Written questions

814 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services.

31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freehold and Landlords: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking any steps to (a) identify and (b) tackle fraudulent activity by (i) landlords and (ii) freeholders.

24 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Macquarie Group: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations from Macquarie Group on increasing the number of flights (a) to and (b) from UK airports.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Children and Families: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the methodology for engaging with children and families living in poverty under the Child Poverty Strategy.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Child Poverty Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Child Poverty Taskforce has had with children and families living in poverty.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Child Poverty Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions on the Child Poverty Engagement Plan in which regions the Child Poverty Taskforce has had with (a) devolved governments, (b) elected mayors, (c) academia, (d) businesses and (e) civil society.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned timetable is for the publication of the Child Poverty Strategy; and whether an (a) interim report and (b) update will be published.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Data Centres: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending planning permission regulations to make the local water supplier a statutory consultees in applications to build

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to monitor the water usage of data centres built in AI Growth Zones.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed plans to make it easier to build data centres on levels of water usage.

13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for NHS dentistry.

3 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Infected Blood Compensation Authority compensation scheme will open for members of the infected blood community to make claims.

3 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of the infected blood community were invited to start their claim for compensation between 17 October 2024 and 31 December 2024.

3 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many compensation payments were made by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority between 17 October 2024 and 31 December 2024.

18 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to introduce further regulations to enable the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to issue payments to the affected.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the (a) governance and (b) performance of the water industry in England meets the UK's obligations under the Aarhus Convention.

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times prisons in Norfolk operated an (a) amber and (b) red regime in each the last 10 years.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department or water companies will appoint members to consumer water panels.

17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2947 on Water Companies: Accountability, when he expects the consumer water panels to be established.

12 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Prudential Regulation Authority: Enforcement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 17571 on Fossil Fuels: Insurance, whether the Prudential Regulation Authority is responsible for enforcing the (a) development and (b) implementation of transiti

12 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Fossil Fuels: Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2024 to Question 17571 on Fossil Fuels: Insurance, whether her Department has taken steps with the Prudential Regulation Authority to ensure Lloyd’s of London’s underwriting acti

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 17570 on Pension Funds: Environment Protection, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a legal obligation for UK-based p

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of new housing targets on sewerage infrastructure.

3 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Fossil Fuels: Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to prevent insurers underwriting fossil fuel projects.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of whether the divestment of pension funds from insurance companies that are not compliant with the UK’s climate commitments is a part of fiduciary duty.

29 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: F-35 Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15836, whether any F-35 components manufactured in Britain are designed specifically for use by the Israeli air force.

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Economic Situation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy supports the wider economy.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance contributions on (a) social enterprises and (b) v

25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: F-35 Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether F-35 components were sent from RAF Marham to Israel between October 2023 and August 2024.

29 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's policy is on (a) the right of return and (b) civil rights protections for ethnic Armenians displayed from the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Source: official written-questions record.