Written questions

553 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Legislation

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

17 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Afghan nationals applying to the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy or (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in sourcing the necessary paperw

7 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Turkish Businessperson visa applications received be her Department in the last five years were successful.

1 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Insurance Companies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding eligibility for the Matching Adjustment to include morbidity liabilities as part of the Solvency II Review.

1 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Insurance Companies: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish formal proposals arising from the Solvency II Review; and if he will make a statement on the timetable for implementation of those proposals.

29 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have been received as of 29 November 2021; and of those, how many have not received an acknowledgment response.

29 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have been received as of 29 November 2021; and of those, how many have received a substantive response.

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all Afghan people who were evacuated from Kabul and are housed in bridging hotels are able to access legal advice and support as a matter of urgency.

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what access to legal support her Department is facilitating for Afghans who were evacuated and are currently housed in bridging hotels.

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people evacuated from Afghanistan who are currently housed in bridging hotels have been given access to legal support.

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people evacuated from Afghanistan are currently housed in bridging hotels.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of he 33 claims made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme on behalf of people who have died over the last five years have (a) concluded and (b) resulted in a positive outcome.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 27 claims made to the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme on behalf of deceased individuals who received a covid-19 vaccination have concluded.

3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the gov.uk webpage for the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme to provide (a) an estimate for how long it may take for an application to tha

3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an online form for the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme.

3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme on behalf of people who are deceased in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications have been resolved with

3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme on behalf of deceased individuals who received a covid-19 vaccination.

3 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter dated 27 July 2021 from the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work to the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference MC2021/53746, what progress the Government has mad

20 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Bank Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the changes by the major banks to interest charges on personal overdrafts relative to levels before the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Financial Services: Misconduct

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to strengthen the system of accountability in the financial sector to ensure that banks are accountable for financial misconduct in (a) the UK and (b) overseas.

20 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the profits made by banks and authorised lenders from providing finance under government covid-19 loan schemes.

20 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Business: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) costs and (b) risks to UK businesses of Government covid-19 loans from banks and other authorised lenders.

20 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Business: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the (a) performance and (b) effectiveness of (i) UK business banking regulation and (ii) that of other OECD countries.

20 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Business: Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of business banking regulation during the covid-19 pandemic.

Source: official written-questions record.