Written questions

1,001 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is (a) between receipt of an application for state pension and date of the first payment and (b) between reaching state pension age and the date of the first payment of state pensi

11 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died whilst waiting for a decision on their personal independence payment claim in 2021.

26 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Government holds on the professions of designated medical professionals stationed in covid-19 quarantine hotels in the UK.

20 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Security

What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Afghanistan.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a response to a complaint made to the Child Maintenance Service in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) January to April 2021.

16 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bereavement Counselling: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding for bereavement support services for (a) BAME communities, (b) deprived communities and (c) other communities disproportionately affected by the co

16 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of supplies of (a) personal protection equipment, (b) medicines, (c) equipment and (d) staff in hospices at the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Police: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the length of time taken during police misconduct hearings.

12 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Facilities

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2021 to Question 169810, on 10 Downing Street: Iron and Steel, what records his Department holds on the use of UK-produced steel in the

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times were for Independent Case Examiner decisions in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.

12 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Exports

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish UK export figures for February 2021.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for a complaint submitted to her Department for the (a) case to be assigned to an Independent Case Examiner, (b) investigation to commence and (c) decision to be provided to th

25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for the completion of a coroner's report after a death in England and Wales in (a) 2018 (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.

16 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

9 Downing Street: Facilities

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what records his Department holds on the use of UK-produced steel in the construction of the briefing room in 10 Downing Street.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications his Department has received for an extension of personal independence payments under the special rules for terminal illness after the expiration of the three-year award since 2019;

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2021 to Question 151645, what services are provided by her Department's service providers in (a) Newport and (b) Monmouthshire for people supported under Section

19 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Unpaid Taxes: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many accounts have been placed on Time to Pay Arrangements; and how many accounts on Time to Pay Arrangements have been sent to debt collection agencies since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the processing times are for the removal of the no recourse to public funds condition in migrants' visas for applicants who have lost their jobs as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and are exper

9 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Unpaid Taxes: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in interest payments on Time to Pay arrangements has been (a) billed, (b) recovered and (c) sent to debt collection agencies by his Department since the start of the covid-19 pandemic.

9 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow people in receipt of Aspen cards under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to be able to obtain cash with those cards so that they can self-isolate when requi

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support learner drivers who need to resit their driving theory test because the two-year validity on their qualification has expired as a result of being unable to sit their practical

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have had the two-year validity on their driving theory test expire since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak.

4 Feb 2021 · Treasury

London Capital & Finance: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the (a) timetable for and (b) details of the compensation scheme for LCF bondholders.

3 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the viability of the UK steel sector of industry companies paying Carbon Price Support while EU companies do not.

2 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government holds data on the number of specialist Domestic Violence courts in operation in England and Wales.

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on monitoring of the gap in industrial energy prices between the UK and other key nations.

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of any divergence between the UK and the EU Emissions Trading System on the UK steel sector.

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to exempt UK steel producers from 85 per cent of the costs of the Capacity Market.

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to provide 100 per cent relief for the cost of renewable energy generation for the steel sector.

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of network charging costs on the ability of the steel sector to compete globally.

Source: official written-questions record.