Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will hold further discussions with telephone and broadband providers on increasing take up of broadband social tariffs.

19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to update the Disclosure of Youth Criminal Records processes for records becoming sealed.

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Aviation: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many General Aviation Reports were submitted in (a) 2017 and (b) 2022.

19 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services: Environment Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish proposals on UK Green Taxonomy.

18 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

18 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional Probation Service staff he expects to recruit by 2024.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the implementation of the forthcoming updated Clean Maritime Plan.

18 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities timescales are for publishing its response to the consultation entitled Youth vaping.

18 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drug Seizures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of illegal drugs found in prisons between (a) 2013 and 2017 and (b) 2018 and 2022.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sportsgrounds: Rubber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2023 to Question 197683 on Sportsgrounds: Rubber, if she will instruct the evidence project to consider the potential impact of future regulatory

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 198296 on Driving Licences: USA, whether his Department has exchanged any other communication with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrator

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of individuals applying for apprenticeships in each of the last five years.

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the differences are between the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund rules for (a) Northern Ireland and (b) England and Wales.

14 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the potential health implications of increases in the number of young people using vapes.

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Cycling and walking investment strategy report to Parliament 2022, published on 6 July 2022, when he plans to publish the next cycling and walking investment strategy

14 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the Financial Conduct Authority entitled Financial Lives 2022 survey, published on 26 July 2023, if he will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the findings of th

13 Sep 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Elections: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the recent report from the Electoral Commission, if he will take steps to review the operational requirements at elections of the Digital Registration Number.

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many eligible households that had applied for an Alternative Fuel Payment had not yet been paid on 13 September 2023.

13 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of re-offending amongst former prisoners in each of the last five years.

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her Department's planned timescale is to publish the results of the Retained EU employment law reforms consultation.

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many defence export licences have been identified as not complying with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria after their initial approval in each of the last five years.

12 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Human Trafficking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with International partners on how best to co-ordinate action to tackle child trafficking.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Steering Board on the Operation Zero implementation plan next plans to meet.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on the Ending Rough Sleeping for Good strategy, published September 2022.

12 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) viability of the Productive Safety Net Programme.

12 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

World Bank: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the World Bank has fully incorporated its sovereign lending in line with the Paris Agreement.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 195762 on Confucius Institutes tabled by the hon. Member for East Londonderry on 1 September 2023.

11 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether additional Barnett formula funding was applied to Northern Ireland in the context of the extension of the Household Support Fund in England for financial year 2023-24.

11 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consult representatives of the retail trade sector on the potential merits of introducing a Protection of Employees Bill in the context of tackling assaults on employees.

11 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Financial Institutions: Complaints

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with financial institutions on customer complaints and the way they operate the Your Business Profile system.

Source: official written-questions record.