Written questions
1,945 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments on pensioners in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
4 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of determining the sequencing of when train operating companies will be brought into public ownership by their operational performance.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on securing workforce reform as part of pay talks with the rail industry.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the transition from private to public ownership on train operating company investment programmes.
2 Sep 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of hotels that will be required to accommodate asylum seekers in the period between now and the end of 2024.
2 Sep 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum hotels were in operation on (a) 1 January, (b) 4 July and (c) 31 August 2024.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments on the health and wellbeing of pensioners.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Take-up
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has allocated additional (a) staff and (b) budget to helping to increase the uptake of Pension Credit.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing financial support measures for pensioners who are no longer eligible for Winter Fuel Payments.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to pensioners' eligibility for the Winter Fuel Allowance on the health and well-being of pensioners in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constitue
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Aldridge-Brownhills
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the financial impact of changes to pensioners' eligibility for the Winter Fuel Allowance on pensioners in (a) Aldridge-Brownhills constituency and (b) the UK.
30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mpox: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure pandemic preparedness in the context of the mpox outbreak in Africa.
30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mpox: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support countries affected by mpox with access to vaccines.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the West Midlands Rail Hub.
30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the Green Belt (London and Home Counties) Act 1938.
30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the infrastructure (a) requirements and (b) costs of her proposed housing reforms.
30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement her proposed changes to planning policy on the green belt within the National Planning Policy Framework.
30 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Derelict Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that brownfield land is prioritised for development through full financing on brownfield reclamation.
21 May 2024 · Home Office
Knives: Amnesties
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on the surrender and compensation scheme for Zombie-style knives and machetes.
21 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the ban on new leasehold houses to flats.
21 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Commonhold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help improve the take-up of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold ownership.
21 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department will respond to its consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, published on 6 December 2023.
16 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Forfeiture
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of leasehold homes that have been repossessed under forfeiture in each region since 2010.
19 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Police: First Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions his Department has had with local police forces on the use of bleed control kits.
19 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Knives: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of knife arches operated by the police in ensuring safe night-time economies.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Clay: Quarrying
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he last visited a clay quarry in the UK in the context of that industry's carbon emissions. .
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Bricks: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he last visited a brick manufacturer in the context of the brick manufacturing sector's carbon emissions.
3 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Clay: Quarrying
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she last visited a clay quarry.
3 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Bricks: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has visited any brick manufacturers since 7 February 2023.
3 Jul 2023 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of UK-made (a) clay bricks, (b) roof tiles and (c) drainage pipes in public procurement.
Source: official written-questions record.