Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Busking: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in light of a recent reported incident in London, whether he has issued recent guidance to the police on the rights of people to sing religious songs in a public setting.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles: Cars

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on the proportion of cars produced in the UK that were (a) electric hybrid and (b) fully electric in 2023.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on taking steps to ensure that its commissioning processes are subject to independent scrutiny.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Enterprise Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to extend the lifespan of enterprise zones for a further ten years.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the UK Year of Service on increasing work placement opportunities for young people.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK Year of Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department plans to allocate to the UK Year of Service programme for the next financial year.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Universal Credit in December (a) 2021 and (b) 2023.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether DVLA services will be available at post offices after 31 March 2024.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Responsible Dog Ownership Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will the Responsible Dog Ownership working group continue beyond the forthcoming publication of it’s findings.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Girlguiding UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support Girlguiding UK and (b) develop links overseas with similar ventures.

25 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

NATO Enlargement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his NATO counterparts on the expansion of the number of enhanced opportunities partners since February 2022.

24 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Ministers (a) were entitled to participate and (b) took part in the programme of eight masterclasses for new Ministers in the last 12 months.

24 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made with the Executive Office of Northern Ireland in establishing a grant agreement for the successor arrangement to the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partners

24 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the average length of referral orders in the last five years.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend e-scooter rental trials to more areas.

23 Jan 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Road Traffic Control

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent on traffic marshals in the last six months.

23 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Human Rights Commission and (b) Equality Commission in each of the last ten years.

23 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department made an assessment before 2023 of the potential impact of the introduction of the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) on the number of personnel required to carry out checks i

23 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Jimmy Dunlop

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with (a) his Irish counterpart and (b) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland on whether steps were taken to question Jimmy Dunlop about the Claudy bomb

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he plans to have with his European counterparts on preparing for potential Russian aggression in Europe in the next five years.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Literacy and Numeracy: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate she has made of levels of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy with European countries in the last five years.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to review the Contracts for Difference scheme.

19 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are in use as asylum seeker accommodation as of 19 January 2024.

19 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any personnel have been deployed in Northern Ireland under Operation Gull in the last 12 months.

19 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food: Sugar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the food industry on reducing the sugar content in (a) food and (b) drink products.

19 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Development Association: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what his planned timetable is for the allocation of the £1.4 billion pledge to the International Development Association's replenishment fund.

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of how many existing homes which qualify for (a) home insulation and (b) energy efficiency grants have not requested them.

18 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Buildings: Concrete

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on (a) the progress of each Department in confirming the presence or absence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in public buildings and (b) which Departments have completed

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the decision by BA to increase the minimum connection time at Heathrow Airport to 75 minutes.

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of EV charging points there will be at the end of (a) 2024 and (b) 2030.

Source: official written-questions record.