Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to minimise the effect of prisoner drug use on the (a) mental and (b) physical health of prison officers.

27 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) recruitment, (b) morale and (c) retention of prison officers.

26 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Repatriation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prioritise the safe evacuation from Afghanistan of journalists who (a) are employed by the BBC as of 26 October 2021 and (b) were formerly employe

19 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) referrals, (b) prosecutions and (c) successful prosecutions relating to crimes allegedly committed by prisoners have taken place in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding of Scope and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s report, The gap widens, published September 2021, that there is a £1.5 billion funding gap in disabled children’s NH

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of Scope and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s report, The gap widens, published September 2021, that there is a £573 million funding gap in disabled children’s social care, wh

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Landlords: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he received Durham County Council’s application seeking approval for a selective licensing scheme; and when he plans to make a determination on that application.

21 Sep 2021 · Scotland Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has held with Ministry of Defence colleagues on the adequacy of contingency planning arrangements in relation to the response of all relevant fire and rescue agencies to maximum credib

21 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the planned changes in the level of fire and rescue cover at the HM Naval Base Clyde proposed by Capita, what steps he has taken to (a) assess the implications of such changes in the event of ma

21 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of contingency planning arrangements in relation to the response of all relevant fire and rescue agencies to maximum credible safety critical incidents at (a) HM

21 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what practical fire and rescue safety exercises have been undertaken with the involvement of all the relevant agencies as contingency planning for maximum credible incidents at (a) HM Naval Base Clyde and (b) Roy

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Chemicals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to statistical analysis by Cruelty Free International, published on 20 July 2021, what steps she is taking to reduce the 349 per cent increase in 2020 in the number of animal tests unde

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Rodents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the correlation between the availability of non-animal alternatives and the number of skin sensitisation tests carried out on mice between 2015 and 2019; and for what r

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish details of the nine tests that were conducted on dogs in 2020 to satisfy industrial chemicals legislation.

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there was an increase in experiments conducted on dogs for the purposes of plant protection product legislation in 2020 from previous years; and what types of products were tested in t

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reasons for which there were no reports of pyrogenicity testing in animals in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.

15 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of replacing Council Tax with a proportional property tax.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with staff representatives at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on proposed redundancies at that agency; and if he will undertake an eq

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to carry out its day-to-day functions.

14 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with executive officers at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regarding the proposed redundancies at that agency.

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 158016 on Western Sahara; Politics and Government, when he last held discussions on the continuing hostilities wit

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April to Question 181240 on Western Sahara: Morocco, what recent discussions he has had with the Moroccan Government on the (a) human rights a

8 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

GKN: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing grants to support the transition of the GKN Driveline factory in Birmingham to produce components for electric veh

8 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of private pension tax relief for (a) high rate and (b) additional rate taxpayers.

8 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish a wage council to determine pay levels in the care sector.

7 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will maintain the existing ban on animal testing for cosmetics and the sale of newly tested cosmetics ingredients.

7 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Aerials: Middlesbrough

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to protect television signal infrastructure following the Bilsdale transmitter fire and the time taken to restore television services.

7 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Aerials: Middlesbrough

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to part-refund television licenses for people affected by the Bilsdale transmitter fire.

7 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Guard Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of Operational MGS Employment Contracts on levels of security at UK military bases.

7 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence Guard Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of Operational MGS Employment Contracts for civilian guards at UK military bases on levels of staff fatigue.

Source: official written-questions record.