Written questions

3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Dec 2023 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment the potential merits of modernising national insurance contribution payment methods for (a) taxpayers and (b) HMRC.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in service charges on care home residents, in the context of increases in the cost of energy.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit claimants reached State Pension age (a) in and (b) since April 2016.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of drivers who were advised that they had a medical condition that affects their ability to drive safely about which they should notify the DVL

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many notifications of any injury or illness that would have a likely impact on safe driving ability the DVLA has received from (a) doctors, (b) other healthcare professionals and (c) drivers in each year si

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of vehicle collisions which resulted in an injury that were (a) caused and (b) partly caused by a medical episode experienced by a driver.

11 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2023 to Question 202822 on Offenders: Deportations, if he will publish the number of asylum interviews for foreign national offenders conducted by his Depart

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's timetable is for extending the voluntary Right to Buy scheme.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 204030 on Avanti West Coast: Contracts, what the (a) time constraints and (b) market conditions were that meant open competition for the contract was

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Options for Defined Benefit Scheme: call for evidence which closed in September 2023.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Social Housing regulator on the timetable for setting the regulato

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to instruct Ofqual to give special consideration for students whose schools have been affected by RAAC.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to allow discretion in (a) grading and (b) OFSTED inspections for schools affected by RAAC.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) school buildings and (b) sports facilities affected by RAAC; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of compen

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's timescale is for replacing (a) school buildings and (b) sports facilities affected by RAAC; and what criteria her Department plans to use when judging the suitability of replacement buildi

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timetable is for making an assessment of the extent to which the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund has achieved its funding objectives.

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer of 23 June 2023 to Question 189629 on Warm Home Discount Scheme, whether the evaluation of the reformed Warm Home Discount scheme included an impact assessment.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Lord Markham's keynote speech at London Tech Week 2023 on 12 June 2023, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the policy framework clarifying the market pathwa

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Factories

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for completing the review of the (a) emission trading scheme and (b) sale of unused credits by companies that have closed down factories in the UK.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carbamazepine: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on tackling shortages of Tegretol 100mg tablets.

22 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC staff receive commission on sums collected in tax arrears.

14 Nov 2023 · Cabinet Office

Suella Braverman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter of 14 November 2023 to the Prime Minister from the rt hon. member for Fareham, if the Prime Minister will publish the document with clear terms agreed in October 2022 referred to in

24 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Pension Credit were born on or after April 2016.

24 Oct 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

24 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to instruct Ofqual to give special consideration for students whose schools have been affected by RAAC.

24 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Ofsted on the potential merits of taking into account disruption to schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete when assessing their delivery of the National

24 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for having replacement buildings and sports facilities for schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete; and what criteria will be used to assess the suitability of r

24 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people over the age of 75 have been subject to court action for the non-payment of TV Licence in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the services provided by long covid clinics.

24 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the value of data it collects on long covid clinic (a) waiting lists and (b) patient outcomes.

Source: official written-questions record.