Written questions

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide funding for the total cost of the 2022 non-consolidated pay award for (a) not-for-profit, (b) social enterprise and (c) other organisations delivering (i) community h

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on employment in UK industries of the continued inability of British pork producers to regain export licenses for China.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of China not reinstating the export licences of British pork producers on the UK economy.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Pigmeat: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many pork export licences to China were voluntarily surrendered by UK abattoirs in 2020; and how many and what proportion of these surrendered licenses are yet to be reinstated.

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the British Embassy in Beijing has held recent discussions with their Chinese counterparts on the reinstatement of export licences to (a) Cranswick abattoir in Wat

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Kingston upon Hull East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) tackle increases in antisocial behaviour in East Hull and (b) support local (i) authorities and (ii) communities in tackling it.

11 May 2023 · Treasury

DP World: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that (a) multinational and (b) domestic top-up taxes set out in the Spring Budget 2023 apply to (a) P&O Ferries Ltd and (ii) other UK subsidiaries of DP World.

11 May 2023 · Treasury

Shipping: Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 177808 on Economic Situation and Shipping, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Corporation Tax regime encourages employment of UK resident seafarers o

11 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 177809 on Shipping: Tonnage Tax, whether his Department requires companies linked to vessels that are not part of the Red Ensign Group to provide evidence in

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to strengthen the link with ratings training in the Tonnage Tax.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ratings were trained on Tonnage Tax qualifying vessels in each year from 2018-19 to 2022-23.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the number of vessels by flag register that qualify for the Tonnage Tax scheme.

30 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Economic Situation and Shipping

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Spring Budget 2023 on (a) the UK economy and (b) international shipowners.

30 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total annual amount of corporation tax relief that shipping groups qualifying for the Tonnage Tax will receive in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.

30 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Offshore Industry: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many officials in her department will be needed to administer the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023

30 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employers in the offshore wind industry that hav

30 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Offshore Industry: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will make an assessment of the impact of the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from Control (Amendment)) Regulations 2023 on employment for UK resident (a) offshore worker

24 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of calls to the Courts Service were requests for information on claimant data in the latest period for which data is available.

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether seafarers working on ferry services between ports in the south of England and ports in (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey will be eligible for protections under the policy entitled Nine-point plan for seafarer

20 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on bilateral agreements on seafarer welfare and employment conditions with (a) France, (b) the Republic of Ireland, (c) the Netherlands, (d) Belgium, (e) Spain, (f) Denmark and (g) Nor

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the level of seafarer jobs that will be place in the offshore wind supply chain in each year to 2030.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made to date with Operation Zero and its target of delivering zero emission vessels in the offshore wind supply chain by 2025.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the Low Pay Commission’s recent recommendations on seafarers and the accommodation offset.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that shipping companies cannot deduct the costs for onboard accommodation from seafarers’ wages; and whether she has had recent discussions with the Department for Tran

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

P&O Ferries: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she expects the Insolvency Service to deliver its conclusions on the civil investigation into redundancies made by P&O Ferries; and if she will make a statement.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Kingston upon Hull East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Kingston upon Hull East constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condi

27 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 120952 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when this concession was last reviewed; how many officials were involved in that review; and if she will li

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

Wind Power: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Transport on the implications for their policies of demand for (i) constructi

11 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 109530 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, on what information she based the decision to extend the agreement on Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Ru

11 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Wind Power: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 109533 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, if it is her Department’s policy not to collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals granted

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