Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with employer representative bodies on flexibility for people with long COVID returning to employment.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing compensation to key workers seriously impacted by long COVID.

24 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of Levelling Up Fund Round 2 funding was allocated to (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.

24 Jan 2023 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many days Members of Parliament who have not taken their seats in Parliament used their parliamentary passes to access the Estate in the last twelve months.

12 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of German on recent reports that indicate increases in the numbers of people in Germany following social media influencers w

10 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 15 November 2022 on a Latvian national.

6 Jan 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Housing: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the withdrawal of tenders for home maintenance contracts.

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for the £600 energy payment to households in Northern Ireland to (a) begin to be paid and (b) be concluded.

5 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Republic of Ireland: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the European Commission on the comparison made between Ukraine and the Republic of Ireland in the speech by the President of the Eu

5 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he expects the Group B Strep trial to report before early 2025.

5 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to accede to the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

1 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Fraud: Telephone Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many calls were made to the COVID Fraud Hotline 0800 587 5030 since October 2020; how many cases were forwarded for consideration for prosecutions; and how many convictions were obtained.

1 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

British Business Bank: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 67078 on Future Fund, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the British Business Bank's performance on its o

30 Nov 2022 · Prime Minister

BBC

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Foyle, at Prime Minister's Questions on 30 November 2022, Official Report, on BBC Radio Foyle, when he plans to meet the BBC.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish an updated long-term cycling and walking plan for the remaining period of this Parliament.

30 Nov 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the roll-out of a pilot No Interest Loan Scheme in Northern Ireland.

29 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal units were called out in Northern Ireland between 1 January and 1 July 2022.

29 Nov 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Castlereagh Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent progress he has made on establishing the Castlereagh Foundation.

28 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Diesel and Petrol: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with trade bodies representing oil companies on the extent of variances of forecourt prices for petrol and diesel.

28 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help tackle recent outbreaks of avian flu.

25 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Credit Cards: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fraudulent uses of contactless credit cards were reported in the 12 months (a) before and (b) after 15 October 2021.

24 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Thalidomide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to continue the Thalidomide Health Grant after 31 March 2023; and how much has been awarded to date.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects the evaluation process of the Kickstart Scheme to be concluded by the end of 2023.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish a refresh of the Clean Maritime Plan in 2023.

24 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 78647, what recent discussions he has had with the Office for Budget Responsibility on the Public Sector Net Debt.

21 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much will have been paid to the French authorities for assistance in dealing with illegal immigration using small boats between 1 January 2015 and the end of this financial year.

21 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November to Question 86410 on Asylum: Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of the 22 hotels that have been in use over the past six months.

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Trader Support Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated total cost was to (a) the public purse and (b) businesses of the Trader Support Service between August 2020 and October 2022.

14 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels in Northern Ireland have been contracted by her Department to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in the last six months.

9 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Corporation Tax: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact on the profitability of Northern Ireland based businesses in the first year of a corporation tax rate of 25 per cent compared to the Irish Republic's r

Source: official written-questions record.