Written questions

1,575 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitals: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of hospitals have Protected Site status under the Electricity Emergency Supply Code; and whether (a) hospices, (b) care homes and (c) other critical s

24 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department intends to reply to the letter of 8 July to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from the Right Honourable Members for Ashton-under-Lyne and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.

19 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes were made to the ministerial responsibilities of the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office following the appointment of the hon. Member for Croydon South to that post.

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what units were transferred from the Prime Minister's Office to his Department following the appointment of the new Prime Minister.

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

List of Ministerial Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he intends to publish a revised directory of ministerial responsibilities.

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 61901, what responsibility is held by Ministers in his Department for the National Science and Technology Council.

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibilities his Department holds relating to international trade following the appointment of a Minister of State jointly in the Department for International Trade and the Cabinet Office on 2 October 2

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibility his Department has for supporting the coordination of the cross-government and the devolution aspects of the response to covid-19.

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibility he holds for cross-government work on supply chains; whether the Government has retained the position of Supply Chains Adviser; whether the Supply Chains Unit remains in his Department; and w

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister on Machinery of Government of 11 October 2022, HCWS311, what civil service functions are being transferred to his Department from the Department of Levelling Up, H

18 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Statement HCWS311 on Machinery of Government, what responsibility is now held by his Department for oversight of transition period activity and the UK's future relations with the EU; and what c

18 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what responsibilities his Department has retained for oversight of cross-government work on veterans’ issues following the recent machinery of government changes.

18 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibility he has for borders and migration policy; what responsibility for borders and migration has been retained by the Home Office; what work is being conducted by civil servants in his D

13 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Redundancy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposed reduction of the number of employees in the civil service on public services.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Ministerial Statement HCWS322 and the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 156485 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Opinion, what proportion of

12 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

NHS England: Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants will be working on the introduction of Cabinet Office approval for clinical and non-clinical spending by NHS England.

12 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

NHS England: Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total cost of reviewing the business case for introducing Cabinet Office approval for any clinical and non-clinical spending by NHS England.

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded to as of 12 July 2022.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of Personal Protective Equipment purchased by the UK are stored in China.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in his Department are employed to manage the storage of Personal Protective Equipment overseas.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is responsible for the provisions of the Elections Act 2022.

11 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Protective Clothing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants are employed in his Department to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment.

11 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are employed in his Department on overseeing the storage of Personal Protective Equipment.

11 Oct 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 Good Work Plan, Cm 9755, published in 2018, whether it remains the policy of his Department to give all workers the right to request a more fixed working pat

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

Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on a new statutory code on the practice of dismissal and re-engagement.

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

Strike Ballots

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the ability for workers to go on strike under proposals to raise ballot thresholds from 40 per cent to 50 per cent of employees.

10 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the national resilience strategy.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, 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.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 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.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Treasury: Public Consultation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded to as of 12 July 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.