Written questions

1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support owner-occupiers to fix safety issues in their homes.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of non-decent homes in the (a) private rented and (b) social rented sector.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of school building conditions.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services and Paediatrics: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the findings of the Cass Review, published on 10 April 2024, on the adequacy of levels of funding for child mental health and specialist paed

12 Apr 2024 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how often he has discussions with the Infected Blood Inquiry on the implementation of compensation recommendations.

12 Apr 2024 · Cabinet Office

Victims: Compensation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department issues guidance on the issuing of compensation to victims of institutional failures.

22 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Visits Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled HMT ministers’ overseas travel, published on 21 March 2024, how much of the £15,991 spent on his visit to the USA from 20 to 22 October 2023 was spent on air t

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165185 on Free School Meals, what the complex data, systems, financial and legal implications are of a government-led rollout of automatic enrolment for all e

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165185 on Free School Meals, whether any complex data, systems, financial and legal implications are still a barrier to the rollout of auto-enrolment.

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure that the SNOMED CT classification system used by GPs in primary care is (a) adequate and (b) used consistently for diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis.

4 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Typhoon Aircraft: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 121 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, for what reason the fruitless payment relating to the Reconstruction of Multi Threat Wall for Typhoon Synthetic Trainers was made

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Chronic Illnesses: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the Government plans to allocate funding for research into (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) other post-viral diseases.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support research into (a) understanding, (b) treating and (c) curing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what research the Medical Research Council is funding on the (a) causes and (b) treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid and ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research the National Institute for Health and Care Research is undertaking on the potential link between Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and long covid.

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to fund research to (a) tackle the causes of and (b) treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

4 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on the final delivery plan for ME/CFS.

27 Feb 2024 · Cabinet Office

Office of Government Property: Software

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 123 of the Cabinet Office Annual Reports and Accounts 2022-23, published on 19 September 2023, what the intangible software development asset developed by the Office for Government Propert

26 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care when she plans to respond to the letter of 16 October 2023 from Sling the Mesh, Health Sense, Transparimed and others on her Department's consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the h

23 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 14503 on Asylum: Deportation, for what reason it would be disproportionately expensive to provide information on the number of flights cancelled;

22 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector, which closed on 16 October 2023, whether she plans to bring forward regulations unde

22 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish the responses to the public consultation on the disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector.

19 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Agency Nurses: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on agency nurses in each of the last five years.

19 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 193 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 11 September 2023, how many scheduled flights intended to return those who no longer have the right to r

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Earthly Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 102 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 14 December 2023, for what reason the Regional Growth Fund payment to Earthly Energy L

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 211 of his Department’s annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023, HC 1476, in which Network Rail property the fire occurred; and what its cause was.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Payments Agency: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 137 of his Department’s annual report and accounts for 2022 to 2023, HC 1872, what the purpose was of the asset under development for the Rural Payments Agency;

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing metro mayors to operate bus services.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that there is adequate competition between private bus companies in the North East.

22 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Terrorism: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested for terrorism-related activity have been released under investigation in each year since 2014.

Source: official written-questions record.