Written questions
3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) cost of penalties placed on employers for failure to pay an employment tribunal award in each year since 2019.
19 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help increase the level of timely payment of employment tribunal awards.
19 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the first list of employers who have not paid employment tribunal awards within a reasonable time will be published under the employment tribunal naming scheme.
19 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport
Roads: Ellesmere Port and Neston
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has had on the adequacy of roads in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in the last year.
14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) prevalence of and (b) risk posed by the covid-19 variant XBB.1.16.
14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department for Education: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on the use of official Departmental social media accounts to comment on industrial disputes.
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2023 to Question 148651 on the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, if he will list the stakeholders that his Department have consulted on those regulati
29 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 155151 on the Minimum Wage, if he will publish the name of the company which received that contract.
29 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question 152253 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce these clearance times.
29 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appointments for dental extractions by sedation were available in Cheshire and Wirral in the latest period for which data is available.
29 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays in fitting braces for children on the dental health of those children.
29 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for an orthodontist referral in Cheshire and Wirral in the latest period for which data is available.
29 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Avanti West Coast: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment criteria his Department used when it decided to extend the Avanti West Coast contract for a further six months.
29 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Alternative Fuel Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people who are eligible for the Alternative fuel payment are not digitally-excluded from the application process.
29 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential health risks of e-cigarettes for children.
29 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) e-cigarette manufacturers and (b) local authorities on the environmentally-friendly disposal of e-cigarettes.
29 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the request for a meeting on safety concerns on the A550 requested by the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston on 14 November 2022.
29 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Police: Evidence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the rules on evidence retention within section 19 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
29 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any paying parents were placed on deduction of earnings orders incorrectly due to backlogs in the Child Maintenance Service linking payments to cases in the latest period for which data is avail
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2023 to Question 170641 on Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port, if he will set out what alternative funding sources are available for the Ellesmere Po
27 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2023 to Question 17064 on Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port, if he will set out the specific reasons behind the decision not to proceed with Ellesme
23 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2023 to Question 156177 on Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage, what the total value was of those companies' contracts.
23 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Hays
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 155157 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Minimum Wage, what the total value was of those contracts let with Hays Specialist Re
22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 155153 on the Minimum Wage, what the total value of the contracts with the firms named in the list amount to.
22 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2023 to Question 155151 on the Minimum Wage, what the total value of the contracts with the firms named in the list amount to.
22 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hays and Mitie: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February to Question 150520 on Minimum Wage, what the total value of the contracts with the firms listed is.
22 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2023 to Question 150518 on the Minimum Wage, what the total value of the contracts with the firms named in the list amount to.
22 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Redundancy Pay: Insolvency Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 153826 on Redundancy Pay: Insolvency Service, of the 5,766 employers subject to formal insolvency proceedings in 2022, in how many cases were the comp
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a statement on the decision to not proceed with Ellesmere Port industrial area as an investment zone.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of insurance based tenancy deposit schemes.
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