Written questions

1,001 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a)

28 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 20

28 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a)

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team i

28 Jan 2022 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Correspondence

To ask the Attorney General, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

28 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account managem

28 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average response time was for the Prime Minister's Office to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) acc

28 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 20

28 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020

28 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management t

28 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 an

26 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the number of legal aid providers in Wales.

26 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers there were in (a) Gwent and (b) Wales in (i) 2019 (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date in 2021 her Department notified utility suppliers of those (a) in receipt of the Guarantee Element of Pension Credit and (b) in the core group for the Warm Home Discount.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 July 2021, HCWS166 on Disability Benefits, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the replacement of the current 6-

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to her Department's announcement on 8 July 2021 that it would scrap the six-month rule for access to benefits under the Special Rules for Terminal Illness, if the Government will bring forward l

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce statutory regulation of all medical associate professions.

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Radiology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable physician associates to authorise x-rays and related scans.

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable physician associates to attend advanced trauma training.

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable physician associates to prescribe mortality-reducing medication.

4 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Tourism and Travel: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make available a package of support for travel agents, tour operators and travel management companies equivalent to the support available for the hospitality sector.

4 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Hospitality Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending access to temporary visas to staff working in the hospitality sector.

4 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Tourism and Travel: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet ABTA to discuss (a) the travel and tourism sector's financial situation and (b) potential financial support for those sectors.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will set a target of zero road deaths and serious injuries by 2040.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to establish a collision investigation branch for roads akin to those in place for rail, aviation and maritime.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential safety benefits of (a) lowering the default speed limit on single carriageway roads and (b) only allowing higher speeds on rural roads which have passed

8 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Application Registration Card

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available through her Department to asylum seekers who (a) have never been issued an Asylum Registration Card and (b) have seen their Asylum Registration Card expire.

8 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Application Registration Card

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for an Asylum Registration Card application to be processed by UKVI in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

7 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of working universal credit recipients are paid by their employers on a non-monthly cycle.

18 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2021 to Question 73790 on Migrant Workers: Employment, whether her Department collects data on the time taken to complete Employer Checking Service checks and (b)

Source: official written-questions record.