Written questions

1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional resource the Government is providing to local authorities to help meet the Government’s air quality and carbon-neutral targets.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage homeowners to invest in energy efficiency; and what incentives the Government is providing to improve energy efficiency in homes.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost savings to the NHS of improving all housing to EPC Band C.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes the Government plans to upgrade to EPC Band C by 2030; and whether the Government has targets for such upgrades.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to improve the energy efficiency of housing for fuel poor households.

10 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgment in Smyth, Re Judicial Review [2017] NIQB 55, for what reasons the remit of the Law Commission's review of weddings law includes the legal recognition of humanist marriages.

4 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of choices available to non-religious couples to have a legally-recognised wedding conducted in line with their own beliefs.

4 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of public support for legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales.

4 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting legal recognition to humanist marriages in advance of the report from the Law Commission.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an individual private buyer can purchase a second hand motability vehicle direct from Motability.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Motability Scheme, what contracts the Government holds with (a) British Car Auctions and (b) other car auctioneer organisations on the disposal of motability vehicles once the leas

2 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to legalise humanist marriages in England and Wales.

29 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of all departmental and non-departmental public body spending on (a) consumer protection, (b) product safety and (c) consumer enforcemen

29 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary for State of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse was of all departmental and non-departmental public body spending on (a) consumer protection, (b) product safety and (c) consumer enforcement fro

29 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Competition and Markets Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding was allocated to the Competition and Markets Authority; and how many staff were employed in that organisation in each of the last five years.

29 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Office for Product Safety and Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding was allocated to the Office for Product Safety and Standards; and how many staff were employed in that organisation in each of the last five years.

17 Oct 2019 · Cabinet Office

Business: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses have annual employment costs of (a) £3 million to £20 million, (b) £20 million to £40 million and (c) more than £40 million; and what the total employ

1 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

European Reference Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for maintaining access to (a) the European Reference Network on paediatric haemato-oncology and (b) other European reference networks in the event that the UK leaves t

1 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Cancers: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal on access to EU clinical trials for children with rare cancers.

1 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that medicines to treat cancer in children are available in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

2 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Indian counterpart on allowing independent observers into Jammu and Kashmir since the revocation of parts of Article 370 of India's constitution

2 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken at an international level for political resolution in Kashmir; and what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the situation in Kashmir.

2 Sep 2019 · Cabinet Office

Business: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses have annual employment costs of (a) £3-20 million, (b) £20-40 million and (c) more than £40 million; and what the total employment costs are for busin

2 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the Indian Government lifting the communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir; and what the response was to such representati

19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2019 to Question 273399 on HIV Infection: Salford, if he will take steps to ensure that gay and bisexual men in Salford have access to PrEP.

9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Insomnia: Melatonin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make Circadin available in England to people suffering from insomnia caused by dementia.

9 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Insomnia: Melatonin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Circadin is available in Scotland for the treatment of insomnia caused as a result of dementia but not in England.

4 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that gay and bisexual men accessing the SHINE clinic in Salford have access to PrEP.

4 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons SHINE sexual health services at Salford are not open for gay and bisexual men on the PrEP impact trial.

1 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has informed any EU nationals that they have no recourse to public funds since June 2018.

Source: official written-questions record.