Written questions
1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were on the Individual Placement and Support programme on 15 May 2024.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Support: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled 25,000 people to be helped into work as Government ramps up roll-out of flagship Universal Support scheme, published on 13 September 2023, what recent estima
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Support
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are being assisted through Universal Support.
1 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on its Disability Confident employer scheme.
29 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of disabled people receiving Personal Independence Payment are in work.
26 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Asylum
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department (a) logs and (b) registers potential concerns raised by (i) other governments and (ii) international bodies on UK responsibilities toward (A) refugees and (B) asylum seekers.
26 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Rwanda: Asylum
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the Government's policy on deporting migrants to Rwanda; and whether any international counterparts have raised concerns about that policy.
25 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Brazil: Bilateral Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 7 of the document entitled ICF Brazil: Summary, published in March 2024, when the Government plans to disburse its £115 million contribution to the Amazon Fund.
15 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Ukraine
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict initiative to help support Ukrainian officials to investigate alleged acts of sexual violence by Russian forces since 2022.
26 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Oil: Imports
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what estimate he has made of the number of companies importing oil from the Rosneft owned Vadinar refinery in India.
26 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Oil
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of sanctioning individual vessels involved in the transportation by sea of Russian oil since 2022.
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Oil: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the amount of jet fuel produced from Russian crude oil purchased by (a) Shell and (b) BP since 2022.
22 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply: Bacteria
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of (a) antibiotic-resistant and (b) antimicrobial-resistant organisms in waterborne bacteria networks on
22 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Bacteria
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the potential (a) presence and (b) spread of (i) antibiotic-resistant and (ii) antimicrobial-resistant organisms that are hazardous to hu
22 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Bacteria
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of raw sewage in inland waterways on levels of (a) antimicrobial and (b) antibiotic resistance in waterborne bacteria networks.
15 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2024 to Question 17855, whether all renewal processes for Ukrainians already in the UK are meant to be online.
13 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Icarus Theatre Collective
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to settle Access to Work payments owed to Icarus Theatre Collective in Southwark to support a disabled actor.
11 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will reinstate the digital application process for Ukrainians in the UK.
11 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Cannabis: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent review of drugs by Professor Dame Carol Black, if his Department will commission further research on the potential impact of the use of (a) skunk and (b) all other ca
4 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Estate Agents and Property Management Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department distinguishes between (a) relocation agents, (b) estate agents and (c) property agents within the housing sector, in the context of the Leasehold and Freehold
29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to make representations to the Department for Transport's open consultation entitled Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cyc
29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the Office for Product Safety and Standards' timetable is for publishing the findings from the Product Safety review consultation which closed on 24 October 2023.
29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing regulations to improve fire safety measures for e-bikes.
29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles: Battery Chargers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many coroners' reports have asked the Office for Product Safety and Standards to take action against dangerous or faulty e-bike chargers in each of the last five years.
29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles: Battery Chargers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many deaths have been caused by dangerous or counterfeit e-bike chargers in each of the last nine years.
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Wines: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact of raising wine duty on revenue raised by his Department.
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Wines: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the easement for levying wine duty permanent.
28 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Wines: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce excise duty on wine.
28 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Driving: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure (a) drivers living in the UK with EU licences and (b) UK licence holders seeking to drive in EU member states do not lose (i) licences and (ii) access to in
22 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Prevent Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his planned timetable is for implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Prevent, published on 8 February 2023.
Source: official written-questions record.