Written questions

1,001 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information is given to claimants on deductions from their benefits (a) when completing an online calculation to move to Universal Credit and (b) before moving to Universal Credit; and whether a pe

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) households and (b) children are affected by the two-child rule as of 1 June 2022.

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

Electricity and Natural Gas: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of increases in gas and electricity standing charges on (a) single person households and (b) low-income households.

26 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer given on 26 May 2022 to Question 6731 on Cabinet Office: Correspondence, when the Department plans to publish data on volumes and timeliness of responses to correspondence from Members of

24 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions to each Government department received the response that information was not available in the format requested in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) January to

24 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions sent to each Government department received a response citing disproportionate cost as grounds upon which not to provide a substantive answer in (a) 2019, (b) 20

24 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward draft legislation to regulate physician associates and anaesthesia associates.

24 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public, which closed on 24 March 2021.

23 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will publish the average time it took each Department to respond to correspondence from Members of the House of (a) Commons and (b) Lords in (i) 2021 and (ii) during the period from January to

18 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate access for scientists who wish to access the £50 million funding for motor neurone disease research announced in November 2021.

17 May 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have arrived in the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme and (b) Afghan Resettlement Scheme as of 17 May; and how many people are currently in bridging hote

16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Home Care Services: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased fuel costs on (a) domiciliary care workers and (b) filling vacancies in that sector.

13 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent potential food shortages.

12 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the US Government on the implications of any decision by its Supreme Court to reverse the Roe vs Wade judgment.

10 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason eligibility to receive the Platinum Jubilee Medal was set at five years of service for members of the armed forces and frontline emergency service personnel.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of current penalties issued to train operating companies in instances of short-forming on services.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2022 to Question 148120 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Debts, whether the £350 per month payment for sponsors in the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be

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

Summertime

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of calls to maintain British Summer Time throughout the calendar year.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the £350 per month payment for sponsors in the Homes for Ukraine Scheme will be included in income and expenditure calculations for debt solutions.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data on guests arriving under the Homes for Ukraine scheme his Department plans to share with councils; at what point of the application process will that data be shared; and wh

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale between a permit to travel being issued and councils receiving the £10,500 per guest funding under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

24 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff have been employed to process DBS checks for sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and what estimate she has made of the likely processing time for those DBS checks.

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

Water Supply: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Adaptation Committee’s recommendations on page 28 of the Climate Change Committee's report of June 2021 entitled, Progress in adapting to climate change: 2021 Rep

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

Agriculture: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Adaptation Committee’s recommendations on page 28 of the Climate Change Committee's report of June 2021 entitled, Progress in adapting to climate change: 2021 Rep

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

Nature Conservation: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Adaptation Committee’s recommendations on page 28 of the Climate Change Committee's report of June 2021 entitled, Progress in adapting to climate change: 2021 Rep

11 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that family members of Afghan interpreters are not separated into different bridging hotels upon arrival into the UK.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Discretionary Housing Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the change in Discretionary Housing Payments funding between 2021-22 and 2022-23 on (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords.

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

People's Postcode Lottery

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with the People's Postcode Lottery on that organisation's campaign to raise the charity lottery annual sales limit to £100 million.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Macmillan's recommendation for an independent commission to review the level of support the benefits system provides to enable (a) disabled people

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

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether people living with cancer will qualify for the Government's proposed energy industry fund for low income disabled people at risk of fuel poverty.

Source: official written-questions record.