Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the National Resilience Strategy.

17 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were working on the review of the Integrated Review on 17 October 2022.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the cost of training a student midwife is paid by (a) the student, (b) her Department and (c) other sources.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to increase the number of student midwife training places in future years.

13 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals (a) were accepted onto pre-registration midwifery training courses, (b) started their pre-registration midwifery training, (c) were at any stage in their pre-registration midwi

13 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

National Security Council

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future of the National Security Council before it was disbanded and replaced by the Foreign Policy and Security Council.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent conversations he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the (a) Department for Transport and (b) Treasury on the potential impact on educational attainment of students if school bus services are can

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the (a) feasibility of extending the free school meal scheme to all (i) primary school aged (ii) secondary school aged stu

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on meeting the 30x30 pledge to protect 30 per cent of the oceans by 2030.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) the shortfall of applicants in the 2022 Seasonal Workers Scheme, and (b) ensuring there ar

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Property Flood Resilience Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 137317 on Property Flood Resilience Scheme, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the eva

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made on the future of all three elements of the Environment Land Management Scheme (ELMS) including (a) sustainable farming incentive (SFI), (b) local nature rec

20 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy that cases concerning injuries to locally employed civilians who were resettled in the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) ex gratia scheme will

8 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Office for Veterans' Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Office for Veterans Affairs on Ben Parkinson's case in the context of the Sunday Times investigation published on 4 September; and what his planned timetabl

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Assistance Animals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the potential feasibility of providing assistance dogs to people with a mental health diagnosis of (a) depression and (b) anxiety.

8 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Wills: Digital Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to digital assets for next of kin where they are not reference in the will of the deceased.

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

School Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the school milk subsidy scheme includes milk alternatives in the event that children have dairy allergies.

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

Construction: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme on labour supply in the construction sector; and what steps his Departme

7 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State on 18 July 2022, Official Report, column 690 on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, how the list of 2000 eligible Afghans was determined;

7 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many injury compensation claims submitted to his Department in the UK by (a) Afghan civilian interpreters and (b) other locally employed civilians (i) have been accepted and (ii) are pending more than (A) six

7 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Afghan civilian interpreters and (b) other locally employed civilians have submitted injury compensation claims to his Department in the UK in each of the last 10 years.

18 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

RAF Coningsby: Domestic Visits

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of the Prime Minister’s visit to RAF Coningsby on 14 July 2022.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area are in social care as victims of child trafficking.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Slavery: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill relating to an age identification scheme on the treatment of child victims of trafficking and mod

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area and (b) England are (i) eligible for and (ii) in receipt of free school meals.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the viability of automatically enrolling children who are eligible on to the free school meal scheme.

15 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Parachuting

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 33782 on Armed Forces: Parachuting, for what period HM Forces will be without the capability to low-level parachute once the Hercules goes out of service.

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

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2022 to Question 30022 on Employment Tribunals Service, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help increase the ability of Employment T

11 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to procure Evusheld for the purposes of prescribing to clinically vulnerable patients for protection against covid-19.

11 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Parachuting

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Hercules fleet leaving service on the parachuting capabilities of HM armed forces.

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