Written questions

1,575 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether photographic student ID will accepted as valid ID to vote under the Elections Bill 2022.

18 Nov 2022 · Treasury

P&O Ferries: Minimum Wage

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure that P&O Ferries is complying with national minimum wage legislation on its vessels working between Cairnryan and Larne since 25 October 2022.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential impact of the proposals in the Seafarers Wages Bill on the enforcement of the nati

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department’s contract with P&O Ferries awarded through the Freight Capacity Framework Agreement in October 2019 is active.

17 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public appointments have been made by ministers in her Department since she took office.

17 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the public appointments that have been made by his Department since 25 October 2022.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of businesses complied with the Limited Liability Partnerships (Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance) Regulations 2017 in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 an

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of companies complied with the regulations under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 in (a) 2018 (b) 2019 (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies which have failed to comply with regulations under (a) the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 and (b) the Limited Liability Partner

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving in his Department.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving in his Department.

17 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Directors

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy to appoint new Non-Executive Directors.

17 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November to Question 86502 on Former Ministers: Complaints, what progress his Department has made on Appointing an Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.

16 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Emergency Services: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the protected site list in the Electricity Emergency Supply Code was last reviewed.

16 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes and Hospitals: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) hospitals, (b) hospices and (c) care homes are included in the protected site list under the Electricity Emergency Supply Code.

16 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy to create a single enforcement body for employment rights as announced in June 2021.

14 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Former Ministers: Complaints

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which team in his Department has responsibility for handling formal complaints against Ministers.

14 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

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 the average (a) daily, (b) weekly and (c) monthly cost has been of the storage of that personal pro

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government response to the Taylor review of modern working practices, published on 7 February 2018, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Emergency Services: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department's policy that major emergency services sites are included on the Protected Site List under the Electricity Emergency Supply Code, in the context of po

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Paternity Leave: Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on making it easier for fathers to take paternity leave since 25 October 2022.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Agency Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Good Work Plan published in December 2018, whether it remains his policy to ban the use of pay-between-assignment contracts to avoid agency workers’ equal pa

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his Department's policy to ban unpaid internships.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2022 to Question 63241 on Conditions of Employment, what progress his Department has made on establishing a right to request a more pred

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to launch a review to explore how the Government can better support the self-employed.

7 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of expected annual spend on the following projects in the major projects portfolio (a) Future Service Programme, (b) One Public Estate, (c) Digital Identity, (d) Whitehall

4 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Debts Written Off

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public money was written off by his Department in the 2021-22 financial year.

4 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a breakdown of the total payments made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to Government offices outside London in 2021.

4 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a breakdown of the total payments made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to Government offices outside London in 2021.

4 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Shell

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting of the then Prime Minister with Shell plc on 5 May 2022 as listed in the Ministerial Transparency returns.

Source: official written-questions record.