Written questions

784 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mohammad Hussein Mohammad Qassim and Shawkat Kamal Abed

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on holding independent investigations into the reported shooting and death of (a) Mohammad Hussein Mohammad Qassim ag

25 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on holding independent investigations into the reported use of live ammunition and killing of (a) Yamen Nafez Mahmoud

20 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football Governance Fan-led Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance.

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Council Tax Energy Rebate, whether households that were not resident on 1 April 2022 are entitled to a payment from the discretionary fund.

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Council Tax Energy Rebate, whether (a) a house in multiple occupation and (b) any other properties would be entitled to receive a £150 payment plus an additiona

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s guidance on the Council Tax Energy Rebate, published on 16th March 2022 which states that councils can use the discretionary fund to offer carefull

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the guidance entitled Support for energy bills - the council tax rebate 2022-23: billing authority guidance, published on 16 March 2022, whether the requirement tha

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to monitor arrangements made by councils to determine the allocation of the discretionary fund for the Council Tax Energy Rebate; and if he will m

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

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department had made of the number of households that did not pay council tax by direct debit by local authority when the Council Tax Energy Rebate was announced.

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

HM Passport Office: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to a situation where a landlord's name appears on a Council Tax direct debit and where that landlord is also the liable person, but where the tenant pays a rent to the

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

Unemployment Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households had received the £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate payment on (a) 1 April, (b) 1 May, (c) 1 June and (d) 1 July 2022.

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

Energy Bills Rebate: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s guidance on the Council Tax Energy Rebate which states that councils can choose whether to offer £150 credit to an eligible household’s council tax

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the Household Support Fund has been used to help renters pay off rent arrears by (a) region and (b) local authority as on 22 July 2022.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the £65 million support package for vulnerable renters announced by his Department on 23 October 2021, how much and what proportion of that funding has been distrib

26 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what way allocations to local authorities are to be calculated in the context of the £500 extension to the household support fund.

26 May 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his statement on the economic update on the 26 May 2022 and his commitment to legislate to deliver support on the same terms in every part of the UK, whether it is his policy that people with the s

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to notify immunocompromised people who are eligible for a covid-19 spring booster vaccination; and which part of the NHS is responsible for informing those peopl

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his latest estimate is of the real terms change in the spending powers of local authorities in the current financial year taking into account relevant price and wage increases.

17 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are members of the civil service classic scheme.

16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what exact questions his Department asked local authorities in relation to additional homelessness pressures arising from Ukrainian individuals and households entering the country th

13 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) widows and (b) widowers that were in receipt of their partner's Civil Service Classic Scheme pension have seen their payments stopped as a result of (a) remarrying and (b) cohabiting with a partner

13 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the total number of retired civil servants in receipt of the Civil Service Classic Scheme pension are women.

13 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are in receipt of a pension via the civil service Classic scheme; and how many of those individuals are in receipt of a (a) widows and (b) widowers’ pension.

11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) inflation and (b) the rise in the National Living Wage on local authority budgets.

18 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people who were tested at a covid-19 test site that used LAMP tests and subsequently tested positive are not eligible for Test and Trace Support Payments but people who received a p

1 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide free covid-19 testing for asymptomatic close contacts of immunocompromised people.

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide details of the (a) three trigger point targets in the universal credit system and (b) the proportion of the working day that universal credit service centre employees are expected to

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of its Living Safely with Covid strategy on the Panoramic study.

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with charities supporting immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups to discuss what the Government will do to support them to live safely with covid-19.

23 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will appoint a dedicated lead for immunocompromised and immunosuppressed people in Government in order to provide adequate communication and guidance on covid-19 to this group.

Source: official written-questions record.