Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people have been in receipt of an Education Health and Care plan in each year since 2010 in (a) London and (b) England.

15 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all police forces in England have a specialist Rape and Serious Sexual Offences unit.

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of waiting times for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service referrals (a) as at 18 October 2021 and (b) before the covid-19 outbreak; and wha

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to mental health services in (a) London and (b) England for the purposes of tackling the backlog in treatment following the covid-19 outbr

15 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Health and Social Care Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of funding raised through the Health and Social Care Levy that will be allocated to mental health services in (a) London and (b) England.

15 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the volume of suitable accommodation in which people seeking asylum are housed.

15 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce safe and legal routes for refugees arriving to the UK.

22 Sep 2021 · COP26

Carbon Emissions: Developing Countries

To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to negotiate a global fund to support the transition to net zero in less wealthy countries.

22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog in needs assessments for disabled children.

22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS can (a) tackle the needs of disabled children and (b) help those children to recover from the coivd-19 outbreak.

22 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Treasury on health recovery funding for disabled children.

20 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what contingency planning his Department is undertaking to help ensure that vulnerable people are not left without heating in the event of energy shortages in winter 2021, with pa

20 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that low income households are able to heat their homes following recent rises in energy prices.

20 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of the potential increase in energy bills in the coming months, what assessment she has made of the planned end of the £20 uplift in universal credit on claimants' ability to heat their h

20 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of the potential increase in energy bills, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) universal credit and (b) legacy benefit claimants will be able to afford heating over winter 20

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure consistency in police force’s response to domestic violence across the country.

20 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to (a) standardise the use of the domestic violence disclosure scheme across police forces and (b) remove discrepancies in how likely forces are to pass on information.

16 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to measure the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on people with disabilities.

16 Sep 2021 · Women and Equalities

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she is having with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office on planned engagement with (a) disabled people and (b) groups representing disabled people as pa

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions is she having with Ministerial colleagues in the (a) Department for Work and Pensions and (b) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on Afghan refugees' access to benef

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals living in the UK are awaiting a decision on asylum applications as at 16 September 2021; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that applicants are responded to as quick

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Afghan asylum seekers living in the UK are able to access immigration advice and legal representation.

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Human Rights: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of treating Afghanistan as an Article 15(c) area.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she made of the change in average waiting time for decision on personal independence payments (a) applications and (b) appeals.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with a learning disability moving from legacy benefits to universal credit do not receive a reduction in their benefits.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to progress the Universal Credit pilots.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the (a) adequacy of the rate of legacy benefits and (b) benefits of extending the £20 uplift in Universal Credit to legacy benefits.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Social Security Benefits: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is she taking to improve the collection of benefit and employment data about people with a learning disability within her Department.

10 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of the planned Health and Social Care levy on the budgets of (a) early years providers, (b) schools, (c) FE colleges and (d) univer

10 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the planned increase in NICs of the Health and Social Care levy on the budget for (a) early years providers, (b) schools, (c) FE colleges and (d) universities.

Source: official written-questions record.