Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 May 2024 · Treasury

Schools: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of increasing funding through the Barnett formula to assist schools in Northern Ireland with the cost of heating and elec

1 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) new and (b) used electric vehicles bought in the last 12 months.

1 May 2024 · Home Office

Theft: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts from retail businesses there have been in each of the last three years.

1 May 2024 · Department for Education

Religion: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of studying religious education at key stage (a) 4 and (b) 5 on the educational attainment of disadvantaged pupils.

1 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to suspend funding to UNRWA on religious minorities.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the last three years, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.

1 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department issues guidance to Departments on supporting candidates with autism through job recruitment boards.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to update the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures in relation to the potential risk surgical of fires.

1 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Mortgages and Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people under the age of 40 who (a) lived in private rented accommodation and (b) had a mortgage in each of the last five y

1 May 2024 · Treasury

Disposable Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made on the levels of household disposable income as a result of the potential impact of the OBR's forecasts on household income.

1 May 2024 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling underage drinking in Northern Ireland.

1 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in the devolved nations.

1 May 2024 · Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on small businesses of trends in the number of bank closures in the last two years.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Silicosis: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will introduce a national register of people with silicosis.

1 May 2024 · Department for Education

Allergies: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of resources for teaching children about allergies in primary schools.

1 May 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of tourism on the local economy in (a) rural and (b) coastal communities.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Diseases: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support patients with inflammatory skin conditions to manage the impact of their condition on their mental health.

1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making laser treatment for prostate cancer available on the NHS.

30 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has allocated to prostate cancer research in the last 5 years.

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Education in Northern Ireland on special educational needs training for teachers.

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football Index

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the potential lessons it has learnt from the collapse of Football Index.

30 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the number of convictions for class (a) A and (b) B drug possession in the last five years.

30 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of admissions to hospital due to alcohol poisoning in the last five years.

29 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glaucoma: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that have been diagnosed with glaucoma broken down by age in the last five years.

29 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Religious Freedom

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take steps to help support Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia in the context of the detention and sentencing of several members of that community on charges related to their religious beliefs and activities.

29 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mari Emmanuel

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has held recent discussions with his Australian counterpart on the recent stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a church service in Wakeley, Australia.

29 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christianity

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the safety of Christian (a) clergy and (b) communities (i) in Kachin, Myanmar and (ii) around the world.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he is taking steps to ensure that single claimants with long-term disabilities receive the same benefits under Universal Credit as under the legacy system.

24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure equitable provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy for women.

24 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Georgia: Civil Liberties

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent clashes between protestors and police in Georgia; and what discussions he has had with international partners on the protection of civil libert

Source: official written-questions record.