Written questions
2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications took longer than ten weeks to process in the final quarter of 2022.
1 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications took longer than three weeks to process in the final quarter of 2022.
28 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum caseworkers are employed by her Department.
28 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions were made per decision maker per week in the last quarter of 2022.
28 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions were made per decision maker per week in the first two months of 2023.
28 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications under the EU settlement scheme that were received before 1 January 2021 are still being processed by her Department.
28 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are (a) held in immigration detention and (b) detained under immigration powers in prison.
22 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral answer of 11 January to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood from the Prime Minister, Official Report column 552, what the evidential basis is for the statement th
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of (a) local government and (b) central Government frameworks to achieve the Government's Net Zero targets.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to accelerate the installation of home insulation measures before winter 2023-24.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Local Area Energy Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing local area energy planning on a statutory footing.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure the net zero strategy aligns with the air quality strategy.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Local Net Zero Forum
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to put the local net zero forum on a statutory footing.
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Local Net Zero Forum
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to facilitate meetings with the net zero local forum.
22 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Food
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact the (a) single supplier Buying Better Foods framework and (b) existing supplier landscape will have on levelling up outcomes.
22 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Food
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy for the Buying Better Foods framework to encourage SMES into the market; and if he will make a statement.
22 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Food
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what food and drink wholesale companies were consulted on the Buying Better Food Agreement PIN.
22 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to increase the proportion of public procurement spending that goes to small and medium enterprises; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the single buyer agreement fo
22 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to issue indefinite disabled person’s parking badge entitlements to people with progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Veterans: Cost of Living
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support veterans and their families with the cost of living crisis.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Consultants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the value for money of the use of external consultants by the civil service.
27 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the value for money of personal protective equipment procured under covid-19 emergency regulations.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help support small and medium-sized enterprises bidding for public contracts.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Cybersecurity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's cyber resilience.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Covid-19 Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the chair of the covid-19 public inquiry on the progress of that inquiry.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Codes of Practice
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance with the Ministerial code.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to increase cyber resilience in public procurement.
27 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen national security through public procurement.
18 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral answer from the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood of 11 January 2023, Official Report column 552, how many NHS dentists there were on (a) 1 No
13 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with petrol retailers on wholesale fuel costs for car users.
Source: official written-questions record.