Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for which Access to Work grant applications have been awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications have been waiting for a decision for longer than six w

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants are awaiting a decision.

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Universities of 15 July 2021, Official Report, column 646, that the Government will provide an update on alternative student finance as it concludes the pos

22 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.

22 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of delay for Access to Work grant applications currently awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications have been waiting for a decision for longer than six weeks; an

22 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants are currently awaiting a decision.

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

European Social Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to consult (a) organisations which deliver European Social Fund programmes, and (ii) other organisations on a prospectus for the Shared Prosperity Fund.

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

EU Grants and Loans and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will set out the allocation (a) that each nation would have received through European Structural Funds in the event that the UK had remained in the EU and (b) that each nationa

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the commitment in the Shared Prosperity Fund pre-launch guidance to maintain flexibility to fund voluntary sector organisations delivering locally important people

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to fulfil the commitment set out in the Shared Prosperity Fund pre-launch guidance to maintain flexibility to fund voluntary sector organisations deliveri

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Shared Prosperity Fund people and skills investment priority has been delayed until 2024-25 in England; and if he will make a statement.

18 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891, what steps she has taken to progress her department's review and evaluation of the compliant environment public funds stream; and if she w

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Novel Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the request from the Woven Network for a transitional arrangement pending implementation in the UK of the EU Novel Food regulatio

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which companies have been served by the Gambling Commission with fines in excess of £100,000 since April 2018.

18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare facilities in each of its top 10 health programmes in the world’s 47 least-developed count

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools enrolled on the National School Breakfast Programme have been issued breakfast food orders this academic year since 7 February 2022.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the National School Breakfast Programme not reaching its target of 2,500 schools by January 2022; and if he will make a statement.

9 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the 19 June 2014 judgement by the Pakistani Supreme Court on the protection of religious minorities

9 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the safety of religious minorities in Pakistan following the attacks of 30 January 2022 on Pastor William Siraj and Reverend Naeem Patrick.

7 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of the treatment of (a) men and (b) women in the asylum system.

7 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned research on the first-hand experiences of women and girls seeking asylum in the UK.

7 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of women applying for asylum in the UK are given the option to be interviewed by a woman.

7 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s asylum system takes into account gender or trauma related needs.

7 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in the letter dated 1 February 2022 from her Department's MP Account Management Team to the hon. Member for East Ham that we have currently suspended the process of aut

3 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political and humanitarian situation in Myanmar, including reports of continued shelling and bombardment of ethnic minorities in My

3 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to provide humanitarian assistance to internally displaced peoples along Myanmar’s borders.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the costs and potential merits of opening jobcentres on Saturday since 2016; and if she will make a statement.

2 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Government: Research

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the Government Social Research Publication Protocol entitled Publishing research and analysis in government; and what the consequences are in the event of a breach of that protocol.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Financial Services: Environment Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Greening Finance Roadmap, published in October 2021, what assessment he has made of the case for implementing the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements before the suggested three to five year time

Source: official written-questions record.