Written questions
1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the effective delivery of a ZEV charging infrastructure roadmap for small businesses by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
10 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what strategies he has put in place with Cabinet colleagues to ensure effective implementation of policies that support small business with the transition to net zero; and if he w
10 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Trading Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the level of funding reductions for Local Authority Trading Schemes in each of the last 12 years.
10 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Trading Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of levels of funding for Local Authority Trading Schemes and (b) effect of levels of funding for those schemes on their abil
21 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for an individual's asylum claim in January (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
21 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual asylum claims her Department has (a) processed and (b) approved in each month of the last five years.
21 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual asylum claims her Department received in each month of the last five years.
9 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the article in The House magazine published 7 February 2022, entitled Shelf Preservation Society, if he will publish details of (a) the 32 actions that the Government has taken to support the
8 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the discontinuation of the £20 per week uplift to universal credit on levels of (a) destitution, (b) relative poverty and (c) fuel insecurity.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on whether any covid-related grants and loans were given to companies with links to the Russian Government.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help businesses facing high inflation.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 105543, on Business: Closures, what steps he taking to reduce the number of business deaths.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the closure of the New Enterprise Allowance on the number of start-ups in the UK.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113112, on Employment, on what basis her Department has calculated that there were more people in employment in September to November 2021 than befo
3 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) a list of the companies contracted to deliver PPE, (b) the lengths of each of those contacts and (c) the value of those contracts.
3 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Protective Clothing: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Minister of State for Health's Statement, DHSC Update, 3 February 2022, Official Report, if he will publish a list of suppliers who have supplied PPE deemed unsuitable who hav
2 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Poverty: Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's Levelling Up White Paper, what assessment his Department has made of the need to tackle poverty as part of that strategy.
2 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of days missed of school by (a) students and (b) teachers in the first term of the 2021-22 academic year.
2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Feltham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the discontinuation of the £20 per week uplift to universal credit on the local economy in Feltham.
2 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113112 on Employment, what assessment her Department has made of the geographical distribution of the 815,000 self-employed people who are no longer
28 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that claimed employment and support allowance in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
28 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office
Employment: Young People
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of 18 to 24 year olds (a) in part time employment, (b) in contracted work and (c) unemployed.
28 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Long Term Unemployed People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people classed as long term unemployed; and how that figure compares to the number before the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Jan 2022 · Treasury
Business
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on business survival rates of the concurrent ending of the reduced rate of VAT, business rates support and rent protections.
28 Jan 2022 · Treasury
Business
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on businesses of the concurrent ending of the reduced rate of VAT, business rates support and rent protections.
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what specific steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to increase their capacity to reach net zero carbon emissions.
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the finding of the November 2021 report by the British Business bank on the proportion of SME businesses that have started to measure their carbon footprint and
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the £20 uplift to universal credit on spending patterns on local high streets; and what assessment he has made o
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the people who made starts on the New Enterprise Allowance were (a) disabled, (b) aged 50 or over, (c) women and (d) from an ethnic minority background.
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made starts on the New Enterprise Allowance; and of those how many started a business that they sustained for at least 26 weeks.
Source: official written-questions record.