Written questions

3,693 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2023 to Question 189628 on Long Covid: Clinics, what discussions his Department has had with long covid clinics to help inform funding decisions for those clinics

24 Oct 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.

24 Oct 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

24 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's News story of 19 September 2023 entitled Avanti West Coast awarded long-term contract after significant improvements for passengers, whether there was a (a) requirement to awa

24 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the monthly production capacity for biometric residence permits.

24 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time from a decision being made on a biometric residence permit to that permit being delivered is.

24 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the capacity to produce biometric residence permits to meet the Streamlined Asylum Process.

24 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Childcare: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the tax-free childcare allowance, in the the context of increases in the cost of living.

24 Oct 2023 · Cabinet Office

Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 196542 on Death, what assessment the Government has made of the causes of excess deaths in 2022.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to implement a 20% reduction target for Education Health and Care Plans as part of the Delivering Better Value in SEND programme.

17 Oct 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.

17 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183105 on Family Courts: Standards, how many judicial sitting days there were in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23; and how many judges were recruited in each of those y

17 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had on trial of Galen technology by Imperial College Healthcare, University College London, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, Chelsea and Westmin

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Affordable Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the capacity of delivery agencies for delivering the aims of the Affordable Homes Programme.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes England: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average response time for enquiries to Home England.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there has been a reduction in Education Health Care Plans at any of the Local Authorities in Tranche 1 and 2 of the Delivering Better Value in SEND Programme.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will produce guidance for local authorities on spending on emergency homeless dispersal accommodation.

17 Oct 2023 · Attorney General

Prosecutions: Standards

To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the average length of time between a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and a prosecution decision being reached.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Assessments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing funding for exam remarks for students on the pupil premium.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing specific funding to social housing providers to eradicate damp and mould in properties.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Shared Ownership Schemes: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of energy costs on the purchase of shared ownership extra care schemes.

17 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crime reports Action Fraud have received in each month since September 2021; and of those, what proportion have met the assessment case criteria implemented by the National Fraud Intelligence

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop policy relating to Investment Zones.

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts the National Roadside Repair and Recovery scheme received in (a) the UK, (b) Europe and (c) Morocco in each year since 2015.

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's National Roadside Repair and Recovery scheme in each year since 2015.

16 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Facilitated Return Scheme were made in each year since 2015.

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prisoner capacity is at HMP (a) Huntercombe, (b) Maidstone and (c) Morton Hall as of 16 October 2023.

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many translators work at HMP (a) Huntercombe, (b) Maidstone and (c) Morton Hall as of 16 October 2023; and what languages those translators speak.

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have absconded from prisons since 1 January 2023, broken down by the offence for which they were imprisoned.

16 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many commonwealth nationals joined the British armed forces in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.