Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service and Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was from receipt of a complaint about (a) his Department and (b) the Child Maintenance Service to the Independent Case Examiner to the commencement of any investigation i
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many Child Maintenance Service cases a parent is in arrears of above (a) £1,000, (b) £5,000 (c) £10,000 as of 21 February 2023.
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has successfully applied to the courts for a parent to be imprisoned as part of enforcement action for the collection of child maintenance in each yea
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has successfully applied to the courts to disqualify a parent from holding or obtaining a passport as part of enforcement action for the collection of
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has successfully applied to the courts for an order for the sale of (a) land, (b) property and (c) other assets as part of enforcement action for the
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has successfully applied to the courts to disqualify a parent from holding or obtaining a driving licence as part of enforcement action for the collec
21 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Child Maintenance Service has instructed enforcement agents to seize property to enforce the collection of child maintenance in each year since 2015.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of making local authorities responsible for managing delayed discharge.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential benefits of providing discharge funding for people with a delayed discharge to the (a) acute, (b) primary and (c) social care sector.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of increasing funding for community provision of rehabilitative and social care.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Per Capita Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much it costs the NHS per day to maintain a patient ready for discharge in an acute clinical setting.
20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of delayed discharge on patients deconditioning; and what steps he is taking to ensure that patients functional skills continue to advance while waiting fo
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Devolution: North Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will ensure that the devolution plan for York and North Yorkshire provides facility to develop an economic plan for the region.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department takes to support local authorities to develop and deliver local economic plans.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential of the creative and cultural sector in playing a role in diverting young people away from crime.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department take steps to help ensure equality of access to the creative and cultural assets of a location, including from people from lower socioeconomic groups.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what mechanisms her Department uses to assess the economic benefits that creative and cultural activities may contribute to an area; and what steps her Department takes to support local authoriti
20 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up Secretary, Housing and Communities on coordinating neighbourhood and city centre policing strategies.
20 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Police: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of visible (a) city centre police and (b) neighbourhood police on (i) levels of crime and (ii) community feelings of safety.
20 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that counter-terrorism surveillance helps support other forms of crime prevention.
20 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Police: Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the police integrate effective surveillance measures into (a) road blocks and (b) other counter-terrorism measures.
20 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Surveillance: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has published recent guidance for local authorities on best practice for auditing of (a) CCTV and (b) other surveillance technologies; and what steps she is taking with counter-
20 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Community Safety Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Community Safety Partnerships.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on joint (a) working and (b) funding for youth services to help tackle young people being caught up in c
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a statutory youth service; and if she will take steps to establish that service.
20 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cost of Living: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to introduce alternative support with the cost of living for people on low incomes who are not eligible for the cost-of-living payment as a result of fluctuating income.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2023 to Question 140142 on Energy: Meters, when Ofgem will make that assessment of energy payment methods.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the National Minimum Allowances for Children in Foster Care.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to (a) increase the national minimum allowances for children in foster care and (b) provide funding for the full costs of fostering placements in the next Budget.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that (a) cycling and walking network plans and (b) rights of way improvement plans drawn up by local transport and highway autho
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