Written questions

1,001 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that physician associates are afforded the protection of formal statutory regulation.

7 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to reduce the number of face-to-face assessments for disabled benefits claimants.

7 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will establish an independent inquiry into the (a) number and (b) causes of deaths of those who have died after being found fit to work following a benefits assessment in each of the l

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Newport East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are in receipt of universal credit in Newport East constituency; and how many of those families are in receipt of the £20 uplift for that benefit.

6 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Pensions: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with insurance companies on improving early access to pension pots for people diagnosed with terminal illnesses.

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the pension credit take up is in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) each Welsh constituency.

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he is having with (a) major telecommunications networks and (b) his EU counterpart on preventing the reintroduction of roaming charges for UK citizens travelling in the

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Lifeboats: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will reinstate the Rescue Boat Grant Fund for independent lifeboat organisations.

2 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Flour: Folic Acid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has a planned timescale for bringing forward legislative proposals to fortify flour products with folic acid.

1 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football Governance Fan-led Review

What steps he is taking to progress the fan-led review of football governance.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with UEFA on travel restrictions for overseas visitors to the UK for the European Football Championship.

17 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have waited over four weeks for access to a working Aspen card from the date of their application in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Newport East in 2021.

17 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what risk assessments were made ahead of her Department's change of contractor for the provision of Aspen cards.

15 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that universal credit claimants in Wales are able to receive their bonuses from both rounds of the Welsh Government's NHS and social care financial recognition scheme wi

10 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Interpreters: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Afghan interpreters who married after moving to the UK cannot bring their spouses to the UK via the Afghan relocations and assistance policy or ex-gratia schemes.

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

What steps his Department is taking to support targeted research into motor neurone disease.

4 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Interpreters: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government is providing to Afghanistan-based spouses of Afghan interpreters who are based in the UK in cases where the marriage occurred after the interpreter re-settled in the UK.

4 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Security Guards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will extend the support available to UK locally employed staff in Afghanistan to those employed by private firms involved in security operations supporting UK government staff, buildings and agencies in Afg

4 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Home Country Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support is available to privately-contracted (non-LES) security workers in Afghanistan who face intimidation as a result of their employment supporting UK Government age

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to take steps to formally recognise British Sign Language in law.

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Coronavirus: Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria were used to inform the decision include Qatar on the covid-19 red list for travel.

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that drivers who browse the internet whilst driving face prosecution.

4 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that all drivers who use mobile phones to film or take photographs whilst driving are prosecuted.

4 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the economic impact of the proposal set out in his Department's Alcohol duty review to differentiate based on place of retail.

4 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the cost of implementing a differential alcohol duty rate for the off-trade sector.

4 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a differential duty rate on administration costs for beer (a) producers and (b) retailers.

26 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of research by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, published 26 May 2021, on the barriers facing people with mental health iss

24 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if Ministers of his Department will publish (a) written guidance and (b) discussions on the role and rules for hon. Members sponsoring bids in the Levelling Up Fund.

24 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if Ministers of his Department will publish (a) written guidance and (b) discussions on the role and rules for hon. Members sponsoring bids in the Levelling Up Fund.

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jerusalem: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on halting forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem.

Source: official written-questions record.