he has for a national social work recruitment campaign.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the administrative burden on social workers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a national workforce strategy for social work developed in partnership with the sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Creative Health Review's report, published in December 2023.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for audiology appointments in Doncaster Central constituency.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the proposed £50 million capital investment in the Coalfields Regeneration Trust to support SME industrial development.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential growth benefits of capital investment in SME industrial units in former coalfield communities, including proposals put forward by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to make levels of council tax equal in all local authority areas; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on councils with less ability to raise local revenue.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department plans to provide to each local authority in each of the next three years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will (a) reassess the application of the Remoteness Adjustment across all funding formulas, in the context of levels of supporting evidence and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of its…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to retain the existing distribution method for the Recovery Grant.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what evidential basis his Department decided to continue using the remoteness adjustment within the area cost adjustment of proposed funding formulas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what evidential basis his Department decided to end using the bespoke distribution method for the Recovery Grant.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to have a three-year transition period for the implementation of the fair funding settlement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on considering the capital funding request from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide a multi-year funding settlement for early intervention services in local government.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of English Devolution on investment in creative health as a solution to local health inequalities.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of Air Passenger Duty on the growth of regional airports.
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