Written questions

1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payments: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the change in number of recipients of personal independent payments in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency as a result of the green paper entitled Pathways to Wo

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the change in number of recipients of the health element of universal credit in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency as a result of the green paper entitled Pathw

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the (a) equality and (b) poverty impact analysis were not published with the green paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working.

14 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are available to applicants to the Afghan civilian resettlement scheme who have evidence of biometric data taken for application where the Home Office (a) did not retain the content of and

14 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that an application for family relocation may be pursued under the Afghan civilian resettlement scheme criteria where the Home Office did not (a) retain the conte

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Dover Harbour Board has requested an equivalence declaration from P&O Ferries under Section 5 of the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether P&O Ferries has responded to the request for an equivalence declaration from the harbour authority in (a) Larne, (b) Cairnryan, (c) Teesport, (d) Hull, (e) Tilbury and (f) Dover under section 5 of the S

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any harbour authority in the UK has issued a surcharge notification to a ferry operator under the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the names of the ferry service operators that have been required to make a declaration under the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish which UK harbour authorities have requested declarations from ferry operators under the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households eligible for the Warm Homes Discount in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency in winter 2025-26.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the Warm Homes Discount in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring Ofgem to consider average changes to wages in future energy price cap methodology.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Ofgem's criteria for conducting future reviews of the energy price cap methodology.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the rate of earnings before interest and tax allowance in OFGEM's energy price cap methodology.

25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of UK companies involved in (a) producing and (b) otherwise developing (i) weapons, (ii) surveill

25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taking steps to prohibit UK-based investments in Israeli (a) companies and (b) banks that ar

25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing tracking systems and (b) taking other steps to prohibit UK trade in goods from Israel

25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) bringing forward legislative proposals and (b) taking other steps to prohibit UK (i) nationals, (

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NHS England to publish a national ADHD data improvement plan.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment waiting list times.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for (a) children and (b) adults to have an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment in Middlesbrough & Thornaby East constituency.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and (b) adults are waiting for an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment in Middlesbrough & Thornaby East constituency.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools she plans for each regional improvement for standards and excellence team to support in (a) the North East and (b) each region, per year.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding will be made available for the schools supported by a regional improvement for standards and excellence team.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria will be used by regional improvement for standards and excellence teams to identify the schools it will be engaging with to deliver improvement in standards.

7 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to enable the government to break with outsourced government contracts in the case where the desired outcomes are not delivered.

7 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to review the effectiveness of meeting contractual requirements in outsourced services provided to government departments.

7 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to tackle(a) insecure work and (b) level of pay for workers employed in outsourced services in government departments.

7 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will initiate a programme of insourcing of facilities and maintenance services in government departments.

Source: official written-questions record.