Written questions

3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on changes to the Working Time Regulations.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Unfair Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on reducing the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Tribunals Service: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of compensation awarded by employment tribunals but not received by employees in each of the last three years.

4 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current average waiting times are for the (a) first hearing date in an employment tribunal claim and (b) publication of the judgment.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Minimum Wage: Government Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's press notice of 9 December 2021 entitled National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, how many of the employers named have a contract with a Government

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Flexible Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation entitled Making flexible working the default.

4 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many lateral flow tests were held in stock by the UKHSA on (a) 1 October, (b) 1 November, (c) 1 December and (d) 13 December 2021.

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of taking steps to (a) reduce and (b) waive the costs of covid-19 tests for UK citizens returning to the UK.

15 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of omicron covid-19 variant on the travel sector; and whether he has had discussions with (a) officials in his Department and (b) Cabinet colleagues on sect

15 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments were made by her Department for poor service in each month from March 2020; and what the value of those payments was.

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of active users of the Test and Trace App as of 15 December 2021; and how that number compares with that for (a) October and (b) November 2021.

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to update the NHS Covid App to allow differentiation between positive cases from the delta and omicron covid-19 variants.

15 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time for answering personal independence payment new claims calls was in each month from December 2020 to November 2021.

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time is for her Department to respond to correspondence from hon. Members in the latest period for which that data is available.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timetable is for the publication of guidance to schools on the future of the primary PE and Sport Premium funding.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Physical Education and Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on long-term funding for physical education and sport in schools.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

School Games: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on extending funding for the School Games Organiser network beyond March 2022.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the location is of each Levelling Up Fund application by parliamentary constituency.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the details of all non-successful bids made to the Community Renewal Fund by lead authorities.

6 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the (a) roll out of Al pathologist technology by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to test men for prostate cancer and (b

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to correspondence dated 8 June 2021 from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston on the PHSO use of the severity of injustice scale.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on levels of road safety of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with EU officials on sharing vehicle keepers' details for the purpose of enforcing driving fines.

6 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing those unable to use swab based-covid tests to use LAMP tests.

6 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on ensuring that under 16s can demonstrate their vaccination status via the NHS Covid Pass.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Artificial Insemination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 57091 on Dogs: Artificial Insemination, what his planned timetable is his Department to consider the recommendations on future vet

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Educational Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the shortage of public service vehicle drivers on the ability of schools to arrange educational trips.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders on the concerns raised by Greenpeace on the Environment Agency's Sludge Strategy.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency's Sludge Strategy in regulating the use of sewage sludge by farmers.

6 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for assessing the success of the Community Access to Cash Pilots.

Source: official written-questions record.