Written questions

Neil Coyle

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how access needs for people with mental health needs are met when making claims for Personal Independence Payments.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of calls from benefit claimants to jobcentres were disconnected before being answered in the last 12 months.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is that benefit claimants are on hold when contacting the Department to discuss their claim.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps with (a) the Post Office, (b) PayPoint and (c) other organisations to help ensure that prepayment meter users are able to access Energy Bill Support Sch

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of prepayment customers entitled to Energy Bill Support Scheme payments who have not been able to access this support.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 121021 on Social Security Benefits: Overpayments, how many claimants have contacted the Department's Debt Management team to discuss a temporary red

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants subject to benefit overpayment recovery have been contacted by his Department to establish whether they are experiencing hardship as a result of the cost of living crisis since Februa

10 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions had with the Pakistani Government on the treatment of Afghan refugees in that country.

13 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) UN and (b) EU on (i) support for the Sierra Leone Electoral Commission and (ii) ensuring the 2023 elections in that country are peace

13 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the President of Sierra Leone on taking steps to provide legal representation to people detained after the riots in August 2022.

8 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the President of Sierra Leone on people shot in a protesting in Freetown.

8 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Electoral Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he discussed voter (a) registration, (b) exhibition and (c) verification during his meeting with the President of Sierra Leone in November 2022.

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Commonwealth Secretary-General on deploying independent Commonwealth Observer Groups to Sierra Leone ahead of its presidential electio

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the President of Sierra Leone to seek assurance that the police response to the violent scenes in the Sierra Leonean parliament on 23 N

7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the President of Sierra Leone on the steps being taken to help ensure freedom and fairness in the forthcoming Presidential election in tha

1 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that Russian nationals seeking to avoid conscription can enter the UK.

23 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sierra Leone: Democracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help stabilise democracy in Sierra Leone; and what steps he is taking to ensure that UK official development assistance does

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

Heat Networks: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on bringing communal heating networks under OFGEM regulation and making them subject to the energy price cap.

16 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the legal cases relating to the closure of the Prospero House Nightingale Court on Borough High Street have been delayed.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Confucius Institutes: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Confucius Institutes on UK universities.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing UK funding to the Global Fund on the target to eliminate transmissions of HIV by 2030.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received recent representations from other countries seeking sanctions against specific (a) individuals and (b) organisations.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Qatar: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance the Government has provided to consular staff in Qatar on supporting British citizens or dual nationals arrested during the World Cup.

9 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Making Smoking Obsolete Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, The Khan review: making smoking obsolete published 9 June 2022, what steps his Department is taking to address the findings of that report.