Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group area.

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times at Queen’s Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre and Emergency Department in the context of the finding of the Care Quality Commission's recen

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a medical procedure in the London Borough of Havering.

17 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Romford are recipients of legacy benefits; how many of those people have made applications to transition to universal credit; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that pe

17 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are recipients of Universal Credit in (a) Romford and (b) the Borough of Havering.

17 May 2022 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help support freelancers and umbrella workers with the cost of the increase in national insurance contributions.

17 May 2022 · Treasury

Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in addition to introducing stablecoin regulation, what other steps he plans to take to encourage cryptocurrency firms to (a) remain in and (b) return to the UK.

17 May 2022 · Treasury

Central Bank Digital Currencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of the pace of steps being taken by China, the US and the Eurozone to introduce Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and the statement from the Bank of England on 9 November 2021 that the earliest

17 May 2022 · Treasury

Central Bank Digital Currencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to UK retail CBDC research, if he will hold discussions with the Governor of the Bank of England on consulting (a) the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce and (b) private sector bodies when

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a disputes resolution mechanism agreed as part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s BEPS 2.0 Pillar 2 proposals would be binding upon UK courts.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to help establish new free schools in Havering Borough.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the star system for animal activity licensing process.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment on the effectiveness of restrictions on the import of dogs with cropped ears or docked tails.

22 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Platinum Jubilee 2022: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to work with the British Overseas Territories to celebrate The Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Defence

British Overseas Territories: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from the British Overseas Territories have served in the British Armed forces in each of the last five years, by each Overseas Territory.

22 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Economic Situation: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent estimate of the economic value of the Overseas Territories to the UK economy.

22 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Debts: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the liabilities or obligations are of an Overseas Territory in the event that it defaults on its debt to international creditors; in what circumstances her Department wo

21 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Online Safety Bill on terrorist content (a) linked and (b) not linked to the UK list of proscribed terrorist groups.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Online Safety Bill on free speech.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Online Safety Bill on the effectiveness of the regulation of harmful online content.

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of freedom of religious beliefs in Hong Kong.

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Falun Gong

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the criticisms and accusations against Falun Gong and a call to eradicate the group, published in the pro

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the accusations against Cardinal Joseph Zen and other religious leaders published in the pro-Beijing ne

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) continuing need for green levies on energy bills and (b) the financial impact of green levies on consumers.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of green levies on the cost of energy to consumers.

21 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the progress on generating the estimated £2.4bn in savings for the NHS through the use of the NHS Supply Chain model; and what estimate his Department has

21 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish an update to the NHS Long Term Plan.

21 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the risks faced by prison officers in London; and what steps he is taking to improve the safety of prison officers.

21 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of granting a pay rise to prison officers.

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Egypt: Copts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support is being provided to Coptic Christian women in Egypt who are the victims of abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage.

Source: official written-questions record.