Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Association of British Insurers on reducing insurance premiums for households hosting non-Ukrainian asylum seekers.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister is responsible for the operation of the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the increase of (a) Ukrainian family visas and (b) Homes for Ukraine visas on the processing of non-Ukrainian asylum and refugee family r

10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Association of British Insurers on reducing insurance premiums for households hosting asylum seekers.

10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of inflation and the rise in the National Living Wage on local authority budgets.

21 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that visa application decisions for refugees travelling together under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme are considered and granted at the same time.

21 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been granted to children under the Homes for Ukraine scheme for each day since that scheme opened on 18 March 2022.

21 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been granted to adults under the Homes for Ukraine scheme for each day since that scheme opened on 18 March 2022.

21 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been (a) received and (b) granted for each day since that scheme opened on 18 March 2022.

23 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Eritrea and Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill on family reunion for asylum seekers from (a) Eritrea and (b) Sudan.

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

Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether people who sponsor a refugee through the Homes for Ukraine scheme will still be eligible to claim 25 per cent single persons council tax discount.

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

Fuel Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to amend the Weights and Measures Act to decrease the 500 litre minimum required for a delivery of heating oil.

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

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the number of (a) air and (b) ground source heat pumps to help decrease dependency on heating oil.

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

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce financial protection for consumers of heating oil equivalent to the existing energy price cap on gas and electricity.

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

Slaughterhouses: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase staffing levels in abattoirs.

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

Animal Feed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to assist UK farmers to source animal feed with respect to disruption caused to supply chains by the Russian attack on Ukraine.

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

Poultry: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will announce the seasonal worker scheme for the poultry industry for the 2022 Christmas period.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Engineering and Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flood protection schemes or engineering works are (a) under construction and (b) at the planning or other stage of development, by (i) the expected completion date, (ii) the numb

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to protect school funding from the rise in electricity and gas prices.

18 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Electric Scooters: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken monitoring of fires caused by e-scooters in (a) single owned properties, (b) privately owned properties in multiple occupation and (c) social housing properties i

18 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Electric Scooters: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to issue to housing associations and local authorities on the safe storage of e-scooters in the context of recent fires involving those scooters.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Faith New Deal Pilot Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to inform applicants to the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund of the result of their application.

18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the 100 million covid-19 vaccines donated overseas will (a) have a shelf life of at least six months and (b) be supplied with all necess

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many substantive asylum interviews were conducted (a) via video technology and (b) in total in 2021.

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions her Department made without substantive asylum interviews in the past 12 months.

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials were responsible for examining and making decisions on asylum applications at the end of 2021.

4 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Electric Scooters: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department is providing to local authorities and housing associations on the safe storage of e-scooters, in response to recent fires.

4 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Electric Scooters: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring her Department has undertaken of fires caused by e-scooters in (a) single owned properties, (b) privately owned properties of multiple occupation and (c) multiple occupation social hou

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Roads: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Environment Agency prevents further sewage overflows from manhole number 4103 in Kendal.

26 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women and children are in receipt of asylum support under s98, s95 or s4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

Source: official written-questions record.