Written questions
277 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the HS2 trains which are going to service (a) Crewe, (b) Macclesfield, (c) Stafford, (d) Liverpool, (e) Edinburgh and (f) Glasgow.
6 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: West Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Phase 2 of HS2 will reduce or increase capacity of the West Coast Main Line north of Birmingham.
6 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his department has made of the impact of inflation on the cost of HS2; and whether his Department plans to update the financial modelling.
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long her Department intends to use the two hotels in the South Staffordshire District Council area to temporarily house asylum seekers.
30 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timescale is for the removal of the duty to cooperate.
30 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the average length of time which individual hotels are used to temporarily house asylum seekers; and whether her department sets target dates to vacate these hotels.
25 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia on that country's invasion of Ukraine.
25 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the ongoing civil rights protests in Iran, what steps his Department is taking to support women's rights in that country.
18 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's commitment at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in December 2021, what progress he has made on (a) spending £1.5 billion by 2030 on tackling
17 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Park Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to introduce legislative proposals to change the park homes pitch fee review inflationary index to the consumer prices index; and if he will make a state
17 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Trees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage tree planting and conservation work.
17 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to publish an action plan for supporting child health and survival, including its funding strategy for routine vaccination programmes for children.
17 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Horn of Africa: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) integrate nutrition across its programming and (b) use the OECD policy marker for nutrition, including in its programmes in the
17 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somalia and Somaliland: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department's funding for (a) Somaliland and (b) Somalia will be spent in the 2022-23 financial year; and how much and what proportion of the funding will be spend on
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will review housing associations’ compliance with existing legislation.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage housing associations to increase their engagement with tenants.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will review the composition of housing association charges to ensure the equity of those charges for tenants.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that tenants renting housing association properties receive value for money.
12 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that transparency and accountability measures apply to housing association service charges.
12 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is available in all NHS Trusts in England.
11 May 2022 · Department for Transport
M6: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Highways England will make the traffic reports and studies taken to produce the design of the connection at Junction 11 on the M6 link road available to the public.
11 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional support his Department has provided to Staffordshire County Council to help run continued rural bus services.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will issue guidance to local authorities to prioritise families who rely on non-price capped fuel for the Household Support Fund.
11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will amend the Duty to co-operate to state that a council’s contribution to meeting another council’s employment need, or other development needs, affects an author
11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Park Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to introduce legislation to change the park homes pitch fee review inflationary index to the Consumer Prices Index during this session.
11 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will provide a package of support to small businesses that are intensive energy users.
22 Apr 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will issue guidance to local authorities to prioritise families who rely on non-price capped fuel for the Household Support Fund.
22 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what records the Government holds on park homes site owners and managers not deemed fit and proper for the financial year 2021-22.
22 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what records the Government holds on park homes site owners and managers not deemed fit and proper for the financial year 2020-21.
22 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what records the Government holds on park homes site owners and managers not deemed fit and proper for the financial year 2019-20.
Source: official written-questions record.