Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Passports: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April to Question 176580 on Passports: Industrial Action, what estimate she made of the cost to the public purse of the contingency arrangements put in place for the conti

19 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Police National Computer: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a National Criminal Record Deletion Application to be processed; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the ACRO cyber security incident on th

19 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Police National Computer: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any confidential data was compromised by the recent cyber incident affecting the ACRO website; and if she will make a statement.

19 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Police National Computer: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the ACRO website will resume service following the cyber security incident affecting that website.

19 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Police National Computer: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first became aware of the cyber security incident affecting the ACRO website.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent from the public purse on radiotherapy equipment and software in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22; and whether the Government plans to increase that funding in future year

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Major Conditions and Diseases Strategy will include plans to increase (a) access to radiotherapy cancer treatments, (b) the number of radiotherapy treatment machines and (c) the special

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many radiotherapy LINAC machines will be over the 10 year recommended age by the end of (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP claimants who receive the highest rate of support are subject to the arrangement whereby they receive an ongoing award of PIP with a light touch review every 10 years.

29 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Personation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to make identity theft a recordable crime.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with Target on the payment of bonuses to its staff in relation to the operation of contracts for telephony services for his Department.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes England: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has received a request from Homes England to run a redundancy scheme.

20 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) newspapers and (b) broadcasters were invited to accompany her on her visit to Rwanda in March 2023.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government will publish its response to the Future of Transport Regulatory Review consultation.

14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff are excluded from working in a prison by (a) role and (b) category of exclusion as of 14 March 2023.

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of voter ID measures on the number of minority and ethnic voters expected to exercise their right to vote.

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has produced on the criteria by which a photographic ID is deemed recognisable of the individual holding that identification.

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

Voter Authority Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people have applied in England for the Voter Authority Certificate as of 1 March 2023; how many applications have been rejected for a Certificate; and whether his Department

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of the funds allocated to local authorities holding elections in May 2023 are for the purpose of retraining officers at polling stations to determine recognisable pho

13 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to extend the visa fee waiver to the immediate family of Commonwealth Armed Forces personnel.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will provide details of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's liabilities valued at or over (a) £500k and (b) £1 million as of 1 March 2023.

3 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was to receive an EGC heart monitor assessment for patients in the North Easington Primary Care Network as of 1 March 2023.

3 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of EGC heart monitors available to patients in the North Easington Primary Care Network as of 1 March 2023.

2 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Mining: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to those in the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill.

28 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 110663, when he expects the investigation to be completed; when his Department expects to publish the outcome of the Office for Health Improve

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the body mass index of pregnant women in (a) England and (b) each region of England in the (i) most recent period for which data is available and (ii) (A) five and

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile was of pregnant women in (a) England and (b) each region of England in the (i) most recent period for which data is available and (ii) (A) five and (B) ten years before the mos

17 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 135209 Government Departments: Advertising, what percentage of the Government’s advertising budget is spent with local news media.

17 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February to Question 129763 on Asylum: Children, if he will provide a breakdown of the (a) age and (b) gender of the 199 missing children as of 26 January.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to fund a public mail campaign to provide information to the public on the new election voter ID rules.

Source: official written-questions record.