Written questions
1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 May 2023 · Treasury
Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the real terms (a) percentage change and (b) change in pounds sterling of child benefit allowance for a (a) first child b) second child since 2010.
11 May 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the cost to the public purse of the coronation on 6 May 2023.
2 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Committee of Privileges
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what ethical advice his Department sought on provision of legal support to the Rt Hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in relation to the Privileges Committee inquiry into that Member's conduct.
2 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Mould
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) local authorities on local authority funding for implementing Awaab’s Law.
2 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Mould
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of implementing Awaab’s Law.
2 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of low-income houses which are unable to afford living essentials due to a lack of funds.
2 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proposals by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trust on an essentials guarantee when setting Universal Credit.
2 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Plastics: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason a ringfenced fund for research on the effect of plastic pollution on the human body has not been set up.
2 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Plastics: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to establish a dedicated research fund into the impact of plastic pollution on human health.
2 May 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Plastics: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make it his policy to establish a dedicated ringfenced fund for research into the links between plastic pollution and trends in human health.
2 May 2023 · Treasury
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the the value of (a) suspected benefit fraud in the last 12 months and (b) unpaid benefits in the last 12 months.
2 May 2023 · Treasury
Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the total amount of tax that has been (a) avoided, (b) evaded and (c) uncollected in (i) the last 12 months, (ii) since 2019 and (iii) since 2010.
19 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of instances of voter personation that will be prevented by the new voter identification requirements in the local elections in May.
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many cases of possible voter personation have been investigated in each of the past ten years; and what estimate he has made of the number of voters likely to be unable to vote d
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities which are holding elections in May 2023 on the new voter identification requirements; and what assessment he has made o
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to local authorities to promote awareness of new Voter ID rules, broken down by local authority.
14 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on the number of undocumented people living in the UK without immigration status.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Asylum: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of legal advice available to people making an asylum claim.
14 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Asylum: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government is taking steps to increase the availability of legal advice to people making an asylum claim.
1 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Leeds East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Leeds East constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condition grade D
24 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the NHS.
11 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services and Social Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GDP was spent on health and social care in each year since 2010.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all NHS nursing staff in each year since 2010.
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending the £20 Universal Credit uplift to legacy benefit claimants during the Covid-19 pandemic.
30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment: Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to provide long-term support in the workplace for people suffering from long covid.
30 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of below-inflation pay rises on the level of staff vacancies in the NHS.
30 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (b) other Cabinet colleagues and (c) stakeholders on the potential merits of classifying lon
30 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to provide long-term support with seeking employment to people suffering from long covid.
29 Nov 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of free school meals.
29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Service: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of cuts to public services on trends in the level of excess deaths.
Source: official written-questions record.