Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of private equity acquisitions in the groceries retail sector on trends in the level of employment across the food supply cha
30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of households placed in temporary accommodation.
30 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18945 on Ministry of Defence: Recruitment, how his Department measures the performance of those executive search firms.
28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to support local authorities with the cost of placing people in temporary accommodation.
28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to APPG for Households in Temporary Accommodation's report entitled child mortality in temporary accommodation, published on 28 January 2025, what steps her Depart
3 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship salary threshold requirements introduced in April 2024 on retention of civil service staff initially employe
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number and proportion of 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants who (a) were women, (b) were born in the 1950s and (c) reported awareness of the changes to the State Pensi
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the data her Department holds from the 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey on the levels of awareness of the proposed increase in State Pension age for women born in the 1950s.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants were (a) in the 55-64 age group and (b) women born in the 1950s.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants were (a) in the 45-54 age group and (b) women born in the 1950s.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the 2006 Attitudes to Pension Survey participants aged between 18 and 69 were women born in the 1950s.
10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many private recruitment agencies his Department uses to fill senior vacancies; what the potential cost to the public purse is of these services; and what steps his Department is taking to monitor performance
5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of urgent provision of legal aid for leaseholders facing unfair charges.
5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Legal Costs and Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning entitled Leasehold and Commonhold Reform of 21 November 2024, HCWS244, when the consulta
5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Buildings: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning entitled Leasehold and Commonhold Reform of 21 November 2024, HCWS244, when the consulta
13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support providers and (b) encourage the uptake of higher education degree apprenticeships.
13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of higher education degree apprenticeships on (a) local educational opportunities, (b) the development of a skilled workforce and (c) caree
13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Swimming
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools provide swimming lessons for Key stage (a) 1 and (b) 2 pupils.
12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which mental health apps are (a) recommended and (b) linked to by the NHS on its website; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the promotion of these apps by the NHS.
8 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce new clean air targets in line with World Health Organisation guidelines; and if he will fund (a) local and (b) regional authorities to tackle the worst ar
8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that respiratory conditions are prioritised in the new 10 year plan for the NHS.
4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tourette's Syndrome: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette’s syndrome.
4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tourette's Syndrome: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding into (a) the causes of and (b) treatments for Tourette’s syndrome.
4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tourette's Syndrome: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to improve support for children and young people with Tourette’s syndrome.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Bereavement Support Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending bereavement support payments to widowers who were unmarried and living with their partner but who were not pregnant or eligible for ch
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support the children of people who are imprisoned.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have (a) parents and (b) guardians who are imprisoned; and how many of those children are living without an adult guardian.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of child safeguarding monitoring after a child’s parent is imprisoned.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Take-up
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to communicate with (a) people and (b) households eligible for Pension Credit who have not yet applied for it to encourage Pension Credit take up.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Take-up
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to identify (a) people and (b) households eligible for Pension Credit who have not applied for it.
Source: official written-questions record.