Written questions

1,575 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much of the Shared Prosperity Fund has been allocated; and if he will publish a list of all projects that have received money from the fund since its inception.

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled Levelling Up: campaign toolkit phase 1 published on 12 December 2023, how many staff (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalen

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the publication entitled Levelling Up: campaign toolkit phase one, published on 12 December 2023, whether his Department sought external advice on the production of

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his department has made on the Post Implementation Review of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011; and whether that review has covered the matter of nationa

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2023 to Question 1396 on Local Government: Standards and the Answer of 27 November 2023 to Question 2902 on Local Government: Contracts, on what

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met housing developers to discuss the operation and application of Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 199

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met local authorities to discuss the operation and application of Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Combined Authorities: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Technical paper on Level 4 devolution framework, published on 22 November 2023, whether his Department is commissioning any (a

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Simplification Pathfinder Pilot: technical guidance, published on 31 July 2023, when he plans to implement the funding simplif

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November to Question 2903 on Levelling Up Fund, which projects which met or exceeded the 74.25 score threshold in England and Wales and 72.25 score thres

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

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Levelling Up Fund Round 3: explanatory and methodology note on the decision-making process, published on 20 November 2023, whethe

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

Local Government: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2023 to Question 1396 on Local Government: Standards, which local authorities were identified as potentially in need of a review under the tende

13 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential cost to the Exchequer of raising statutory sick pay.

25 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May to Question 184825on Protective Clothing: China, how many items of personal protective equipment held in China were (a) donated, (b) recycled and (c) sold between J

25 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of storing personal protective equipment in China was per (a) day and (b) week in (i) February and (ii) March 2023.

12 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of usable energy generation from the 3.14 billion items of PPE removed from stock through incineration up to 28 February 2023.

12 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May to question 172423 on Protective Clothing: China, whether his Department has made an estimate of potential usable energy generation from incineration of the items of

12 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May to question 172423 on Protective Clothing: China, what proportion of the items of Personal Protective Equipment disposed of since September 2022, has been (a) donate

25 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the (a) number and (b) value of contracts for personal protective equipment for which his Department (i) has brought and (ii) plans to bring legal action against the supplier due to quality

24 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Members' Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 140150 on Ministers: Members' Interests, what progress he has made on aligning ministerial interests declarations more closely with the declarations of Members of

14 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Procurement: Fraud

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether contracting authorities are regularly alerted by his Department about suppliers who have been excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) other grounds under the Public

14 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies have been excluded from participating in public procurement due to legal action being initiated by Government relating to contracts to supply personal protective equipment.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of storing personal protective equipment in China in (a) December 2021 and (b) January 2022.

23 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2022 to Question 61151 on Protective Clothing: Storage, what proportion of those items of personal protective equipment have been (a) shipped to the UK and (b)

23 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2022; and with which consultants the contracts were held.

23 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Consultants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

22 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has any record of public contracts being awarded to suppliers on the UK Sanctions List between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2023.

22 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: TikTok

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to close its TikTok account.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: TikTok

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to delete his TikTok account in the context of government guidance.

21 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Tiktok

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167132 on Ministry of Defence: TikTok, which devices are being used to publish and monitor his Department's TikTok content; and what security measures are in pl

Source: official written-questions record.