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.