Written questions
3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times have unauthorized parties gained access to sensitive data or confidential information on the Federated Data Platform in the last twelve months.
19 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Natural Gas: Hydrogen
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's planned timescale is for making a decision on whether to blend up to 20% hydrogen by volume into gas distribution networks.
19 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Zero Hours Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were employed on zero hours contracts in each year between 2017 and 2022.
19 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of offenders on licence that are recalled to prison.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nuclear Reactors: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what regions she plans to assess for suitability as locations for future large-scale nuclear reactor projects.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Semiconductor Advisory Panel
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps have been taken to ensure that the UK Semiconductor Advisory Panel is broadly representative of the sector across the UK.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Semiconductors: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans she has for the National Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative to encompass all regions and nations of the UK.
18 Oct 2023 · Home Office
Drugs: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the promotion of illegal body building drugs on (a) TikTok and (b) other social media platforms.
18 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199543 on Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, what (a) types of companies and (b) sectors are eligible for the Industrial Energy Tra
17 Oct 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Departments holds on the number of asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK via the Republic of Ireland in each of the last three years.
17 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers found to be in breach of minimum wage regulations were (a) named publicly and (b) not named publicly due to mitigating circumstances since the commencement of the National Minimum Wa
17 Oct 2023 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Training
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the objective of the Government Consulting Hub to grow the Civil Service’s internal capability, how many officials have participated in civil service learning programmes for the purposes of equ
17 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent (a) inflation and (b) interest rates on his Department's plan to develop a £242 billion 10-year equipment plan for the Armed Forces, as announced in T
17 Oct 2023 · Treasury
Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy ISAs that have been opened in each of the last two years.
16 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to reopen applications for the Contracts for Difference scheme.
16 Oct 2023 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay: Gender
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will set a target date by which there will be no gender pay gap for all employees.
16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the final evaluation report for the secondary care routine reflux cohort of the Cytosponge test.
16 Oct 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the mandatory requirements for hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers.
13 Oct 2023 · Cabinet Office
National Security and Investment Act 2021
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how often action has been taken against third parties under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 in the last two years.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provides guidance to Child Maintenance Service caseworkers on ensuring fairness of arrangements for resident and non-resident parents.
13 Oct 2023 · Home Office
Drugs: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions the Border Force has had with its Irish counterpart on tackling the transit of illegal drug supplies from Ireland into the UK.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education
Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish to publish for consultation an amended draft of the statutory guidance on the risks associated with e-cigarettes in the Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum.
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS long-term plan, what the Barnett consequentials for Norther Ireland are of the additional funding for mental health services.
13 Oct 2023 · Church Commissioners
Church of England: Finance
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Commissioners are taking to ensure the Lowest Income Communities Funding meets the objective of assisting clergy and parishes in hardest to reach communit
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the likely need to use serious shortage protocols in connection with potential challenges with HRT supply by the end of 2023.
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport
Regional Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the resources available for regional airports to ensure greater flexibility in the operation of public service obligation routes.
13 Oct 2023 · Treasury
No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans that the pilot No Interest Loan Scheme will be launched in Northern Ireland.
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the devolved institutions on the potential merits of including policies on the sharing of information on mental health matters in the Major Condi
13 Oct 2023 · Home Office
British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their British citizenship removed under the British Nationality Act 1981 in each of the last ten years.
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Economic Growth
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the devolved Administrations on policies to support growth in the (a) digital technology, (b) green, (c) life sciences, (d) advanced manufacturing and (e) cr
Source: official written-questions record.