Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average time taken to make a decision on an Access to Work assessment from (a) October 2022 to March 2023 and (b) April 2023 to November 2023.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cats: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the reported threat of the hybrid of an existing feline coronavirus arriving in the UK.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Regional Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with representatives of regional airports on taking steps to increase the number of routes that are available at each airport.
13 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce routine checks on electronic travel authorisations in Northern Ireland when that scheme begins.
13 Nov 2023 · 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 an assessment with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations of the effectiveness of enterprise zones in each region.
10 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership will operate in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive.
10 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Freezing of Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been frozen under the freezing orders implemented by the Combatting Kleptocracy Cell on the finances since the start of the war in Ukraine; and what assessment she has made of the i
10 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on responding to the report entitled Raising the bar: reframing the opportunity in women's football, published on 13 July 2023.
10 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the effect of the British Industry Supercharger on industrial electricity prices compared to other countries.
10 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords that rented domestic properties between 2017 and 2022.
9 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Semiconductors: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 23 October to Question 203232 on Semiconductors: Infrastructure, what progress her Department has made on the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative
9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there have been any instances of unauthorised parties gaining access to (a) sensitive data and (b) confidential information stored on the Federated Data Platform in the last 12 months.
8 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Agriculture: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland are of the Farming Innovation Programme's support for innovations in the countryside.
8 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Self-employed
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were registered as self-employed in each year between 2017 and 2022.
8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the continued NHS funding of modulator therapies that are used to treat (a) children, (b) new patients and (c) other patients with cystic fibrosis.
8 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Democratic Republic of Congo: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Government representatives in the DRC on recent incidents in Oicha, North Kivu province where Christians were killed by Islamic State affilia
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Economic Growth: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help support economic growth in town centres in the context of increased competition from out of town retail sites.
8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93512, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on its graduated driving licence pil
8 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the UNHCR on the potential merits of a family reunion policy which seeks relocation for refugees in countries closer to their country of origin.
7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any Hong Kong national legally resident in Northern Ireland is the subject of an arrest warrant application from China.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times unauthorized parties have gained access to (a) sensitive data and (b) confidential information on the Federated Data Platform in the past twelve months.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Motability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide additional funding to the Motability Scheme over the next three years.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Hybrid Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of cars produced in the UK were hybrid electric in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
7 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the remit of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many illegal drugs have been seized (a) since the £100 million funding for prison x ray scanners was completed in 2020 and (b) in the comparable time period before that funding was allocated.
23 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch an awareness campaign on abdominal and urological symptoms of ovarian cancer.
23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport
Buses: Driving
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a summary of the outcomes of the Bus and Coach Driver Summit hosted by his Department and the Confederation of Passenger Transport in November 2022.
20 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials in her Department were working on the Trade and Investment Hub with a focus on Northern Ireland on 20 October 2023.
20 Oct 2023 · Northern Ireland Office
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146815 on Apprentices: Taxation, which Minister has responsibility for the allocation of the additional funding from the Apprenticeship Levy to Nort
20 Oct 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 202546 on Asylum: Hotels, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using hotels below three star grade as a short term option for
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