Written questions

261 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) median and (b) mean response time has been to passport queries sent by hon. Members on behalf of constituents to her Department in each of the last six months.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abdul Kolim

On how many occasions she has raised the case of Abdul Kolim, who is imprisoned in Morocco, with the Moroccan authorities.

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the deposit required for electric vehicles under the Motability scheme.

25 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abdul Kolim

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2022 to Question 626 on Abdul Kolim, when consular officials met (a) Mr Kolim and (b) his family; and what representations she has made to he

23 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the take up rate of Pension Credit in (a) Flintshire and (b) Wales; and what steps her Department is taking to increase take up of Pension Credit.

23 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of privatising Channel 4 on the independent television sector in (a) Alyn and Deeside constituency and (b) the UK.

11 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abdul Kolim

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 December 2021 to Question 83249 on Morocco: Detainees, how many times (a) consular officials have met (i) Mr Kolim and (ii) his family and (

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support for unpaid carers with the rising cost of living.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the £350 allowance payable to hosts in the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be (a) treated as earned income, (b) treated as unearned income or (c) disregarded for the purposes of (i) universal cred

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of its Living Safely with Covid strategy on the Panoramic study.

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with charities supporting immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups to discuss what the Government will do to support them to live safely with covid-19.

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will appoint a dedicated lead for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed people in Government in order to provide adequate communication and guidance on covid-19 to this group.

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to issue specific guidance for people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed on how to manage their risk to covid-19 in the Living Safely with Covid strategy.

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will carry out an impact assessment of the Government's Living Safely with Covid strategy on any potential risk posed by that strategy to people who are immunocompromised or

3 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that Ofsted inspections of initial teacher training are consistent with previous inspections in (a) rigour and (b) even handedness.

2 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential effect of the Loan Charge on the (a) mental health and (b) number of suicides amongst people subject to that charge prior to its introduction.

29 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abdul Kolim

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she (a) has made and (b) plans to make representations to her Moroccan counterpart on the case of a constituent of the hon Member for Alyn and Deeside, Abdul Kolim, i

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the equity of the proportion of a self-employed parent's income that is payable as Child Maintenance.

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) fairness and (b) sustainability of the Child Maintenance scheme in calculating payments from self-employed paying parents whose businesses had a short-t

4 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the involvement of CVC Capital in the bid by Sisal S.p.A for the National Lottery Licence, whether his Department has plans to introduce measures to ensure that (a) CVC

4 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what processes are in place to ensure that members of the Board of Commissioners have no conflict of interest pertaining to the Fourth National Lottery Licence process.

4 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish details of all official correspondence received by her Department from representatives of (a) CVC Capital Partners and (b) Sisal Group since 1 July 2019.

4 Nov 2021 · Prime Minister

Richard Desmond

To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with the Chairman of Northern and Shell on the (a) review of the Culligan Act 2005 and (b) fourth licence of the National lottery.

4 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that political donations made to the Conservative Party by managing parties of CVC Capital, the owner of Sisal S.p.A Group do not influence the Governm

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Ecuador

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Ecuador has been included in the red list in respect of covid-19 restrictions for international travel.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vitamin D

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of guidance on vitamin D consumption issued in the (a) UK, (b) US and (c) EU.

13 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vitamin D: Deficiency Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national strategy to reduce vitamin D deficiency, with particular regard to BAME groups.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications his Department received to the UK Levelling Up Fund by the closing date of 18 June 2021 from local authorities in Wales.

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications his Department received to the Levelling Up Fund by the closing date of 18 June 2021 for amounts (a) up to and (b) over £20 million.

20 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications his Department received to the Levelling Up Fund by the closing date for first round applications of 18 June 2021 from local authorities in Wales.

Source: official written-questions record.