Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish revised safeguarding guidance on transgender issues in schools.

16 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of heatwaves on the (a) efficiency and (b) functioning of solar panels.

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve food security in the UK.

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to regulatory

14 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to regulatory burdens t

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to regulatory burdens

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to c

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relat

14 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to regulatory burdens

13 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: EU Law

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) on Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to regulatory burdens that

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds searchable IT archives (a) on Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to cha

13 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: EU Law

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to regulatory burdens

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds searchable IT archives (a) of Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates for EU-sourced regulation and (b) employing the search term out of scope relating to changes to reg

13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to remove asbestos from hospitals.

13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment into the change in the law allowing women to take abortion bills at home.

12 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's Responsible Dog Ownership working group has discussed the American Bully XL breed.

12 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Public Space Protection Orders and (b) Dog Control Orders have been issued in relation to the American Bully XL dog since 2019.

8 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Public Sector: Population

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent impact assessment of the effects of population growth on public services.

8 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure Royal Air Force selection boards do not discriminate against new recruits on the basis of skin colour.

8 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Monetary Policy: Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of quantitative easing on levels of inflation between 2009 and 2022.

8 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy in the level of funding for staff in hospices.

7 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oxfam: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much UK aid has been allocated to Oxfam in each year since 2017.

6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospices are able to continue to support patients following recent increases in the cost of living.

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether UK overseas development assistance provided to (a) International Planned Parenthood Federation, (b) United Nations Family Planning Asso

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Chinese counterpart on forced and coercive abortions in China.

2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital beds have been purchased with the £1 billion funding allocated by his Department to increase the hospital bed base.

2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of same day emergency care services available in each hospital with a major emergency department.

2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for the recovery of urgent and emergency care services, how many additional staffed hospital beds have been opened since January 2023.

2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mermaids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department met representatives from Mermaids since 2020.

2 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many quangos have been (a) abolished and (b) wound down since 2010, and if he will list them.

Source: official written-questions record.