Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Food

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

13 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Minimum Wage: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of firms that have been prosecuted for not paying the national minimum wage in each of the last five years.

10 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Food

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the House of Commons' policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

10 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Clothing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that clothing sold in the UK is not the product of illegal labour practices from overseas.

10 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Shein

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she or Ministers in her Department have met representatives of Shein in the last three years.

9 May 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Food

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in the UK for use in its canteens and restaurants.

9 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

9 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its (i) canteens and (ii) restaurants.

9 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

9 May 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: LGBT+ People

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to Parliament was of (a) events, (b) activities, (c) merchandise and (d) other associated costs relating to Pride Month 2023.

9 May 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.

9 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places have been created in each of the last five years.

9 May 2024 · Department for Education

School Libraries: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools in have a dedicated (a) library and (b) librarian in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire.

9 May 2024 · Department for Education

Anti-semitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism.

8 May 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce shoplifting in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands.

8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take-up rate for breast cancer screening was in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in each of the last five years.

8 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she last held discussions with NHS trusts on hospital car parking fees.

8 May 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the advice given to immigrants by care worker agencies on finding suitable accommodation in the UK.

7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lung Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to assess the level of regional variation in the detection of lung cancer.

7 May 2024 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers awaiting decisions has his Department been unable to locate or contact since January 2022.

2 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims related to Covid-19 vaccinations have been made through the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme.

1 May 2024 · Home Office

Cannabis: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cannabis use on violent crime.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of cannabis usage on mental health.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of admissions to hospital for cannabis use in the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.