Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Feb 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 for a Voter Authority Certificate since that form became available online.
2 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train carriages in use on the rail network do not meet the standards specified in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Requirements.
2 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any heavy rail operators have a dispensation from compliance with the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Requirements.
30 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Advertising
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to increase Government advertising spending with domestic based local news media compared to multinational tech companies.
30 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all police officers in each year since 2010.
30 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all probation officers in each year since 2010.
27 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade
Food: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to help support the UK food industry to export into the EU.
27 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to (a) provide emergency businesses funding grants, (b) provide utility support and (c) defer business rates for businesses in financial difficulties.
26 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the potential merits of lowering the pension age of prison officers to 60.
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local councils who were unsuccessful in the Levelling Up Fund Round 2 will be able to resubmit bids for next round of funding.
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Local Authorities will receive feedback on unsuccessful levelling up bids.
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what specific (a) data on deprivation and (b) economic data his Department considered when determining which bids to the second round of the levelling up fund would be successful.
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific levelling up fund for former coalfield communities; and if he will commission a levelling up review to co
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reasons his Department changed the criteria for the Levelling Up Fund after bids were submitted to prevent successful local councils from receiving funding in future rounds.
24 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun of 19 January, Official Report column 521, to which (a) railway unions and (b) other stakeholders his Department has written on th
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Rail Delivery Group: Legal Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125314 on Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations, how much funding his Department has provided to the Rail Delivery Group for legal representation
23 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government taking steps to ensure the safety of unaccompanied migrant children who go missing from Home Office hotels.
23 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the age range of migrant children reported missing from Home Office hotels in the last twelve months.
23 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant children have been reported missing from Home Office hotels in each of the last twelve months.
19 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Police Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department most recently notified stakeholders that Operation Safeguard might be activated.
19 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Remand in Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the impact on courts of remanding defendants when Operation Safeguard is active.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Rebate
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date will local authorities receive the full scheme guidance for Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding arrangements for administering the £400 Energ
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to reducing waiting times for (a) radiotherapy, (b) surgery and (c) chemotherapy for cancer patients in the latest period for which data is available.
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance, published on 23 December 2022, for what reasons the NHS was set a target to increase cancer treatment capacity growth
17 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the time taken between an urgent referral and the commencement of treatment for cancer; and if he will set a target for reducing that time.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Network Rail and (b) his Department are required to provide compensation (i) directly and (ii) via waived track access charges to (A) Transport for Wales Rail Services, (B) Scotrail Rail and (C) Cal
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are required to compensate (i) directly and (ii) via waived track access charges of (a) Transport for Wales Rail Services, (b) ScotRail Trains and (c) Caledonian
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has provided additional funding to Network Rail to compensate for reduced track access charges from train operating companies arising from industrial action.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether contracts for Train Operating Companies require his Department to fund their legal representation for complaints submitted to the Central Arbitration Committee for the non-disclosure of information for
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has funded legal representation for train operating companies in relation to a collective bargaining complaint to the Central Arbitration Committee by the RMT Union.
Source: official written-questions record.