Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 May 2023 · Department for Transport
East Coast Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) lost revenue and (b) compensation following the broken rail on the East Coast Mainline on Sunday 21 May.
25 May 2023 · House of Commons Commission
Victoria Tower: Flags
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May to Question 185861 on Victoria Tower: Flags, if the Commission will hold discussions with its counterparts in the House of Lords on arran
24 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Mining: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185568 on Mining: Industrial Disputes, if he will take steps to (a) publish all documents relating to the miners strike and (b) place those documents in the nati
24 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185568 on Mining: Industrial Disputes, whether his Department maintains a record of the reasons for which they have not disclosed documents under the thirty-year
24 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Archives
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185568 on Mining: Industrial Disputes, whether his Department plans to create a register of retained documents to help improve responses to requests for informat
24 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Mining: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185568 on Mining: Industrial Disputes, when his Department last made an assessment of whether retained documents relating to the miners’ strike should be place i
24 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Archives
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2023 to Question 185568 on Mining: Industrial Disputes, whether he plans to take steps to change the record keeping practices of his Department to help improve (a) accessibility
22 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Seabed
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the Crown Estate on the potential for supporting the creation of jobs in the context of the leasing of seabed rights in (a) UK territorial waters, (b) the UK Exclusive E
22 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Seabed
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the seabed in the (a) UK Exclusive Economic Zone, (b) Crown Dependencies and (c) British Overseas Territories has been mapped since 1 October 2022; and what targets he has for seab
22 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence
UK Centre for Seabed Mapping and UK Hydrographic Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual (a) funding and (b) staffing level is for the (i) UK Hydrographic Office and (ii) UK Centre for Seabed Mapping.
22 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Shipping: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the UK Hydrographic Office on potential for supporting the employment of UK seafarers working on vessels from UK ports through its work.
22 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence
UK Centre for Seabed Mapping
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Hydrographic Office has put out to tender public contracts for work connected with the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping between 1 October 2022 and 25 May 2023.
22 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to NHS England for (a) drug administration, (b) the management of side effects, (c) standardised delivery and (d) other co
22 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Departments report entitled UK Seafarer Projections: 2016 to 2026, published 25 January 2017, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the covid-19 pandemi
19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce unwarranted variation between oncology departments in the delivery of systemic anti-cancer therapy.
19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many systemic anti-cancer therapy doses were delivered in England in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.
19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to alert oncology departments (a) when new cancer treatments are approved and (b) how they should be implemented.
19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to offer oncology departments additional support to manage changes in the level of demand for cancer drugs.
19 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the (a) Royal College of Radiologists, (b) Association of Cancer Physicians, (c) British Oncology Pharmacy Association and (d) UK Oncology Nursing Society to discuss the impact of c
18 May 2023 · House of Commons Commission
Victoria Tower: Flags
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has had discussions with its counterparts in the House of Lords on arrangements for illuminating the Union Flag at the top of Victoria Tower.
18 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of setting an annual target for the number of UK seafarers (a) Ratings and (b) Officers working in the UK shipping industry.
18 May 2023 · Department for Transport
UK Centre for Seabed Mapping: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the number of UK-based seafarer jobs that could be supported by the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping.
18 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarer jobs in the UK which will receive support over the next five years under the National Maritime Security Strategy, published in August 2022.
17 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Mining: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of documents relating to the 1984-85 Miners Strike that have not been published.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his speech, Building a better railway, published on 16 June 2022, what the evidential basis is for the statement that 1 in 8 rail tickets are sold at ticket offices; and what time period it re
15 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Dismissal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff aged 60 or over were dismissed from service because of medical inefficiency in each of the last ten years.
15 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff were aged 60 or over in each of the last ten years.
15 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Early Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of retirements due to (a) ill health and (b) injury were taken by prison staff aged 60 or over in each of the last 12 quarters.
15 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on prison staff were carried out on prison staff aged 60 or over in each of the last 12 quarters.
12 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training has been provided to Network Rail safety representatives on the changes brought in by the Network Rail’s modernising maintenance programme.
Source: official written-questions record.