Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish a consultation on the use of cages for farmed animals.
5 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Podiatry: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to work in podiatry.
5 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Podiatry: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve patient care within NHS podiatry services, in the context of trends in vacancy rates of NHS podiatrists.
2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Salt
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's Salt reduction targets for 2024, published in September 2020, when he expects a report on the food industry’s progress towards meeting those targets to be
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues on the criteria residents need to satisfy to qualify for the over-65 discount scheme for a reduction in council tax operated by local authorities.
19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Air Ambulance Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has previously supported air ambulance charities with targeted funding support; and if he will provide funding specifically targeted at air ambulance charities.
15 May 2023 · Treasury
Oil: St Kitts and Nevis
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation holds on whether oil tankers registered under the St. Kitts and Nevis international ship registry have transported refined oil products from Russia t
12 May 2023 · Treasury
Sanctions: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications (a) crown servants, (b) contractors and (c) their family members have submitted to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation under Regulation 64 of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regul
12 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made to the Access to Work Scheme were outstanding as of 3 May 2023.
26 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commonwealth: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for UK pensioners in Commonwealth countries.
29 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Immigration: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department publishes information on the number of deaths in immigration detention.
29 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre: Bereavement Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to provide counselling and bereavement support to people at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre.
29 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Removal Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to ensure prompt, thorough and transparent investigations when people die at immigration removal centres.
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England have been built using Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC); and what steps she is taking to test the structural integrity of those buildings.
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research his Department has commissioned on the effectiveness of benefit sanctions; and if he will place copies of that research in the Library.
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Supermarkets: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with supermarkets on profit levels and food pricing in response to increased food price inflation.
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Council Tax: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what impact assessment his Department (a) undertook or (b) asked local councils to provide before waiving the cap on council tax increases for Slough, Thurrock and Croydon.
27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultants and other NHS workers who will return to work as a result of the removal of the pensions lifetime allowance.
27 Mar 2023 · Treasury
Financial Services and Markets Bill
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will pause the passage of the Financial Services and Markets Bill in response to the instability in the global financial system.
27 Mar 2023 · Treasury
Banks
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on (a) the provision of liquidity to the UK banking sector and (b) swap lines between central banks.
27 Mar 2023 · Treasury
Bank Services: Interest Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that banks pass on interest rate rises to savers, as well as to debtors.
27 Mar 2023 · Treasury
Pensions: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will benefit from the removal of the pensions lifetime allowance in 2023-24.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to provide training for (a) polling station and (b) returning officers on determining the veracity of official documents and photo IDs before t
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the progress made by local authorities on the implementation of voter ID requirements ahead of the May 2023 elections.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Mathematics: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the potential reductions to university mathematics departments including Birkbeck University on the UK’s status in science and technology.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Birkbeck, University of London: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of potential cuts to the Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics at Birkbeck, University of London, on higher education opportunities for (a) m
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Birkbeck, University of London: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with representatives of Birkbeck, University of London, on potential cuts to its Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics.
13 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade
Elbit Systems UK: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds any information about assurances provided to the Government by the government of Israel that equipment exported to Israel from the UK by Elbit has not been re-exported to
13 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade
Elbit Systems UK: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds information on whether any equipment that has been exported by Elbit to Israel has been re-exported by (a) Elbit Israel and (b) subsidiaries of Elbit Israel as (i) whole m
9 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Elbit Systems UK: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces have any contracts with Elbit Systems for (a) the provision of intelligence and (b) wider intelligence services.
Source: official written-questions record.