Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the financial impact of the ending of the DVLA contract with post offices of those businesses.

18 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Darfur: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in response to the humanitarian situation in Elgeneina, West Darfur in Sudan.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has held with local planning authorities on ensuring that developers build homes that have enough (a) internal space for families to (i) store, (ii) prepare, (iii

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) peri-urban and (b) high-quality rural land used for food growing is protected within the planning system.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Tractors and Trailers: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring agricultural (a) tractors and (b) trailers to undertake MOT testing.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Tractors: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of requiring mandatory preparatory training for the Agricultural Tractor Driving test.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing continued professional development training for each farming sector.

12 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the adequacy of response times to requests for further information on clinical trials

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Scooters: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the seriousness of the fire risk posed by lithium batteries in e-scooters.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the flock depopulation measures carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency during the 2022-23 outbreak of avian influenza on bio-se

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the value for money provided by the flock depopulation measures carried out by the Animal and Plant Health Agency during the 2022-23 outbreak of avian i

27 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department's visa application processing times for Sudanese nationals who have travelled to a third country and have applied to join family members

26 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Fire Prevention: Cambridgeshire and Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the end of fire appliance mobilising system collaboration between Suffolk Fire Authority and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Au

7 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital; and what stage has been reached in the approvals process for this project.

5 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of applicants who have requested indefinite leave to remain in the UK on the grounds of long residency and have been able to access the super priority servic

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department expects the report by Kings Arms Bedford on the second joint UNHCR Home Office Alternatives to Detention pilot project to be published.

23 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of Personal Independence Payment reassessment applications (a) were assessed by a Decision Maker from his Department without being referred to a Health Care Professional and (b) were ref

22 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact on the UK economy of the Ely area capacity enhancement scheme.

17 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Rewewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of lead times for connecting renewable energy projects to the grid.

24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immunosuppression: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential risks of withdrawing (a) masks and (b) other protective measures in medical settings for immunosuppressed people.

17 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will amend the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 to ensure that Article 69a will only apply as a last resort when the non-resident parent is not making maintenance payments th

17 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to end cross-compliance and the accompanying Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition 7b on public rights of w

17 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) landowners and (b) land managers that participate in environmental land management schemes are required to fulfil public rights of way obligations.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Taxis: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March to Question 174319 on Taxis: CCTV, if he will list the (a) 15 authorities with a requirement for all licensed taxis to have CCTV fitted and (b) 14 authorities with a requireme

27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s ongoing VPAS pre-negotiation workshops, whether he plans to make the outputs of those discussions publicly available.

27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s ongoing VPAS pre-negotiation workshops, if he will publish the (a) minutes and (b) attendees of those workshops.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Taxis: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licensing authorities have introduced mandatory CCTV in (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicles.

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of improved procurement and contracting terms on (a) costs to contracts and (b) value for money.

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential practice of public bodies using procurement to reduce costs and cost-shifting to other public sector budgets.

16 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many disputes on outsourced public service contracts have been referred to ACAS in the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.