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To ask His Majesty's Government whether the National Crime Agency’s International Corruption Unit is assisting the government of Bangladesh to identify assets allegedly stolen from its banks and institutions by officials.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist in identifying, seizing, and returning assets located in the United Kingdom illicitly acquired by Bangladeshi officials.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support research into evidence-based interventions for women prisoners who self-harm; and why the Women Offenders Repeat Self-Harm Intervention Pilot III has not re-started.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure access to evidence-based psychological therapies for women in prison, including through digital delivery.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue the holiday activities and food programme into the 2025–26 financial year; and what plans they have for this funding.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many national public inquiries there have been since 2004; and what was the average (1) cost, (2) length, and (3) fee paid to the lawyers involved.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office on 27 November 2024 (HC14966), whether the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals advises the Prime Minister or the Sove...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Government Digital Service or an external IT company have been commissioned to build a new platform for transparency data, as set out in the July 2023 policy paper on “Strengthening Ethics and Integrity in Centr...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to make it their policy to publish agendas and minutes from their mission boards; and whether the mission boards are able to make agreements on government policy.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 21 October 2024 (HL1279), whether the gift of clothes to a Minister from a political donor would necessitate a tax charge.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the English Devolution White Paper on 16 December 2024 (CP 1218), whether Bedford Borough Council, the London Borough of Croydon, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, the London Borough of H...
To ask His Majesty's Government with reference to the provisional local government finance settlement 2025–26 published on 18 December 2024, whether the £515 million allocated to compensate local authorities for the increase in employer National Insurance...
To ask His Majesty's Government what voting system will be used to elect mayors to strategic authorities under their proposals in the English Devolution White Paper published on 16 December 2024 (CP 1218).
To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the English Devolution White Paper published on 16 December 2024 (CP 1218), whether the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has assessed the merits of writing off council debt for those lo...
To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions pelargonic acid vanillylamide (PAVA) incapacitant spray has been (1) drawn, or (2) drawn and deployed, in prisons in 2022 and 2023; and what was the (a) ethnicity, (b) religion, and (c) disability stat...
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the (1) mean, and (2) median, tariff length for prisoners receiving a life sentence aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 20, (c) 21 to 24, (d) 25 to 29, (e) 30 to 34 (f) 35 to 39, (g) 40 to 49, (h) 50 to 59, (i) 60 to 69, ...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the recipients of honours in the New Year's Honours List 2025 have already received recognition in previous honours lists.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the combined Mayoral authority of South Yorkshire, how many residents have received an award above the level of MBE in the New Year’s Honours List 2025.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the Sheffield City Region at the time of their nomination for an honour in the New Year’s Honours List ...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many honours above OBE level were awarded to people who were (1) living in, or (2) working or providing service to, the South Yorkshire area at the time of their nomination for an honour in the New Year’s Honours List 2...