Written questions

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the DVSA allows third party companies to book practical driving tests online.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 184467 on Driving Tests, how many accounts have been closed by the DVSA for breaching the terms and conditions relating to the booking of practical driving tests.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the length of the average wait for a practical driving test in the UK since January 2023.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has with the DVSA on the availability of practical driving tests in England.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department last met the DVSA to discuss waiting times for driving tests in England.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of whether residential buildings contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC); and if he will make a statement.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential financial implications for leaseholders who lease a building built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Care Homes: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations on the possible use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in residential home

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on whether any commercial buildings converted into residential buildings under permitted developed rights contain reinforced autoclaved aerated

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) women and (b) people with disabilities on consultations into the proposed closure of railway ticket offices.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the proposal to move the herbarium from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew to Reading.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received representations from officials at Kew Gardens on the proposal to move the herbarium from Kew.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Ombudsman Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190204 on Housing Ombudsman Service: Complaints, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time for the Housing Ombudsman S

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Ombudsman Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken for the Housing Ombudsman Service to process complaints raised in 2022.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Advisory Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 188011 on Trade Advisory Groups, if she will list the dates of Trade Advisory Groups meetings that have taken place since June 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary Private Secretaries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the average amount of time it takes for the outcome of a tribunal case to be placed on a person's journal for Universal Credit.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to decrease the amount of time it takes for the outcome of tribunal cases to be placed on people's journal for Universal Credit.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish a consultation on the road safety strategic framework.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 179888 on Railway Stations: Access, when he plans to announce the allocation of funding for the next round of Access for All bids.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on leasehold reform that will retrospectively provide a right to extend a lease by 990 years.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is taking steps to regulate online advertisements selling financial products not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority.

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Investment: Internet

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of investment products advertised online by companies not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to sell fina

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Veterinary Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vets are employed by her Department; and how many were employed in each year since 2018.

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

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many registered vets are there who are qualified to carry out import checks on animal products arriving in the UK.

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

Poultry: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of commercial loans for businesses in the poultry sector.

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

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of vets available to carry out veterinary checks on the imports of animal products arriving in the UK.

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

Veterinary Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to increase the number of vets trained in England.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Eggs and Poultry: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department held consultations with the (a) poultry and (b) egg industry before the UK's accession Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Eggs: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of the UKs accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on the domestic hen egg indus

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