Written questions
3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward secondary legislation under the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023.
6 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on bringing forward statutory instruments relating to the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act.
6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Psychology: Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Health and Care Professions Council on reviewing their definition of psychologists to encompass experts used in the family courts.
6 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Psychology: Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Justice to ensure effective regulation of psychological experts providing evidence in the family courts.
28 Jun 2023 · Treasury
Capita: Cybercrime
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with Capita on the potential impact of the cyber attack on their systems on members of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.
28 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Kia Tubuitamana
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to waive the school fees payable by Kia Tubuitamana.
21 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of NHS travel vaccinations in Barnsley Central constituency.
21 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications have been (a) rejected and (b) accepted as of 21 June 2023; and of those accepted how many are in (i) Afghanistan, (ii) Islamabad and (iii) the UK.
20 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) nationally in May 2023.
20 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 88950 on Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, what estimate he has made of when the 2023 valuation of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and the ca
15 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set timescales for (a) the processing of applications and (b) making travel arrangements for Afghans who are entitled to resettle in the UK and are housed in hotels in Pakistan.
15 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has contingency plans in place to ensure the continued operation of (a) water supply and (b) sewage treatment and processing in the event of a water company no l
14 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of making additional funding av
14 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to support Afghans eligible for resettlement under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy who did not secure housing in the UK before travelling.
14 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) entry clearance (b) permission to stay in the UK for family members of people already in the UK on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (i) have been received, (i
13 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family members of the Afghans who came to the UK under Priority One of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme have subsequently arrived in the UK.
13 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will use discretionary powers to ensure that Afghan nationals who (a) served with the British Armed Forces and (b) would have been eligible for resettlement under the Afghan Relocations and Ass
13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Sheffield Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of capacity at Sheffield railway station.
13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Leeds Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of capacity at Leeds railway station.
13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Manchester Piccadilly Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of capacity at Manchester Piccadilly railway station.
8 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds of Prey: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) hen harrier and (b) raptor persecution.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Land: Barnsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of land stability in the Barnsley Coalfield.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service is taking steps to reduce the time taken for complaints to be handled.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Case Examiner: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Independent Case Examiner is taking to reduce the time taken for cases to be processed.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will review the surplus sharing arrangements for the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
5 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the £35 million announced in the Afghan Resettlement Update has been distributed; and to which local authorities this funding has been distributed.
5 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Coal: Regeneration
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase investment into former coalfield communities.
2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Skin Moles
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of widening the criteria for mole removal in the National Health Service.
23 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been relocated to the UK from hotels in Islamabad under the Afghan Relocations and Assistant Policy in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2023.
Source: official written-questions record.