Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people unable to travel abroad in summer 2022 due to passport application delays.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

GCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of comparative trends in the level of GCSE marks between the North East and other areas of the UK.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

TikTok: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) safety and (b) security of Tik Tok’s ability to track typed text inputs, clicked links, keystrokes, and screen taps.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the impact of increasing energy prices on (a) private and (b) public research and development spending.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including residents in communal heat networks within the energy price cap.

20 Jul 2022 · COP26

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the findings and recommendations of the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 Progress Report to Parliament.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for mental health treatment.

18 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote access to safe abortion and post-abortion care in Nigeria.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 31838 on Visas: Applications, for what reason her Department did not inform Homes for Ukraine applicants regarding the IT incident; how many applican

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on knowledge exchange activities; and with which organisations.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays in issuing tourist visas on the UK’s tourism industry.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in the last six months on providing decisions for outstanding asylum claims made in 2020; and whether targets are in place to reduce outstanding applications for

18 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Members: Email

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's expected timeframe is for Minister or Department to respond to an hon. Member's email on behalf on a constituent; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle incidences of responses b

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether a social impact assessment was conducted as part of the review commissioned by his Department of the latest scientific evidence around shale gas extraction; and what asses

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the review commissioned by his Department of the latest scientific evidence around shale gas extraction; if he will publish the evidence used in that revi

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to appoint a Minister for Research, Science, and Innovation.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Innovate UK: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 33780 on Innovate UK: Expenditure, what data Innovate UK collects on the (a) types of companies it invests in and (b) the level

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Innovate UK: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 33779 Innovate UK: Expenditure, for what reason the total awarded by Innovate UK reduced from £1,491m to £815m between 2020 and

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of her Department's Data and Analytics team in relation to its (a) level of resourcing and (b) staff headcount; and what recent assess

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides support for people seeking to enrol in an access course to train at university as a nurse.

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of women in England (a) that have been diagnosed with and (b) are living with triple negative breast cancer in the latest period for which figures are avai

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medicines approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency under Project Orbis have received a decision on reimbursement by the National Institute for Health and Care Ex

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to assess the long-term carbon emissions impact of a renewed shale gas industry in his decision on lifting the outstanding moratorium on hydraulic fracturi

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the rollout of Universal Credit and increasing trends in the level of crime.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the cumulative impact of (a) benefits not increasing in line with the Consumer Price Index, (b) the reduction in Universal Credit in October 2021 and (c) the

13 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Apprentices: STEM Subjects

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the review of the Apprenticeships Levy, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) increasing the uptake and (b) improving the quality of apprenticeships in STEM.

13 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Horizon Europe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on replacing funds that may be lost as a result of disaffiliating from Horizon Europe.

13 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time is for treatment approval through the Project Orbis programme.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27599 on T-levels, what estimate the Government has made of the potential number of students number of students enrolling for T t-levels in the (a) 22-23 (b) 23

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries: Photonics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the adoption of new photonic technology by manufacturing and agricultural businesses.

Source: official written-questions record.