Written questions
3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for asylum were suspended in each month between September and December 2023.
29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of funding for Admiral Nurses.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Further Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a funding mechanism for pay in further education that is separate to per-pupil funding.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Oral Statement of 20 November 2023 on Levelling Up, Official Report, column 25, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of participating in L
18 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties have been provided to asylum seekers receiving Section 95 support in (a) Ellesmere Port, (b) the North West and (c) England; and what proportion of these were provided in the last
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of page four of the National Audit Office’s report entitled, Resilience to flooding, published on 15 November 20
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Take-up
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the document entitled Personal Independence Payment: Official Statistics to July 2023, published on 19 September 2023, what steps his Department is taking to manage increases in the nu
15 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Further Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that increases in Further Education funding are used to (a) address recruitment and retention and (b) support colleges’ abilities to deliver on skills polic
15 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Further Education: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that additional funding for pay rises for support staff in further education colleges will be used for that purpose.
15 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Regional Planning and Development: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the total cost to local authorities of preparing bids for levelling up funded projects.
15 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason Levelling Up Fund Round Three was not opened on a competitive basis; and when his Department (a) informed local authorities of its approach to, (b) selected the proje
15 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Regional Planning and Development: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of 20 November 2023, Official Report, column 28, when
13 Dec 2023 · Treasury
High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the high income child benefit charge so that household income is taken into account.
13 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Taxation: Electronic Government
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for the rollout of Making Tax Digital.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department (a) has provided to local authorities to help reduce congestion on local roads in each of the last two years and (b) plans to provide to local authorities for this purpose in each of
13 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Fraud: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the case criteria implemented by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to determine whether an investigation should take place.
13 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability Living Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the 27.5 week timescale for completing change in circumstance requests for child Disability Living Allowance claims on those children and their fam
12 Dec 2023 · Treasury
High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 3635 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge on what evidential basis his Department determined that raising the threshold would come at a significant cost to the Government.
12 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average length of time taken for a production request for a Biometric Residence Permit to be made after a decision to grant leave to remain has been made.
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Analgesics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Home Office and (b) relevant stakeholders on the supply of Zapain.
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question198717 on Free School Meals, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools continue to be able to provide healthy meals; and what discus
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has (a) carried out a recent review of the allocation of Flood Defence Grant in Aid funding which will be available for flood risk schemes and (b) made an assess
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood risk schemes have been allocated funding via the Flood Defence Grant in Aid; and in which locations funded schemes have been.
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of contracting NHS neurodevelopmental assessments to private providers; and whether he has had discussions with the NHS on the potential merits of conducting s
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Affordable Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Homes England Investment Partners for the Affordable Homes Programme have filed for insolvency.
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Mould
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203012 on Social Rented Housing: Mould, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the funds raised
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Parking: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2023 to Question 155257 on Parking: Fines, what the result is of the review on the levels of private parking charges and additional fees set
12 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Owner Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department collects on levels of home ownership.
12 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the voluntary return scheme have been (a) received and (b) concluded since 1 January 2023.
12 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time to receive a response to an application to the voluntary return scheme is.
Source: official written-questions record.