Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on removing P&O Ferries' (a) Cypriot, (b) Bahamas and (c) Bermudan registered vessels from the tonnage tax regime.

29 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional revenue the Government has received as a result of people upgrading passport applications in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the return of furlough funding paid to P&O Ferries Limited in 2020.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent bi-lateral discussions with his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Belgium, (c) Ireland, (d) Spain, (e) Denmark and (f) Germany on minimum wage shipping corridors from UK ports.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

UK Shipping Concierge: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the budget for the UK Shipping Concierge service is in the 2022-23 financial year.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Tonnage Tax: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of qualifying ships in the Tonnage Tax scheme are registered on the (a) Cypriot, (b) Bahamas, (c) Isle of Man, (d) Bermuda, (e) Maltese, (f) Liberian and (g) Marshall Islands shippi

28 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what Community Payback projects have been completed in Easington constituency in each of the last five years.

22 Jun 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 19609 on HM Passport Office: Disability Aids, if she will investigate (a) case reference PEX3540953689 and (b) other incidents where HM Passport Offi

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Estradot HRT patches are available through private providers but not on NHS prescriptions.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to reimburse women who are eligible for free prescriptions and who purchase hormone replacement therapy from private providers when there has been insufficient availab

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of using alternative HRT preparations on women experiencing menopausal symptoms, in the context of the shortage of certain HRT treatments.

22 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure women experiencing menopausal symptoms do not have to change HRT products due to supply issues.

16 Jun 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to passport application PEX3540953689, what steps she is taking to ensure Passport Office staff are aware of (a) BT's Relay UK Service and (b) their equality obligations to people with

16 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to reduce the 24 week maximum standard service time for family visa applications.

15 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total and (b) individual cost is of (i) boots and (ii) other items of uniform for prison officers.

15 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department classifies boots for prison officers as personal protective equipment.

15 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of new prison officers who leave service after less than (a) one, (b) six, (c) 12, (d) 24 and (e) 36 months.

15 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce administrative errors on the visa application with reference GWF06412451; and if her Department will fast-track the reissuing of paperwork for that app

14 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of (a) the number and (b) the job roles of HM Prisons staff who took their own lives in each of the last five years.

14 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 June 2022, HCWS99, on Prisons Strategy White Paper: Publication of response to consultation questions, what are the key performance indicators which were introduced i

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 June, official report, column 813, when he will make a further announcement on a broader and more powerful review into the North East Ambulance Service.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 June, official report, column 813, when the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will contact Paul Calvert.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of available dental appointments for NHS patients.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electrical Safety: Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring electricity providers to offer free electrical safety checks in the homes of vulnerable people; and whether he has

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the percentage of Councils that have issued all their energy rebate payments to people who pay by (a) direct debit and (b) non-direct debit as of 7

6 Jun 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Overtime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Passport Office gave staff the option of overtime to work during the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether support is available to people who fall within the Broader Group eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme but who cannot receive a payment as a result of the limit on th

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Children's Social Care National Implementation Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to include people with lived experience of childhood disability on the new National Implementation Board for children’s social care.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the new National Children’s Social Care Framework works with the proposed new National SEND Standards, as outlined in the SEND Review, to meet the social care needs of families

30 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, how many energy rebate applications a local authority is able to submit to the Government's verification tool each day.

Source: official written-questions record.