Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that patients with eye conditions from historically underserved communities can access new treatments as they become available.

8 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with dementia will benefit from the forthcoming Major Conditions Strategy.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact the introduction of the online system for the determination of Access to Work applications has had on waiting times.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he expects to receive the report of the joint process and impact evaluation of the Household Support Fund 4.

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 15 of the Fourth Special Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of Session 2021-22 on Disability employment gap: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report of Session

18 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Rent a Room Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median rental income of landlords using the rent a room relief scheme was in the last financial year.

18 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Rent a Room Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many landlords have used the rent a room relief scheme in the last financial year.

18 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Rent a Room Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the rent a room relief scheme on the supply of rooms for rent.

14 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan households who arrived in the UK under Operation Warm Welcome remain in interim hotels under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants who would be within the scope of Clause 128 and Schedule 11 of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill; and how many receive (a) the state p

5 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the correspondence of 5 April 2023 from the Children’s Commissioner to the Secretary of State entitled Statutory information request on Home Office accommodation of children seeking

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of trainee teachers who are enrolled on initial teacher training programmes are also enrolled on subject knowledge enhancement courses in the latest period for which data is availab

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers with qualified teacher status have enrolled on subject knowledge enhancement courses in each year since 2018.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of participants on subject knowledge enhancement courses are eligible for bursary funding.

30 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of complaints concerning asylum accommodation were escalated to (a) the accommodation provider and (b) his Department in 2023.

24 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timescale is for the delivery of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of 22 November 2023 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Official Report, column 348, what the value of the Household Support Fund will be in 2024-25.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which UK Shared Prosperity Fund projects have been selected for randomised controlled trials as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund evaluation strategy.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Maladministration

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 17 on Universal Credit, if he will estimate the number of working Universal Credit recipients who received an incorrect Universal Credit payment as a re

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many real time information disputes were raised by Universal Credit claimants between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) financial and (b) practical implications for Universal Credit claimants of 53 charging days for rent in 2024.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants who will have 53 charging days for rent in 2024.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Charities: UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the costs to charities of applying for funding from the people and skills element of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches were in post at the end of October (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were subject to deductions; how much on average was deducted; what the total sum of deductions was; what proportion of each of those sums was deducted to repay advance p

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering repayment matching to households that are unable to afford their energy bills.

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government had discussions on the threats posed by AI-generated child sexual abuse material at the AI Safety Summit of 1 and 2 November 2023.

9 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the World Health Organisation’s Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to dementia Health Ministers and the Health Ministers communiqué from Japan’s presidency of the G7

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to produce a cross-departmental strategy to reduce the number of households living in temporary accommodation.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing Homeless Prevention Grant funding for local authorities before 2025 on the number of homelessness individuals.

Source: official written-questions record.