Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Passports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to undertake a comparative review of the cost of (a) getting and (b) renewing a child's passport in (i) the UK and (b) similar sized European countries.

8 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions prisoners who were granted temporary release on compassionate grounds failed to return to prison on the date they were required to do so in each of the last five years.

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

Dogs: Artificial Insemination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 of non-veterinary surgeons who have performed canine artificial insemination in the last five years.

8 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the transforming forensics programme in strengthening forensic services.

8 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will create an independent body to set required safety standards for e-bike and e-scooter batteries.

8 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Huntington’s Disease: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Departments has to produce guidelines on the treatment of Huntingdon’s disease.

7 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has shared recommendations from the Getting It Right First Time Rheumatology with devolved institutions.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with Ofgem on the process for reviewing customer credit balances every six months and avoiding large build-ups of credit.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators on reciprocal licence exchange arrangements.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of gas boilers that have been taken out of service since the launch of the heat pump subsidy scheme.

6 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Indo-Pacific Region: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the implications of the UK-Japan defence agreement are for UK military access in the Indo-Pacific region.

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

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many UK citizens have taken part in the Homes for Ukraine guest since its establishment.

6 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Windsor Framework

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that representatives from the Executive Office in Northern Ireland who attend meetings of the Joint Consultative Working Group are briefed on

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the effectiveness of the UK Measles and Rubella elimination strategy 2019.

6 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Office for Budget Responsibility: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of forecasts made by the Office for Budget Responsibility since 2018.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to set a target for the Childminder grants scheme.

5 Sep 2023 · Attorney General

Fraud: Coronavirus

To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases related to covid-19 are with the Crown Prosecution Service awaiting an outcome.

5 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with (a) travel operators and (b) representatives in the devolved Administrations on potential merits of reducing air passenger duty.

5 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments for those people in residential or nursing homes are only carried out by staff who have been briefed on the National Frame

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sportsgrounds: Rubber

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191885 on Sportsgrounds: Rubber, whether her Department has made an assessment of a potential variation of approach in addressing safety concerns

4 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Canada: Travel Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in Canada on the accuracy of the information about the United Kingdom on the Canadian government webpage entitled United King

4 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Matthew Hedges

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a formal apology to Matthew Hedges on the level of support offered by his Department while Mr Hedges was in prison in United Arab Emirates.

4 Sep 2023 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Social Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department last updated guidelines on the use of social media by civil servants.

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services: Politically Exposed Persons

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has held discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the treatment by financial institutions of individuals who are deemed to be politically exposed persons for anti-money laundering purposes.

4 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 7920 on Passports: Applications, what the average waiting times were for a passport in (a) April 2021, (b) February 2022 and (c) February 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Niger: Military Coups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Economic Community of West African States on stability in the region, in the context of the situation in Niger.

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Duty Free Allowance: EU Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting the sale of duty free goods to people on flights between Northern Ireland and EU airports.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Confucius Institutes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Chinese nationals that are working in Confucius Institutes in the UK; and how many and what proportion of these people have diplomatic immunity.

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

Veterinary Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on their planned timetable for concluding their inquiry into future veterinary demand.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Agricultural Products: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, to which five countries were the highest values of agri-food exports from Northern Ireland in 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.