Catherine West

12 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for Personal Independence Payments applications was as of 12 July 2022.

11 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Maternal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of rising sea levels and flooding caused by climate change on maternal health in Bangladesh.

11 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Maternal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of rising temperatures caused by climate change on maternal health in Pakistan.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Espionage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the level of threat of espionage on behalf of China in the UK higher education sector.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of the change to visa rules on the creative industry following the UK's departure from the EU.

11 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2022 to Question 30087 on China, how many people in her Department have been deployed to the China Department in each year since 2010.

7 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will put in place a new sustainable funding settlement for cycle training budgets in local authorities.

5 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Ministerial visits to the Indo-Pacific region there have been in each year since 2010.

5 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mandarin Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of FCDO employees who speak Mandarin.

4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people in her Department have been (a) deployed to China (b) working on China policy in each year since 2010.

4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of her Department's personnel have been deployed to the Indo-Pacific region in each year since 2010.

4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region: EU External Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific discussions she has had with European counterparts on future European engagement with countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to increase the UK's (a) diplomatic presence and (b) economic support and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region.

4 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is for her Department to respond following the submission by an asylum seeker of a request for permission to work.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on the cost of care homes and residential homes.

1 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding to NHS Continuing Care in the context of increased costs of care and residential homes.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Departmental underspend in the last financial year has been used to help provide military assistance in Ukraine.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money was spent on retro-fitting homes to improve their energy efficiency between April 2021 and 2022.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Departmental funds allocated towards producing net zero carbon emissions by 2050 were returned unspent to the Exchequer in the last financial year.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that food imported from Australia under the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will meet domestic environmental standards.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will permit the import to the UK of food produced with pesticides banned in the UK.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy not to approve future fracking projects.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of provisions in the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill allowing exemptions for companies that invest in the exploration of new fossi

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the updated Resources and Waste Strategy; and if he will include a further assessment of residual waste treatment capacity needs in that strategy.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Incinerators: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 6 October 2020 to Question HL 8373 on Incinerators: Recycling, whether the further monitoring provided adequate evidence of incinerator capacity planned

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polio: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recent detection of poliovirus in London sewage works, whether he has had recent discussions with the NHS on ensuring that all children under the age of 5 are up to date with

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polio: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential implications of the recent detection of the poliovirus in London sewage; and what assessment he has made of the potential risk of people contracting the vir

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Polio: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on the detection of poliovirus in London sewage works.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Energy and Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Local Government Association's analysis of the impact of inflation and energy prices on councils, published

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Microplastics: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of recent research examining the presence of microplastic pollution in the lungs of living people.