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.