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.