Written questions

621 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many medical cannabis licences have been granted to pharmacies in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham Ladywood in each of the last 12 months.

25 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are the Courts required to take to ensure that (a) they have the correct personal details of defendants and (b) defendants are aware of their summons.

25 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people found guilty in their absence in civil debt cases; and how many of those cases were as a result of the defendant not being aware of the summons due to the Court h

25 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps people can take to appeal court decisions made in their absence as a result of the court holding an incorrect home address.

25 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps a debt collection agency is required to take to verify the personal details, including home address, of the individual they are attempting to collect debt from.

25 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the adequacy of the process used by debt collection agencies to ascertain the address of people against whom judgments have been made.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timescale is for the implementation of the measures regarding supported exempt accommodation announced on 17 March 2022 in written statement HCWS696.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local councils have decided to close or limit access to council-owned land due to an outbreak of avian flu in the last (a) 3, (b) 6 and (c) 12 months.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what extent decisions about closing council-owned land following an outbreak of avian flu are within the remit of (a) local authorities and (b) his Department.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what processes his Department has in place to ensure that local councils regularly monitor and report outbreaks of avian flue.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what risk assessment process his Department requires local councils to follow before the closure of council land following an outbreak of avian flu.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Land: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department requires local councils to take before those bodies (a) close council land or (b) ban certain activities on council land on the basis of public health.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of instances of fraud committed by Kickstart scheme gateways.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what due diligence her Department conducted on the Kickstart scheme gateways it recommended to employers.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Kickstart scheme gateways that have closed down since that scheme began.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is obligated to take in the event that a Kickstart scheme gateway closes down.

17 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Multiple Occupation: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether an impact assessment was conducted on the referrals local authorities can make on Houses of Multiple Occupancy for council tax revaluation.

17 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Multiple Occupation: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of local authorities that are referring Houses of Multiple Occupancy for council tax revaluation.

17 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Multiple Occupation: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the average increase in council tax for Houses of Multiple Occupancy once those properties are reclassified as multiple properties by the Valuation Offic

17 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Multiple Occupation: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment estimate he has made of the number of council tax revaluations for Houses of Multiple Occupancy in England in 2020-21.

17 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Minister for Policing has taken to tackle anti-social behaviour within and around areas with a high concentration of exempt accommodation properties, following his visit to Birmingham i

2 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Fires: Safety Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on publishing its response to the consultation on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that students from disadvantaged backgrounds are not impacted adversely by the withdrawal of funding for Applied General Qualifications.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has been made of the potential cost to (a) providers and (b) the public purse for the changes to providers’ curriculum offer that will be necessary following the withdrawal of fundi

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that education providers are supported in making changes to their curriculum offer that will be necessary following the withdrawal of funding for Applied General Quali

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on providers of the Department’s proposed timeline of one year for withdrawing funding for Applied General Qualifications.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether there is a mechanism for leaseholders to request a second opinion following a building safety assessment and report on their building.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the new proportionate approach that the Government plans to apply to building safety will result in fire and building safety assessments being revisited for buildings (a) ove

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve the processing time for driving licence applications.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average processing time for applications for (a) provisional and (b) full driving licences in (i) 2021-22 to date, (ii) 2020-21 and (iii) 2019-20.

Source: official written-questions record.