Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the level of children living in poverty in Lewisham Deptford constituency.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 26814 on Qualifications, how many of the independent assessors that were commissioned to evaluate qualifications that overlap with T-Levels are (a) employed and

8 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) organisations and (b) individuals his Department has consulted as part of the development of the delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dialysis Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 2572 on Dialysis Machines, what discussions officials in his Department have had with the NHS on the distribution of communications with patients r

30 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the service standard time is for processing visa applications from (a) Afghan and (b) Ukrainian refugees as of 30 June 2022.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance by his Department entitled Qualifications that overlap with T Levels, published on 11 May 2022, what the evidential basis is for his Department's assessment that 160 qualification

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the independent assessors that were commissioned by his Department to evaluate qualifications that overlap with T-Levels in waves one and two (a) started and (b) concluded their work; and how many qualific

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral statement of 26 May 2022 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people who are successful in an (a) assessment, (b) mandatory reconsideration and (c) appeal to the first

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the objective set out in the health and disability green paper on improving the quality of decision-making for Personal Independence Payments, if she will commission an independent aud

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 128374, on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, if she will instruct officials to undertake an independent audit of the accuracy of surveys

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 103610, on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, if she will place the most recent quarterly satisfaction ratings for disability benefit a

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department requires assessor companies to report on the number of disabled and seriously unwell people who have requested that their assessment be audio recorded.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the response from individual disabled people to the health and disability green paper in summer 2021; and whether her Depa

9 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendations of the National Audit Office report entitled Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme published on 8 September 2021, whether the Government has made

9 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make funding available for a public energy advice service in England which is equivalent to the funding provided by the Scottish Government to Home Energy S

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Act 1983

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's forthcoming reform of the Mental Health Act, if he will make it his policy to work closely with stakeholders to test and develop policy proposals concerning child

8 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Act 1983

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's forthcoming reform of the Mental Health Act, what steps he plans to take to ensure that legislative proposals address the concerns of respondents to the public co

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum and Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records her Department holds on (a) asylum claims, (b) British passport applications and (c) biometric residence card applications that are undecided as of 8 June 2022.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for a biometric residence card as of 8 June 2022.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what record her Department holds of applications for biometric residence cards received in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 that were issued within the service standard time.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for (a) a British passport and (b) renewal of a British passport as of 8 June 2022.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what record her Department holds of applications for British passports received in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 that were processed within the service standard time.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the current average processing time for an asylum application.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records her Department holds of asylum claims received in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 that were processed within six months.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to introduce a minimum energy efficiency standard for all homes in the England.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help enable local authorities to install renewable power in existing social housing stock.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many grants have been awarded via Energy Company Obligation Schemes to households in (a) the UK, (b) London and c) Lewisham Deptford constituency as of 8 June 2022.

6 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees, excluding third-party contractors, (a) began employment with and (b) ceased employment with the Financial Conduct Authority in each month in the period (i) May 2019 to February 2020 inclusive and

24 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disabled adults have been in employment in each year since 2017, by sector.

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Minimum Income Guarantee for use as a baseline by local authorities when calculating charges for social care.

Source: official written-questions record.