Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Care Leavers and Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will commit to hold an inquiry or research into any deaths of (a) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the care of local authorities and (b) young adult care-leavers who were for
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason he did not initiate a consultation before laying the draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits on Damages) Order 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason he did not carry out a consultation before laying the Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits on Damages) Order 2022.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits on Damages) Order 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish legal advice received in relation to the Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits on Damages) Order 2022.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coal
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement made on 30 June 2021 that the Government would remove unabated coal from the UK’s energy mix by 2024, whether that remains the Government's poli
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Education
Care Leavers: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Working Together to Safeguard Children' guidance, updated on 1 July 2022, whether he plans to make changes to that guidance so that local authorities are required to notify his Department
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Education
Care Leavers: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to release publicly accessible data on deaths of care-leavers in addition to deaths of children in care already published.
4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on protecting children in Gaza.
4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help end the 15-year blockade of Gaza.
4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of Save the Children’s report entitled Trapped: The impact of 15 years of blockade on the menta
27 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) employers, (b) employment agencies, and (c) trade unions over plans to remove regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations 2003.
27 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade
TRIPS Agreement: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of how the TRIPS outcome will help to achieve ensure the equitable distribution of second-generation vaccines across the world.
27 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensuring the equitable distribution of second-generation vaccines across the world.
8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers and Nurses: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Royal College of Nursing report entitled Nursing Under Unsustainable Pressure: Staffing for Safe and Effectiv
1 Jun 2022 · Treasury
Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the impact on economic growth of the measures for households announced in his Economy Update on 26 May 2022; and if he will make a statement.
1 Jun 2022 · Treasury
Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the economic stimulus effect of the measures for households announced in his Economy Update on 26 May 2022; and if he will make a statement.
1 Jun 2022 · Treasury
Capital Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the extra investment that will be brought forward as a result of the introduction of the investment allowance announced in his Economy Update on 26 May 2022.
1 Jun 2022 · Treasury
Capital Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the investment allowance announced in his Economy Update on 26 May 2022.
18 May 2022 · Department for Education
Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to help ensure that opportunities for play will be encouraged, supported and facilitated through Early Years provision as part of covid-19 catch-up strategies; and if he will make a statement.
13 May 2022 · Home Office
Sexual Harassment: Public Places
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the viability of bringing forward a public sexual harassment bill.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Risperidone: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research is being undertaken on the combined effects of risperidone and covid-19 vaccines; and whether that research will be published.
14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education
Secure Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce (a) regulations and (b) mandatory data-gathering on the restraint of children during secure transportation equal to that for children restrained in secure accommodation.
14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education
Secure Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to children in secure accommodation after they have been restrained; and whether that same level of support is provided to children who have been restrained by secure transp
14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education
Secure Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support children living in secure accommodation receive after they have been restrained; and how incidents of restraint are recorded by relevant authorities.
14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Secure Accommodation: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department provides clinical support to children living in secure accommodation following incidents in which they have been restrained; and what information his department holds on the
11 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for computers, phone calls and other technical support to allow women in prison to engage with local authorities.
9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Sentencing: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review sentencing for women including potential alternatives to short-term sentences for non-violent offences.
9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to agree and implement a Women’s Prison Release Protocol with co-signatories to the London Blueprint for Women in contact with the Criminal Justice System.
25 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Health and Safety
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether policy initiatives were launched by his Department in response to the publication of the booklet, Work, Stress and Health: the Whitehall II Study, in 2004.
25 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Sick Leave
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the average number of sick days taken by people in each grade of the Civil Service.
Source: official written-questions record.