Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) made an application for Pension Credit and (b) were new claimants of Pension Credit in each of the last 24 months.
6 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking help reduce waiting times for support services for survivors of sexual abuse.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Firearms: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearm and (a) shotgun certificates have been issued to people who had previously faced allegations of domestic abuse.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Firearms: North Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearms and (b) shotgun certificate certificates were revoked in (i) York and (ii) North Yorkshire in the latest 12 month period for which data is available.
6 May 2025 · Home Office
Firearms: North Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearms and (b) shotgun certificate (i) applications and (ii) renewals were completed in (A) York and (B) North Yorkshire in the latest 12 month period for which data is available.
6 May 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43941 on Taxis: Licensing, when she plans to complete her consideration of options to strengthen the regulation of the sector.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider setting up a national community-led tourism network to work with local visitor economy partnerships.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of local community representation on tourist economy advisory boards.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with directly elected Mayors on the devolution of powers for tourist levies.
6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of voluntary tourist levies organised by Accommodation Business Improvement Districts.
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: North Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment standard daily living component were awarded less than four points in all daily living activities in (a) York Centr
6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the Personal Independence Payment standard daily living component were awarded less than four points in all daily living activities in the most recen
6 May 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on its contract with Mott Macdonald to administer the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in each year since 2018.
6 May 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made under match funding arrangements to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for (a) specialist assessments and (b) therapeutic support in each financial year since 201
6 May 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made under the fair access limit to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in each financial year since 2015; and what the (a) total and (b) average value was of those app
6 May 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) applications and (b) approvals there were under the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in each financial year since 2015; and what the realised spend was in each financial year.
6 May 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2025 to Question 42565 on Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the time taken to confirm funding for the 202
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the risk of adoption and special guardianship disruption as a result of the delay in funding for therapeutic support via the Adoption and Special Guardianship Suppo
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund are on hold as a result of the delay caused in announcing the funding for the current financial year.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints were (a) received and (b) upheld against Mott MacDonald in its role administering the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
29 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on the a
29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s negotiating priorities are for the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to attend the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap
8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Euthanasia and Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has had on (a) assisted dying and (b) palliative care since his appointment.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the availability of information on future funding for the adoption and special guardianship support fund on (a) therapy providers (b) levels of redundanci
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issued to local authorities on the rules for applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund to be carried over into the 2025 financial year.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications made to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund before March 31st 2025 were rejected on the basis that no future funding announcement had been made.
27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the impact assessment for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will be published.
27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme: York
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families receive support under the Healthy Start scheme in York.
27 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patient Choice Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on (a) (i) autism and (ii) ADHD assessments and (b) other functions of the Patient Choice department.
Source: official written-questions record.