Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help tackle the practice of landbanking.

23 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Community Infrastructure Levy: Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to increase the levy on land where there has been evidence of land banking prior to the completion of a development in the context of the Community Infrastructu

23 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to facilitate Compulsory Purchase Orders on brownfield sites to counter land banking by developers where land has remained undeveloped after two years.

23 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using Compulsory Purchase Orders to secure more land for (a) social housing and (b) public use.

23 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to (a) support local authorities in building new social housing and (b) review the funding model for building new social housing.

23 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to encourage the use of alternative dispute mechanisms in the context of resolving collective disputes; and if she will make statement.

23 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to introduce legislative proposals on extending employment rights in this Parliament.

23 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will put back by 12 months commencement of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill once Royal Assent has been received to enable employers to consider its implementation.

23 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Industrial Disputes: Disciplinary Proceedings and Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has provided guidance on employees' potential rights of recourse where taking part in industrial action and strikes has resulted in (a) their dismissal and (b) other actions by t

23 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to conduct further consultations with employers on the potential impact of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on (a) levels of safety and (b) industrial relations.

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the level of NHS complaints that are referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

23 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of integrated care boards commissioning local vaccination programmes.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Sudan: Travel Requirements

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183490 on Sudan: Travel Requirements, how many Sudanese people have (a) travel documents held by the UK Visa Centre in Sudan and (b) been contacted to

22 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people in the criminal justice system have immediate access to pre-trial trauma services.

22 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help (a) wheelchair users and (b) people with limited mobility to access the countryside.

22 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Footpaths

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to create a network of shorter walks to encourage people to engage with walking.

22 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to measure the outcomes of the Environmental Improvement Plan.

22 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues to inspectors working on local plans on meetings with interested parties to discuss the future of those plans.

22 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local plans can be amended to include a review process as a result of changes in planning directions.

22 May 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for (a) asylum, (b) indefinite leave to remain and (c) citizenship were submitted more than 12 months ago; and how many and what proportion of such applica

22 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Office for Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timetable is for the Office for Local Government to start operating.

22 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for launching a new care workforce pathway for adult social care.

22 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

BUPA: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the transfer of NHS patients to another practice following the closure of a BUPA dental practice in York.

22 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to train Work Coaches to support jobseekers with complex disabilities.

22 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to help train Disability Employment Advisors to support people with complex disabilities into employment.

22 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to make job centre computers accessible to people who require (a) refreshable braille displays and (b) other accessibility hardware to use computers.

22 May 2023 · Home Office

Naturalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for naturalisation her Department received in each year since 2010; and what the average processing time was for those applications in each of those years.

19 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Future Pension Centre helpline were not answered in the period since 26 February 2023.

18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Hostels

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she will take to implement her Environmental Implementation Plan on improving YHA facilities.

18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to help promote low-cost visits and stays in the natural environment for targeted groups with the pur

Source: official written-questions record.