Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December to Question 102798 on Streptococcus: Screening, whether he expects the Group B Strep trial to report before the end of 2024.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish an update to the Clean Maritime Plan before Christmas 2023.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage households to install energy efficiency measures before winter 2023.

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adult and (b) child passports her Department has processed in the last twelve months.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Squirrels: Pest Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a target for the phased reduction of the grey squirrel population in the next five years.

18 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many boilers over ten years old in Service Family Accommodation have failed at least three times in the last twelve months; and how many and what proportion of those boilers have been replaced in that period.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on dementia of the PROTECT study.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of when the trialling of hydrogenated vegetable oil as a fuel source for NHS vehicles will be completed.

17 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to promote the Northern Ireland Investment Summit in September 2023

17 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, What steps he is taking to reduce HMRC's response times to (a) individuals and (b) financial representatives.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193054 on Foreign Investment in UK and Overseas Trade, if she will provide a breakdown of the 8,000 jobs created by (a) region and (b) nation.

17 Jul 2023 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the £20 million for veterans’ housing announced in the Spring Budget 2023, what funding has been allocated for veterans' housing in Northern Ireland.

17 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timeline is for delivering the 20,000 additional modern prison places announced by his Department on 18 February 2022.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking in each region of the UK to implement the Life Sciences' vision to make the UK the most attractive location in Europe to start and grow a life sciences business

14 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services: Environment Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what next steps his Department plans to take following its consultation on the UK Green Taxonomy.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seed Potatoes: UK Internal Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish guidance for businesses on the procedures for (a) exporting and (b) importing seed potatoes between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

14 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Golf: Portrush

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Invest Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board on the potential for increasing tourism during the return of the Open Championship to Royal Portrush in 202

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Director General of the BBC on the adequacy of the BBC's transparency practices for publishing relevant BBC-related outside earnings of senior BBC presenters

14 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Development Association: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to provide funds for the next replenishment round for the International Development Association.

13 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Bank Services: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to hold further discussions with representatives of banking institutions on the adequacy of the level of interest rates applied to savings accounts.

13 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetic Retinopathy: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were given routine digital screening for diabetic retinopathy in the last 12 months.

12 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing rates of childhood obesity.

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take to help improve business productivity levels in the next twelve months.

12 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

MMR Vaccine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children have been given the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination in each of the last three years.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of the work of the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in Colombia.

11 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times consignments of goods were returned to Great Britain from Northern Ireland because of a failure to comply with European Union requirements in (a) 2021 and (b)

11 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of how many people who paid income tax in 2021/22 will pay higher rate income tax in 2023/24.

11 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of how many people who did not pay income tax in 2021/22 will pay basic rate income tax in 2023/24.

11 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How much funding has the Government allocated to tackling cyber crime in the next twelve months.

11 Jul 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Source: official written-questions record.