Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedgehogs: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the list of animals which are protected in Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Count

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Epilepsy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure there is specific employment support for people with epilepsy.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help people who are living off the energy grid in rural areas with energy costs in winter 2023-24.

20 Nov 2023 · Attorney General

Good Law Project: Legal Costs

To ask the Attorney General, what was the total sum (a) paid to and (b) received from the Good Law Project by HM Government in respect of legal costs in each financial year since 2017-18.

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 125391 on Bunzl Healthcare: Protective clothing, how much his Department spent on its legal costs for the judicial review in relation to th

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 125389 on Protective clothing: Procurement, how much his Department has spent on defending legal challenges from the Good Law Project regar

20 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of aid supplied to Gaza; and what steps he is taking to ensure that aid is not utilised by Hamas.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on reform of the Apprenticeship Levy to support training needs in the road haulage sector.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to address skills shortages (a) among HGV drivers and (b) in the road transport sector.

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans NHS England has to update the Accessible Information Standard.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has conducted an audit of the number of people who are employed in equality, diversity and inclusion roles by councils in England.

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are employed in equality, diversity and inclusion roles by NHS England.

20 Nov 2023 · Home Office

British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people sitting the UK citizenship test failed in each year since 2019.

16 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of midwives trained in England.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Evictions: Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent landlords evicting tenants that are in receipt of pension credit.

16 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Business Rates: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help small businesses in rural areas with increases in business rates.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the percentage of installed solar panels that were imported from China in 2022.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC Board on the adequacy of the BBC News coverage of the conflict in Gaza.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Public Houses: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal definition of a public house for planning purposes.

15 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Burglary: Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served prison sentences following convictions for burglary in each year since 2010.

15 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served prison sentences for shoplifting in each year since 2010.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to public communications issued through her Departmental website, what criteria her Department uses to assess whether an (a) industry and (b) source of energy is green.

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Abuse and Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to reduce online (a) harassment and abuse on social media and (b) other online harms for teenagers and young people.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish the final myalgic encephalomyelitis delivery plan.

14 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of what the prison population will be in (a) 2030 and (b) 2040.

14 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting lists for enrolment with NHS dentists in Lincolnshire.

13 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Sham Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of how many sham marriages for the purposes of an immigration advantage have taken place since 2019.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce cat and kitten smuggling from overseas.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department held discussions with the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership before announcing Network North funding.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Truancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of truancy in secondary schools since 2020.

Source: official written-questions record.