Written questions
3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's timetable is for responding to the consultation on preventing charges for DIY waste at household waste recycling centres which closed on 4 July 2022.
11 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications where substantive interviews have taken place are outstanding.
11 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications are awaiting a decision.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
International Pension Centre: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for applications to the International Pensions Centre.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Widowed People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for applications to the Pension Widows Department.
11 Jul 2022 · Attorney General
Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of delays in Crown Prosecution Service decision-making.
11 Jul 2022 · Attorney General
Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Committee of Public Accounts ninth report on Child Maintenance, published on 22 June 2022, HC 255, if she will undertake a review of the child maintenance system and how it interac
11 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reintroducing free covid-19 lateral flow tests in the context of the increasing infection rate.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Planning Permission: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many planning appeals are awaiting a Ministerial decision as of 11 July 2022; and what the average turnaround time is for those appeals.
11 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Cash Dispensing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his planned timetable for the introduction of the (a) Financial Services and Markets Bill and (b) provisions to protect neighbourhood access to cash.
11 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a response to be received from the MP's accounts team; and how many open cases there are as of 11 July 2022.
8 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of the reasons for Universal Credit deductions to awards for claimants.
1 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Police: Ellesmere Port and Neston
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were based permanently in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years.
27 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
P&O Ferries: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151160 on P&O Ferries: Redundancy, whether the investigations by the Insolvency Service have been completed; and whether
27 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9085 on Leasehold: Reform, how many and what proportion of leaseholders have had an (a) increase, (b) decrease and (c) no change in
21 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for (a) visitor and (b) spousal/partner visa applications as of 21 June 2022.
21 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport upgrades for (a) fast track and (b) premium services were made in (a) April 2022 and (b) May 2022; and how much additional revenue from processing fees has been collected from those
21 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June to Question 1193 on Passports: Applications, how many of the 98.5 per cent of passport applications completed in 10 weeks were upgraded by the applicant to a premium
21 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications where a medical condition needed to be considered, as of 21 June 2022.
21 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling Act 2005 Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 808 on Gambling, when she will publish the Gambling Review White Paper.
21 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture: Peat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for publishing its response to the consultation on Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales, which closed on 18 March 2022
21 Jun 2022 · Home Office
Immigration: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 156507 on Immigration, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Home Office decision-making process for migration applicatio
21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS Trusts on waiting lists; and what support the Government has made available to help reduce waiting lists.
21 Jun 2022 · Home Office
UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time in minutes was on the MP UK Visas and Immigration helpline in (a) April and (b) May 2022.
21 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for covid-19 related offences in England and Wales in 2021.
21 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) strengthen (i) communication and (ii) digitisation and (b) reduce clearance times for War Pension and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme claims.
21 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the availability of funding for local authorities to install and maintain CCTV networks.
21 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the level of risk of incorrect child maintenance calculations being made as a result of fraudulent informal arrangements relating to other children.
21 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for an assessment for Personal Independence Payment from the point of the initial claim.
Source: official written-questions record.