Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to (a) promote collaboration between land managers with stakeholders from the (i) private sector and (ii) Government and (b) incentivise better land manag

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve the support offered to families whose children have additional learning needs, disability or special educational needs within education and (b) ensure that eli

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

University and College Union: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Universities UK on the ongoing absence of an agreed deal on pensions with the University and College Union.

19 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing asylum seekers to apply for employment in sectors which are experiencing labour shortages.

19 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2021 to Question 169852 on Sexual Offences, who is responsible for safeguarding people who may be being exploited as a result of receiving sexually explicit emails;

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of impact of the reduction of clinical trials during the covid-19 outbreak on (a) the NHS and (b) medical research; and what step his Department is taking to support cli

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of social care in the North East of England.

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

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the finding of the Institute for Public Policy Research, published on 3 September 2021, that long term social care expenditure is £5,300 per person lower in the Nor

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Integrated Care Boards being required to implement systems to identify and monitor inequalities in mental and physical health.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make the UK the world leader in dementia research.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Equal Pay: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to tackle the disability pay gap.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Newcastle upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support the Government is providing to children in Newcastle Central whose families are affected by the end of the temporary universal credit uplift.

19 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Science: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on imports of scientific supplies; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure sensitive scientific supplies, including

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office: Herbert Smith Freehills

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has had discussions with Herbert Smith Freehills LLP solicitors acting for the Post Office (a) prior to and (b) since the opening of the Post Office Interim

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications have been received for the Post Office Interim Payment Scheme; how many applications have been awarded compensation under that scheme; how many applications

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Semiconductors: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on supporting the semiconductor industry to export.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Digital Technology: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to prevent price gouging by online bot activity which circumvents maximum purchase quantities for computers and games consoles, to then resell those produc

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the procurement process is for digital technology in the Help To Grow Digital programme; how the suppliers of that technology were selected; and what the price paid for the t

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

Google: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to reports that Google delayed correcting a known disparity in pay between temporary and permeant staff, if his Department will investigate (a) Google's employment

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

Green: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many consumers are affected by the exit of Green energy company from the energy market; and how long their existing (a) tariffs and (b) renewables mix will be maintained.

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

Green: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) the employees of the energy company Green and (b) Ofgem on training and redeployment for the employees of Green following the company's exit f

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

Green: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he had with representatives of Green, the energy supplier, on its exit from the energy market; and whether he took steps to prevent that exit.

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

Delivery Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2021 to Question 38259 on Taxation: Import Duties, what recent assessment he has made of the range and prevalence of disbursement charges by

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

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral statement of 20 September 2021 on UK Gas Market, which energy companies were present at the meeting he held with energy companies on the impact of whole

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

Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Green Energy Company on the impact of wholesale energy prices on its (a) consumers and (b) employees; and what financial support he pla

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

Courier Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2021 to Question 45119 on Courier Services: Fees and Charges, what evidence he has that (a) disbursement charges paid by the customer to del

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

Facebook: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has been made of the implications for her policies in respect of the settlement of the US cases of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development vs Facebo

15 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the technical specifications for the iProov vaccine passport in respect of that system comparing facial data with anonymised photo IDs held for the NHS app.

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on raising awareness for prospective applicants to student finance of the requirement to have been resident in the UK for

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) funding and (b) staff resources she has allocated to processing visa waivers and resettlement of Afghan citizens since the 1 July 2021.

Source: official written-questions record.