Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Government is limiting the number of energy rebate applications that councils can submit to the verification tool per day.

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer given on 23 May 2022 to Question 3564 on Local Government: Meetings, if he will make it his policy to introduce a requirement on local authorities to all

23 May 2022 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Remote Working

To ask the Attorney General, if she will continue and expand the use of remote working for the Crown Prosecution Service to help tackle the caseload backlog.

23 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with representatives of P&O Ferries on securing the return of the personal belongings of the 800 seafarers who were dismissed in March 2022.

19 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 697 on P&O Ferries: Inspections, how many working hours MCA inspectors have spent completing Port State Control inspections of the P&O Ferries fleet (a) in each

19 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 697 on P&O Ferries: Inspections, how many visits Maritime and Coastguard Agency inspectors carried out; and on what dates those visits took place as part of eac

18 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a conditional grant allocation for County Durham structured to deliver over 60 per cent of the funding in the year 2024-25, with the

17 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to prevent Councils using copyright to prohibit the ability of the public to distribute and report on meetings utilising the official council recording where th

16 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

If he will review the Levelling Up Fund criteria to assess the potential merits of using competitive funding rounds to reduce economic inequalities in the UK.

13 May 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 158936, what discussions he has had with families with disabled children when formulating the policy proposal in the SEND Review to only allow families

13 May 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 158937, what assessment he has made of the prospect of the policy proposal in the SEND Review on deciding the levels of support disabled children get fr

12 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contracts for (a) Chiltern Railways, (b) Cross Country Trains, (c) Greater Anglia, (d) East Midlands Railway, (e) c2c, (f) Great Western Railway, (g) South Western Railway, (h) GTR, (i) Transpennine

12 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Port State Control inspections of P&O Ferries vessels undertaken by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency since 17 March 2022, if he will take steps to publish the outcome of those inspection

12 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what point of the passport application process does the ten week service standard time begin.

12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes and Hospitals: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make available free covid-19 tests for people visiting friends and family in (a) hospitals and (b) care homes.

12 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to limit the risk of covid-19 in care homes from visitors.

12 May 2022 · Home Office

Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will she publish the guidance necessary for calculating the correct pension entitlement for retiring police officers.

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Fleet Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to assess whether P&O Ferries’ contract with International Fleet Management is compliant with section 8 of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Re

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of Port State Control inspections that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has carried out on the P&O Ferries vessels (a) Pride of Canterbury, (b) Pride of Kent, (c) Pride of Hull, (d)

10 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Forced Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to extend the legislation on forced marriage to include the offence of predatory marriage.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have had with representatives of the shipping registers of (a) Cyprus, (b) Bahamas, (c) Bermuda and (d) Malta on P&O Ferries' appointment of Internatio

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014 in regulating compliance in the ferry sector with the p

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Cypriot, (b) Bahamian and (c) Bermudan registered vessels are part of shipping groups that qualify for the Tonnage Tax scheme as at 10 May 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the future viability of P&O Ferries protection and indemnity policies.

10 May 2022 · Treasury

P&O Ferries: Tonnage Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review P&O Ferries' eligibility for Tonnage Tax concession from Corporation Tax.

10 May 2022 · Treasury

Ferries: Tonnage Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many operators of international ferry routes qualify for the Tonnage Tax concession from Corporation Tax as of 10 May 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities adhered to the Government's Council Tax rebate guidance and delivered payments to all eligible households in April.

10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in the context of the UNHCR's statement of 13 April 2022, what steps he has taken to ensure appropriate vetting and safeguarding measures are in place for the Homes for Ukraine schem

10 May 2022 · Treasury

Business: Red Diesel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses financially impacted by the tax reforms to red diesel that took effect on 1 April 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Seaham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on hybrid working among affected civil servants of the consolidation of the Department for Work and Pensions office in Seaham.

Source: official written-questions record.