Written questions

1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2023 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2023 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months

21 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proportion of invoices her Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 mo

21 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Billing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 month

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the proportion of invoices her Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in the 2021-2022 financial year.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the proportion of invoices her Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in the 2021-2022 financial year.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the proportion of invoices her Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in the 2021-2022 financial year.

21 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Billing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in the 2021-2022 financial year.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 163821 on Social Security Benefits: Applications, how were participants in the (a) digital Personal Independence Payment and (b) Attendance Allowance servi

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Office for Product Safety and Standards plan to take steps to assess the safety of vaping; and what she plans to take to ensure the safety of vaping products.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Trading Standards and (b) the Office for Product Safety and Standards on e-cigarette manufacturer Elf Bar overfilling e-cigarette devices.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sector-based Work Academy Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sector-based work academy programme placements have been undertaken in (a) Feltham and Heston, (b) Hounslow, (c) Greater London, (d) England, since the start of the scheme.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons were for the overturning on appeal of Universal Credit sanctions in each month of the last year.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce online application portals for (a) Work Capability Assessment, (b) Attendance Allowance and (c) Personal Independence Payment.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of current Universal Credit claimants completed the non-mandatory self-declared diversity fields in their application in the last 12 months.

15 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Afghan Pro Bono Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what correspondence her Department has had with the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for those in the ‘all work-related requirements’ conditionality group, how many claimants currently have a 91 or 182 day sanction attached to their account.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated cost is to his Department of upgrading its systems to ensure that individuals with a nil payment in a qualifying month receive any cost of living payments.

15 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balochistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the adherence to human rights in Balochistan.

15 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reopen the ex gratia scheme for Afghan nationals.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan citizens have been accepted onto Pathway 2 of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme in principle.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Clean Air Zones: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 7 March 2023 to Question 160287 on Clean Air Zones: Tyne and Wear, how much funding her Department has provided to Tyneside's vehicle scrappage fund.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 157640 on Refugees: English Language, if she will make an estimate of the (a) cost and (b) number of people who will use the programme.

Source: official written-questions record.