Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Mar 2022 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Taxis

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether or not late night and early shift workers are offered free transportation home from Parliament.

11 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has communicated the right to claim from the England Infected Blood Support scheme to veterans who were infected with hepatitis C and/or HIV in a British Military Hospital.

11 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake an impact assessment of the increasing cost of energy, food and fuel on families with average and low incomes.

11 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to provide additional financial support to people with a disability vehicle to help them afford the recent increase in the cost of fuel.

11 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Fuels: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support (a) care workers and (b) other workers in low paid sectors with the recent increase in the cost of fuel.

11 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount that employees can claim in fuel costs per mile in tax relief from 45p in the context of the recent increase in fuel costs.

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of (a) reductions to (i) bus services and (ii) night bus services over the last 10 years and (b) any proposals for further changes to bus servi

9 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) bus, (b) taxi and (c) private hire drivers to undertake gender equality training to include training on sexual harassment o

18 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment the Government has conducted of the effect of the increased cost associated with motoring expenditure on low income families.

18 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Travel: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment his Department has made of the effect of the cost of travel on low income families.

18 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Clothing: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of clothing and footwear price increases on low income families.

18 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Consumer Goods: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the increase in household goods prices on families on a low income.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim for mobility vehicles that are electric cars; and what impact assessment has been carried out on the effect of electricity price rises on their continued affordability.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that partially sighted and blind people are able to easily participate in elections; and if he will make an assessment of the potential

7 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on changing the qualifying age for free prescriptions in England to 66 years of age.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to upgrade the sewage system in Northumberland.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of water lost through leaks in England.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what value of dividends were paid to shareholders in England's private water companies in each of the last five years.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of shares in England's privatised water companies are owned by organisations overseas.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the infrastructure in Northumberland has the capacity to handle waste sewage and drainage water.

25 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he is providing to people with disabilities to help them cope with the rising cost of living.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what equality impact assessment his Department has made of the end of emergency covid-19 funding in March 2022 on bus service users.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhounds: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many greyhounds were imported (a) commercially and (b) non-respectively from the Republic of Ireland to the UK in each year between 2015 and 2021.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the shortage of heavy goods vehicle drivers who provide (a) refuse collection and (b) other local services.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide additional support to the ambulance service amid (a) staff shortages and (b) high demand during the current covid-19 outbreak.

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

Power Failures: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time that people were without power as a result of Storm Arwen in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) Northumberland and (c) the Nort

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

Electricity: Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of profit made by private electricity companies compared to investment in electricity infrastructure in each of the last 10 years.

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

Electricity: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money his Department has spent on electricity infrastructure in each of the last 10 years.

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

Energy Supply and Infrastructure: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department made of the resilience of energy networks and infrastructure prior to Storm Arwen in the regions affected by that storm.

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

Power Failures: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost was of restoring power lost as a result of Storm Arwen; and how that cost was met.

Source: official written-questions record.