Written questions
2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking (a) in response to the recent rise in youth homelessness and (b) in preparation to support homeless people in winter 2021-22.
20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Covid Pass
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2021 to Question 45215 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what progress she has made on the NHS Covid pass pilot; and when that programme will be rolled out more wi
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Carbon Emissions and Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that new homes are (a) carbon neutral and (b) fuelled by renewable energy sources.
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce plastic waste by supporting investment in bio-wraps such as corn starch.
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce subsidies that bring the retail value of electric cars in line with their fossil fuel counterparts.
20 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to help local authorities improve electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase funding for community mental health provision to prevent patients being put in out of area placements.
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of returning to in-person council meetings on (a) conducting council business and (b) attendance at meetings by (i) councillors and (ii) mem
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Remote Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the (a) results and (b) response to the Remote meetings: Call for evidence which closed on 17 June 2021.
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what steps his Department is taking to review the wider use of executive bonuses and company dividends in the rail sector.
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what assessment his Department has made of the future viability of the (a) Thameslink, (b) Southern and (c) Great Northern fr
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
South Eastern Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he is having with the Serious Fraud Office in the context of the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise.
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
South Eastern Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what investigations are being progressed by his Department alongside the internal investigation by Go-Ahead group.
19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport
South Eastern Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding allocated from the public purse that will be repaid in response to the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise.
19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Terminal Illnesses: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that social care is affordable for people with a terminal illness; and what recent estimate his Department has made of care costs for people with a terminal illnes
19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Terminal Illnesses: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on how the health and social care levy will be used to improve the quality of care for people with a terminal illness.
19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reform the social care system through (a) staffing and (b) quality of care.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Education Health and Care Plans; and what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on that funding ahead of the upcoming Spen
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's funding was for Education Health and Care plans (a) per student and (b) in total for each year since 2011.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department made of the increase in demand for Education Health and Care plans since 2011.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Location
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that mental healthcare patients are able to live and be treated in their own community.
15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the impact on families and individuals of the number of out-of-areas placements given to adults and children referred to mental health services in each year since 201
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve its response times in replying to correspondence from hon. Members.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average response time for her Department was to respond substantially to hon. Members' correspondence in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 so far.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of correspondence from hon. Members on (a) asylum applications, (b) visa applications and (c) passport applications were awaiting a response as at 15 October 2021.
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of correspondence from Honourable Members on (a) asylum applications, (b) visa applications and (c) passport applications were responded to within her Department's service standard in
15 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Department's service standards are for responding to correspondence from Honourable Members on (a) asylum applications, (b) visa applications and (c) passport applications; and how meeting th
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Levelling Up Fund: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to include disabled children in the levelling up agenda and help them recover from the covid-19 outbreak.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have the capacity and resources to meet their targets for providing Education, Health and Care plan assessments.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education
Respite Care: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have adequate resources to ensure every family with a disabled child can receive the respite care they need.
Source: official written-questions record.