Written questions
1,155 written questions tabled, most recent first.
31 Oct 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers who will be accommodated at Wethersfield in (a) 2024 and (b) each of the next five years.
31 Oct 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to continue to use the Wethersfield site to provide accommodation for asylum seekers.
31 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many asylum seekers in the British Indian Ocean Territory have received medical treatment in the last three years; in what countries that treatment was provided; and at w
30 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
St Helena: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the memorandum of understanding with the Government of St Helena, agreed on 15 October 2024, if he will publish (a) the accounting officer’s advice on the s
30 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
St Helena: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the interim arrangements set out in the memorandum of understanding between the UK Government and the Government of St
30 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will provide local authorities with (a) their allocation of the Household Support Fund for 2025-26 and (b) guidance for the use of that fund.
30 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on (a) local government salary related costs and (b) local government
30 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) continue the Adult Social Care Precept and (b) amend the Council Tax referendum limit.
30 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide funding to improve step-free access at railway stations.
30 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding she has allocated to Essex County Council for highways in each of the next five years.
30 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
A120: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide funding for the A120 dual carriageway scheme.
30 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
A12: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide funding for the A12 widening scheme.
30 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions: Essex
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, whether she has made an estimate of (a) the number of (i) businesses and (ii) employers in (A) Witham constituency an
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Gender Based Violence and Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of offenders released as a result of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 that have previous convictions for (a) sexual offen
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to review the impact of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a daily update on the (a) number of offenders released early as a consequence of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 and (b) number of those offe
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been released as a result of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 on each day since that Order came into effect; and how many and what proport
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Poland: Abduction
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Polish counterpart on international parental child abduction.
4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British National (Overseas): Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Hong Kong on the process of securing a Certificate of No Criminal Conviction for people residing in the UK under the Ho
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
British National (Overseas): Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers to employment for people from Hong Kong who are resident in the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa (a) in genera
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much energy is (a) generated by each offshore wind farm (i) off the coast of the East of England and (ii) across the UK and (b) forecast to be generated by each (A) consented offshore win
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has a planned timetable for the (a) development and (b) publication of Strategic Spatial Energy Plans.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of including a package of community benefits in the proposal for the Norwich to Tilbury Great Grid Upgrade.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of new onshore energy infrastructure on local communities.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new (a) regulations or (b) legislation for oil heated (i) domestic and (ii) commercial premises.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Fuels: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to consult on regulations relating to the introduction of a renewable liquid heating fuel obligation.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) homes and (b) commercial premises that have oil heating (i) in Witham constituency, (ii) in Essex and (iii) nationally.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet local community representatives in the East of England to discuss the potential impact of the proposed Norwich to Tilbury project under the great grid upgrade on those communi
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will have discussions with National Grid on the potential impact of the proposed Norwich to Tilbury project under the great grid upgrade on local communities in the East of England.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Grid: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) energy bill payers of providing a scheme of community benefits to communities affected by the Norwich to Tilbury great
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