Written questions

580 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Foreign National Offenders were (a) on bail and subject to electronic monitoring and (b) actively monitored in each year since 2016.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Deportation: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the public purse of cancelled removal flights in each year since 2015.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals were made to the Border Force Joint Anti-Corruption Intelligence Team in each year since 2015.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times has the IOPC carried out investigations into Border Force staff in each year since 2015; and if he will publish a list of each instance, broken down by the circumstances as listed in 3.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the recommendations included in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report: An inspection of Border Force insider threat have yet to be been implemented; and if wi

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force personnel failed drug and alcohol tests in each year since 2015.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who applied to join Border Force failed (a) vetting and (b) additional security checks vetting in each year since 2015.

27 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Foreign National Offenders living in the community were classed as absconders in each year since 2010; and of those, how many were classified as being of (a) highest risk, (b) high risk and (

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion and Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Environment Agency’s research report entitled Measuring resilience to flooding and coastal change, updated on 14 November 2022, when he plans to i

19 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in VAT rates on private hire vehicles and minicab journeys on (a) driver earnings and (b) jobs in the industry.

19 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Vodafone Group: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8292 on Vodafone Group: Contracts, when his Department last made an assessment of the adequacy of its contracts with Vodafone; and for what reasons his Depart

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many digital roles within his Department are vacant.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 1.2 and 1.3 of the Government response to the Fifty-first Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on Tackling Defra’s ageing digital

12 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: Digme Fitness

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when Innovate UK provided funds to Digme Fitness; and how much those funds were.

12 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Mrs Wordsmith: Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Future Fund provided funds to Mrs Wordsmith; and how much those funds were.

12 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: Study Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when Innovate UK provided funds to Study Hall Ltd; and how much those funds were.

12 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

New Craftsmen: Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding The New Craftsmen Ltd received from the Future Fund; and on what dates it received that funding.

8 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Vodafone Group: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's contracts with Vodafone.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Prescription Drugs: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the sale of prescription-only drugs on illicit websites.

18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for informing children's hospices of the (a) timeframe and (b) process for distribution of the children's hospice grant for 2024-25.

7 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is eligible to apply to the Government's £40 million fund for brain cancer research; and how they do so.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 26 on Employment: Older People, what the cost to the public purse was for midlife MOTs in each year since 2019.

15 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS digital mental health services.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Potholes Fund; and how many potholes have been repaired through the Potholes Fund since its establishment.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Global Britain Investment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have received funding from the Global Britain Investment Fund; and how much and what proportion of the Fund has been spent.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Skills Bootcamps

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people (a) attended and (b) completed Skills Bootcamps in each year since 2021.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Skills Bootcamps

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people (a) attended and (b) completed a Skills Bootcamps in each region in the last 12 months.

8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will visit an NHS special schools eye care service.

8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children in receipt of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service have (a) a need for glasses and (b) another sight problem.

8 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children in receipt of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service have a history of hospital-based eye care.

Source: official written-questions record.