Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reallocating potential underspend from the 16-18 education budget to the adult education budget for further education colleges.

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help support recruitment of teachers in further education colleges.

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the further education reclassification: government response, published 29 November 2022, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing further education colleges to recove

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Further education reclassification: government response, published on 29 November 2022, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new private sector borrowing rules on furthe

16 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to make interim compensation payments to (a) the estates of people who have died and (b) people whose children or parents have died as a result of infected blood products.

12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of industrial action by Network Rail employees on the rate of track access charges paid to Network Rail by train operating companies.

12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department was required to sign-off the appointment of Eversheds Sutherland to represent the train operating companies in response to a complaint to the Central Arbitration Committee by the RMT unio

11 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken (a) to conduct an audit of positive results from the Warnings Index and Border Crossings systems during industrial action taken by members of the PCS Union in Decem

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Voter Authority Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Voter Authority Certificate application form will be available online.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the correspondence of 1 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Easington on the Office of Life Sciences and the support for domestic-based generic pharmace

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antibiotics: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with generic drug manufacturers on increasing the supply of antibiotics affected by the serious shortage protocols.

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle supply issues affecting antibiotics for the treatment of Strep A.

20 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Prison Officers: Retirement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 902659 on Prison officers: retirement, and to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110664 on Cabinet Office: Transfer of Questions, which Department le

20 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Surgo Construction

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for , what the value of contracts awarded to Surgo was in each of the last five years.

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Surgo Construction: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts were awarded to Surgo Construction relating to the (a) construction, (b) repair and (c) maintenance of schools in each of the last five years.

14 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Transfer of Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 902659 on Prison officers: retirement, for what reasons this question was transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Ministry of Justice.

14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 8th February 2021 to question 148892, if he will publish the findings of Public Health England’s investigation into possible breaches of the prohibition of characterising

14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 8th February 2021 to Question 148892, what steps his Department have taken as a result of Public Health England’s investigation into possible breaches of the prohibition o

14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has made an assessment of the level of compliance with the ban on the sale of cigarettes with a characterising flavour, including menthol.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2022 to Question 39794, Prisons: Exercise, whether the amount of time that prisoners must spend out of their cells in private prisons is set out in a contract.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, what the (a) capacity and (b) population was at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, how many out-of-use cells there were at each adult male prison on 2 December 2022.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his oral statement of 30 November 2022 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 914, what the (a) prison population and (b) operational capacity of the prison estate was on (i) 27 March 2020

12 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Shipping: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary threshold is for an employer seeking to import labour to fill seafarer (a) Ratings and (b) Officer roles in the UK shipping industry.

12 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of concessions from the immigration rules on the domestic maritime skills base.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which employers in the shipping industry may have reduced seafarer welfare standards in the shipping industry to the minimum standards in the Maritime Labour

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to strengthen minimum seafarer welfare standards in the Maritime Labour Convention.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on seafarer welfare and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

12 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Maritime UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours officials in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary and (c) National Shipbuilding Office worked to (i) attend and (ii) support the policy agenda of the National Council of Maritime UK to dat

12 Dec 2022 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Maritime UK

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many hours officials in her Department have worked to (a) attend and (b) support the policy agenda of the National Council of Maritime UK since 2019-20 to date.

Source: official written-questions record.