Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure those seeking mortgages are not required to produce an EWS1 form for buildings under 11 metres for lending purposes.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include specialist post-16 colleges in future FE capital funding schemes.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to conduct a full survey of the condition of specialist post-16 college buildings; and what support is available to redress potential deficiencies in those buildings.

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the commitments in the SEND and alternative provision improvement plan to review her Department's (a) definitions and (b) management of specialist further education and integrate specialist co

5 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to support transition out of education for young college leavers with complex special educational needs or disabilities; and what steps she plans to take to help improve collaboration between

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2023 to Question 125421 on Personal Independence Payment, in what ways elements of the Personal Independence Payment claims process have been adapted to provide furt

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Diamonds and Metals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to block imports of Russian-origin (a) diamonds, (b) copper, (c) aluminium and (d) nickel.

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Diamonds and Metals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to coordinate sanctions on Russian-origin (a) diamonds, (b) copper, (c) aluminium and (d) nickel exports with (i) the EU and (ii) other al

2 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for Entry Clearance applications submitted on the basis of family reunion from (a) Syrian, (b) Afghan and (c) Ukrainian refugees.

16 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the backlog of asylum applications.

10 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to support people in local authority funded nursing homes who lack mental capacity and do not have anyone with power of attorney to access energy suppor

5 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers have achieved level (a) one, (b) two and (c) three of the Disability Confident scheme in each of the last five years.

5 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 04 May to Question 182900 on Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations, what evidence his Department took into consideration when assessing whether those criteria wer

5 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th March 2023 to Question 156196 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, how many people receiving (a) Employment Support Allowance without receiving Personal Independence Pa

5 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 04 May to Question 182901 on Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability, if he will publish copies of the consultation responses.

28 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Taxis: Guide Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions each licensing authority has brought under the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 governing a blind person's right to travel in licensed taxis with their guide dogs since January 2022, brok

27 Apr 2023 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Disability

To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177871 on Attorney General: Disability, whether she plans to take steps to increase the proportion of her Department's employees who identify as having a disability.

27 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 180229 on Social Services: Finance, whether he plans to assess the impact of changes in the level of social care workforce train and retain fundi

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 180270 on Access to Work Programme, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reason for the significant increase in Access to Work applications

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the responses to his Department's consultation on shaping future support: the health and disability green paper are publicly available.

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, what evidence his Department took into consideration when assessing w

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the alignment between the Government’s Major Conditions Strategy and the Life Sciences Vision.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Postgraduate Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on extending the free 30 hours of childcare offer to include parents who are postgraduate students receiving PhD stipends.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Horizon Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress she has made on the ratification of the UK’s association with the EU’s Horizon Europe programme.

24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Research: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role of the R&D sector in increasing the UK’s pandemic disease preparedness.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Immunosuppression: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a UK vaccinology network to research immunogenicity, mucosal immunity, and vaccines for people with compromised immu

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions were made to apply a sanction to a single Universal Credit claim where that claimant received the Personal Independence Payment in the period since June 2020.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decisions were made to apply a sanction to a (a) single and (b) joint Universal Credit claim where at least one claimant received the Personal Independence Payment in the period since June 2020

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, what criteria his Department used to select participants in the Sever

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, how many people have participated in the Severe Disability Group test

Source: official written-questions record.