Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to increase (a) revenue and (b) capital funding for active travel.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that electric vehicle charging infrastructure can also be used by (a) e-bikes and (b) e-scooters.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s evaluation of the e-scooter trials, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of escooter use on Government targets relating to (a) carbon emissions and (b) ac

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring e-scooter users to be licensed.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of allowing privately owned scooters.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on parliamentary time for legislation on e-scooters.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he plans to take steps to to provide aid to Egypt to support refugees leaving Gaza.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the United Nations on securing safe refugee facilities for refugees leaving Gaza.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with his UN counterparts on the potential merits of issuing a new resolution on the war in Israel and Palestine.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with (a) international partners and (b) NGOs to establish refugee camps.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Disasters Emergency Committee: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Disasters Emergency Committee on the potential merits of establishing an appeal for Gaza.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with his (a) Egyptian counterpart and (b) other regional counterparts on allowing refugees from Gaza to (i) cross into Egypt and (ii) b

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel and Palestinians: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts on establishing a single international system for supporting refugees from (a) Israel and (b) Palestine.

19 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Israel and Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has established services to support people seeking refuge in the UK from (a) Israel and (b) Palestine.

19 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the potential merits of introducing a scheme similar to the Homes for Ukraine scheme for Palestinians.

19 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Israel and Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a family reunion scheme to support Israeli and Palestinian relatives of UK residents to come to the UK for the duration of the war

19 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, columns 58-69, what steps his Department is taking to support the rehabilitation of offenders.

19 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 68, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the Parole Board on the process for reviewing sen

19 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, column 68, if he will take steps to ensure that all sentences of imprisonment for public protection are reviewed in the ne

19 Oct 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Gaza and Israel

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church of England has provided to (a) churches and (b) other people in (i) Israel and (ii) Gaza since 7 October 2023.

19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the provider of the Federated Data Platform is prohibited from selling data.

19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Federated Data Platform will be able to be accessed for commercial purposes.

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has of the potential merits of the UK participating in Creative Europe.

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

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on whether public service contracts of under £100,000 may be issued on a short-term, temporary basis when there is a g

19 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of NHS complaints.

18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide women with education on self-examining for breast cancer.

18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to promote screening for breast cancer to people who are eligible.

18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the estimate of Auditory Verbal UK's estimate that £2 million funding over 10 years would strengthen services for deaf children, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of

18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to train up to 300 therapists to specialise in the auditory verbal approach for non-hearing children.

18 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that non-hearing children are able to access auditory verbal approach therapy where it is deemed that they would benefit from it.

Source: official written-questions record.