To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that GP capacity is maintained to meet current and expected levels of demand.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of individuals and families who have been adversely affected by the hostile immigration environment strategy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact assessments they conducted when the hostile environment policy for illegal immigrants was adopted.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what internal guidance, if any, was issued by Departments to give effect to the policy of creating a hostile environment for illegal migrants in the United Kingdom; and what evidence formed the basis of that policy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the membership of the Cabinet sub-Committee that discussed the hostile environment policy for illegal immigrants; and what conclusions that sub-Committee came to on the likely impact of that policy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children of the Windrush generation that might face the threat of deportation to the West Indies.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many checks by private landlords have been carried out on private tenants under the terms of the Housing and Planning Act 2016; and how many of those checks have led to immigration enforcement action being taken by the ...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to private landlords completing checks on potential tenants under the terms of the Housing and Planning Act 2016; and what measures are in place to ensure that landlord checks are not used to hara...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pupils will be entitled to free school meals for each year from 2022 to 2030.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pupils would have been entitled to free school meals in 2022 under the previous system of benefits-based eligibility; and how many pupils will be entitled under the system of eligibility based on receipt of Univers...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether pupils transferring from primary school to secondary school who are currently entitled to free school meals will carry with them a continuing entitlement under the new arrangements; and if that entitlement ceases, h...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children previously ineligible for free school meals will now become eligible as a result of the adoption of the new earnings threshold of £7,400 excluding benefits.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 March (HL6432 and 6433), whether they intend the detailed questions contained and unanswered in the reply to be covered by the inquiry currently being unde...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take to prevent social landlords, including local authorities, from evicting tenants from their homes to enable the auctioning off of properties in lot sales.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they will take to prevent the auctioning off of social housing.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to ensure that there is sufficient funding for local government children’s services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to identify and publish (1) the type of fire doors installed at Grenfell Tower in 2013, and (2) the manufacturer that supplied those doors; whether they have established which public bodies, local author...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Kensington and Chelsea Council regarding (1) whether the type of fire doors installed at Grenfell Tower in 2013 were fire and safety tested prior to installation, (2) whether the contract...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to undertake further tests to determine whether the type of fire doors installed at Grenfell Tower in 2013 conformed to the appropriate fire standard.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the advice they have provided to public bodies, local authorities and housing associations following the fire and safety test failure of the type of fire door used at Grenfell Tower.