Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Maritime UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many hours officials in his Department have worked to (a) attend and (b) support the policy agenda of the National Council of Maritime UK since 2019-20 to date.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to upgrading broadband infrastructure in (a) Easington constituency, (b) the North East and (c) nationally in each of the last five years.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve broadband upload speeds in Easington constituency.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason average download speeds in Easington constituency are below the regional and national average; what steps she is taking to improve broadband upload speeds in Easington co
9 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve average download speeds in the Easington constituency; and whether she will take steps to increase download speeds in Easington constituency to the (a
8 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit dividend payments by water companies that do not meet Ofwat performance delivery targets.
6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of extending the 30 hours free childcare provision to include (a) student midwives, (b) nurses and (c)
6 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Childcare: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the 30 hours free childcare provision to student (a) midwives, (b) nurses and (c) paramedics.
1 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of lowering the pension age of prison officers to 60.
28 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prison 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 prison officers in each year since 2010.
28 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Agency Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of agency nurses in the NHS.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 84895 on Asylum: Housing, how many complaints have been escalated to her Department by category in each of the last 12 months.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 86410 on Asylum: Northern Ireland, how many of the 22 hotels in Northern Ireland ended their contracts in the last six months.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2022 to Question 77330 on Detention Centres: Manston, how many hotels proposed for potential use as contingency asylum accommodation were given approval to progre
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 82237 on Asylum: Hotels, how many asylum accommodation places were (a) Serco, (b) Mears Group, and (c) Clearsprings Ready Homes providing on (i)
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 75828 on Detention Centres: Manston, how many people were transferred from Manston immigration facility to a hotel between 1 September 2022 and 1
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was for the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contracts in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s spending on Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts is published as part of its Transparency Data.
28 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has published transparency data on expenditure associated with asylum (a) accommodation and (b) support services contracts.
24 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Manston Asylum Processing Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 83606 on Detention Centres: Manston, how many (a) adults and (b) children had been held at Manston Immigration Processing Centre for over (i) 24
23 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the Government changed the Warm Home Discount eligibility criteria to exclude 290,000 disability benefit claimants.
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Help to Buy Scheme: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has approved the compulsory redundancies of staff in the Help to Buy Unit of the Investments Directorate at Homes England.
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Help to Buy Scheme: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with Homes England on any intention to make staff in the Help to Buy unit of the Investments Directorate compulsorily redundant.
9 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role Lieutenant General Stuart Skeates has in the operation of the Manston Short-term Holding Facility; and what the responsibilities are of the other military personnel working at that site.
9 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Manston Asylum Processing Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adults, and (b) children have been held at Manston Immigration Processing Center for over (i) 24 hours, (ii) 48 hours, (iii) seven days, (iv) 14 days, and (v) 21 days.
8 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK on small boats over the English Channel in 2022 (a) are in Immigration Removal Centres, (b) are in hotel accommodation, (c) are in the community under bail condit
8 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to private companies to manage the procurement of hotel accommodation for asylum applicants in each of the last 12 months by company.
8 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private companies hold contracts for the procurement of hotel accommodation for asylum applicants.
8 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government agency is responsible for the (a) procurement and (b) provision of hotel accommodation for asylum applicants.
8 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotel accommodation spaces were available to house asylum applicants on each day since 5 September 2022.
Source: official written-questions record.