Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households have received funding from the Warm Home Discount Scheme in South Holland and The Deepings constituency in each year since 2019.

29 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed in diversity and inclusion roles in the Royal Air Force.

29 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are employed by the Royal Navy in roles relating to diversity and inclusion.

29 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Army spent on (a) recruitment campaigns and (b) other initiatives to help increase the diversity of its workforce in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

29 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Navy spent on (a) recruitment campaigns and (b) other initiatives to help increase the diversity of its workforce in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

26 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers whose asylum application has remained unresolved for more than 12 months have been granted permission to work in each year since 2015.

25 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there has been a change in the number of qualified pathologists working in the NHS since 2020.

25 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified pathologists work for the coroner service.

25 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Stonewall

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much funding his Department has provided to Stonewall in each year since 2019.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Ministers from his Department have had discussions with Stonewall on recording equality in the workplace.

25 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the time limit after which asylum seekers with outstanding claims may seek permission to work.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Stonewall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provided to Stonewall in 2023.

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals and Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of commencing a long term programme to remove asbestos from all (a) schools and (b) hospitals.

24 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Buildings: Asbestos

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds data on the number of public buildings in England that require asbestos removal as of 24 January 2024.

23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Transplant Surgery: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have received organ transplants in South Holland and The Deepings constituency in each year since 2010.

23 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were employed in roles on the shortage occupation list in 2023.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Postal Services: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with Ofcom on its proposed consultation on potential options for the future of the universal postal service.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her Department holds on the cost of constraint payments as a result of bad weather in each year since 2010.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of antisemitism incidents there have been on higher education campuses since 7 October 2023.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on reducing emissions in the armed forces since 2019.

22 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of providing language translators in (a) hospitals and (b) health centres in each year since 2010.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Exercises: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were admitted to hospital for injuries sustained during training exercises in the UK in each year since 2010.

22 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Translation Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on what the cost to the public purse was for the use of translators in the Civil Service since 2013.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the cost to the public purse was for providing language translators in schools in each year since 2013.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the cost to the public purse for the translation of school materials into languages other than English in each year since 2010.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds information on the number of children that have identified as transgender in schools in each year since 2010.

17 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Royal Air Force: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Air Force spent on recruitment (a) campaigns and (b) other initiatives to help increase the diversity of its workforce in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021.

17 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the total value of fraudulent claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and how much and what proportion of those claims the Government has recovered as of 17 January 202

16 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Lincolnshire Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the funding for the national rural crime unit will be allocated to Lincolnshire Police in each of the next five years.

16 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Handguns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help prevent the conversion of handguns that are designed to fire blanks into guns which can fire live rounds.

Source: official written-questions record.