Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the importance of urban to rural bus services for public access to the natural environment.
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of teaching (a) primary and (b) secondary school children about engagement with the natur
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Camping Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help support people to engage in wild camping in areas designated for the right to roam.
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is she taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help ensure that social prescribing for (a) young people and (b) adults promotes access to the natura
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Educational Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of providing funding for (a) residential and (b) other school visits to nature rich envir
18 May 2023 · Department for Education
Countryside: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to ensure young people have access to learning in nature settings.
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Derelict Land
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the way brownfield sites may be used for nature rich environments.
18 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what her Department's Environmental Improvement Plan ensures people have equal access to nature.
16 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to create safe routes for asylum seekers to enter the UK.
16 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason asylum seekers from Afghanistan are required to find their own accommodation in the UK; and if she will make it her police to set up an equivalent scheme for Afghans to the Homes for U
16 May 2023 · Home Office
Refugees: York
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the impact of moving refugees (a) based in York and (b) based in York with children attending York schools from their settled location on their social and emotional wel
16 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that everyone who is considering making voluntary National Insurance Contribution payments will have the opportunity to speak with an adviser on the Futu
16 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new full-time equivalent staff have started working on the Future Pension Centre helpline since 1 January 2023.
16 May 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Sudan who had applied for a visa were awaiting a decision on 16 May 2023; and how many of those have submitted their passports to her Department.
16 May 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa applicants from Sudan whose passports and other travel documents are held in the visa application centre in Khartoum have been contacted by her Department.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential increase in revenue generated by LNER through demand-based pricing.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has set targets for increased revenue following the implementation of demand-based pricing by LNER.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single leg pricing trial at LNER, whether that trial has so far led to an increase in the cost of any (a) single and (b) return rail journeys.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of which fares will be higher compared to current rates due to demand-based pricing by LNER.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the demand-based pricing trial at LNER, what the maximum increase is that could occur under those plans because of demand-based pricing in any fare compared to the current fare for the same jo
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on rail passengers of rolling out single leg rail pricing across the rail network.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fares trial at LNER, what fares will no longer be available for purchase.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fare trial at LNER, whether any single fares will cost passengers more under that trial than they did under the previous fares system.
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fare trial at LNER, whether any fares for return journeys at (a) peak and (b) off-peak times will cost passengers more than the same journeys did under the previous fares system
16 May 2023 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the single-leg fare trial at LNER, whether any individual journeys cost passengers more under the trial than they did under the previous fares system.
15 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Safety Measures
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he will he plans to end the use of Smart Motorways.
15 May 2023 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of people killed on Smart Motorways as a result of their being no hard shoulder in each year since its introduction.
15 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
British Gas: Ebico
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the credit owed to domestic customers following the transfer of business from Ebico to British Gas; and what plans he has to help those customers recover court-as
15 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
British Gas: Ebico
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will discuss with British Gas access for former Ebico customers to their credit and any court-assessed costs.
15 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Ofgem: Powers
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to strengthen the powers of Ofgem.
Source: official written-questions record.