Written questions

814 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 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, with reference to his oral evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 22 March 2023, HC 1213, when he expects the review of the operation of the vo

27 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, with reference to his oral evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 22 March 2023, HC 1213, what his estimated timescale is for the appointment o

27 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, what steps his Department has taken to provide targeted support to black and minority ethnic voters on new voter ID requirements.

27 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of voter ID policies on black and minority ethnic voters.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Voter Authority Certificates: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March to Question 171447 on Voter Authority Certificates: Ethnic Groups, if he will make a statement on collecting data on the declared ethnicity of appl

24 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of Ministry of Defence sites apart from sites at Scampton and Wethersfield for future use as accommodation for people

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which pilots of the Federated Data Platform were (a) not successful (b) suspended and (c) withdrawn; and if he will list the reasons for each withdrawal.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Palantir has failed to meet in (a) part and (b) full the terms of any of its contracts with his Department since January 2020

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Walk-in Centres: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of walk-in centres in preventative healthcare.

6 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy on re-writing modern slavery rules.

6 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has sought legal advice on the compatibility of making it illegal for people who claim asylum in Britain after arrival by a small boat, with the UK being party to the 1951 Conve

6 Feb 2023 · Home Office

European Convention on Human Rights: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has sought legal advice on exiting the European Convention on Human Rights.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Mission Zero - the Independent Review of Net Zero, if he will implement the review's recommendation to a publish a public engagement plan for England with clear

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of the protective approach to (a) the environment and (b) human health taken by (i) UK REACH and (ii) the EU.

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hazardous Substances: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to put mechanisms in place to resolve concerns raised by the European Chemicals Agency about hazardous substances registered in the EU that are g

16 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hazardous Substances: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new additions to the EU’s Substances of Very High Concern Candidate List are assessed promptly UK REACH once added to the EU list.

16 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hazardous Substances: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the substances targeted for a restriction in EU REACH that are not considered a priority in the UK REACH work programme 2022-23 have been assessed as either (a) not used or ra

16 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hazardous Substances: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will adopt EU risk management decisions on hazardous substances during the transitional period given for substances registered under EU REACH and transferred into UK REACH.

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Challenger Tanks

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the upgrade of the Challenger 2 tank; how many of the current fleet will be upgraded to Challenger 3; how many Challenger 2 tanks will be retired; and what plans he has for those tanks on re

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Boxer Vehicles and Warrior Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Boxer vehicles have been ordered as of 7 November 2022; by when he plans to have fully replaced Warrior vehicles with Boxer; how many Warrior vehicles are being replaced; and what plans he has for them o

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Sabre and (b) Scimitar vehicles are in service as of 7 November 2022; when he plans to (i) replace and (ii) upgrade those vehicles; how many will be retired; and what plans he has for them on retirem

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Typhoon Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft will leave operational service; and what plans he has for them on retirement.

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Chinook helicopters will next leave operational service; how many will be (a) withdrawn and (b) replaced; and what plans he has for them on retirement.

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department next plans to replace its multiple-launch rocket systems; how many will be replaced; and what plans he has for them on retirement.

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many surplus vehicles have been listed for sale by his Department since 1 January 2022; and if he will publish a list of those vehicles.

7 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Armoured Fighting Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) selling and (b) loaning to Ukraine the UK's surplus (i) main battle tanks, (ii) infantry fighting vehicles and (iii) armoured personnel

7 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of tickets on higher rate flights incurrent the (a) reduced and (b) standard rate of Air Passenger Duty in each of the last five years.

7 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Air Passenger Duty revenues have been from flights where the plane was over 20 tonnes and equipped to carry fewer than 19 passengers in each of the last five years.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Aviation: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of UK greenhouse gas emissions from aviation that derived from flights where the plane was over 20 tonnes and equipped to carry fewer

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains the Government's policy to bring onshore wind planning policy in line with other infrastructure to allow it to be more easily deployed in England as set out in

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