Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been convicted for offences relating to the fraudulent encashment of state pension payments which were for deceased recipients in each of the last five years.
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of people seeking help for online gambling in each of the last five years.
17 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Animal welfare: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pet owners (a) have been convicted of and (b) served prison sentences for offences against their pets under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last two years.
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Universities: Transphobia
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the Committee for Academic Freedom on its news story entitled Nine UK universities label gender-critical academics transphobes, investigation reveals, published on 15 January 2
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Investment Fund for Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the regional breakdown within Northern Ireland is of the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland loaned to small businesses from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland.
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with Ofcom on the advertising and promotion of low-cost offers to low income households by telecoms providers.
17 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Religious Buildings
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with the Government of India on steps it is taking in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in December 2023 relating to proposals for the restoration
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Veterinary Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191886 on Animal Welfare: Veterinary Services, what the outcome was of the workforce modelling across the veterinary sector unde
16 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Trader Support Service: Costs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of the Trader Support Service between August 2020 and January 2024.
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Movement Assistance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146816 on Northern Ireland Protocol and Trader Support Service: Costs, what the status is of the Movement Assistance Scheme
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Life Sciences: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to support the (a) life and (b) health science sector in Northern Ireland.
16 Jan 2024 · Treasury
No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 201259 on No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland, when he expects to see the results of the Fair4AllFinance pilot in Northern Ireland.
15 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Buses: Driving
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203762 on Buses: Driving, what (a) actions are required by his Department and (b) the planned timeline is for the delivery of those actions.
15 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Trader Support Service
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the technology used in HMRC's trader support service system; and if he will require the implementation of an urgent independent assessment of the performance of
15 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 198296 on Driving Licences: USA, whether his Department has written to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators since December 2020.
15 Jan 2024 · Treasury
Financial Services: Environment Protection
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 17 October 2023 to Question 200203 on Financial Services: Environment Protection, when he plans to publish the next stage of the UK Green Taxonomy process.
15 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Antisemitism: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many anti-Semitic online hate crimes were reported on the True Vision website between (a) 7 October 2022 and 6 January 2023 and (b) 7 October 2023 and 6 January 2024.
12 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prime Minister: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 3132 on Prime Minister: Correspondence, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from an East Londonderry consti
12 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2024 to Question 8344 on Blue Badge Scheme, for what reason he has not provided information on the Blue Badge Scheme in Northern Ireland.
12 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste
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 trends in the volume of food waste reported by businesses in the last three years.
12 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the Fourth Report of Session 2022–23 of the Home Affairs Select Committee entitled Terrorism (Protection of Premises) draft Bill, HC 1359.
12 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Defending Democracy Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Defending Democracy Taskforce met in the last 12 months.
12 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
World Health Assembly
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to her Department was for officials to attend the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations in July 2023.
11 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has held with the Irish Government on legacy issues.
11 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions army bomb disposal units were called out in Northern Ireland in the period between 1 January 2023 and 1 July 2023.
11 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office
Fraud: Telephone Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of (a) establishing and (b) operating the covid fraud hotline in the period since October 2020.
11 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an estimate of the amount and proportion of UK aid sent to Gaza that was not used for its intended purpose by Hamas in the last five years.
11 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Performing Arts: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many touring (a) artists and (b) musicians sought advice from the Export Support Service in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
10 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to the Answers of 20 December 2022 to Question 102798 and of 4 September 2023 to Question 194994 on Streptococcus: Screening, what her planned timetable is to respond to the cluster randomised tria
10 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what conclusions her Department drew from the pilot survey for young people on cultural activities for children and young people with a disability carried out by her Department in 2023.
Source: official written-questions record.