Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Digital Technology: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set targets for the reuse of digital devices in the extended producer responsibility regime.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to standardise data security protocols for digital device donation, in the context of tackling digital exclusion and reducing e-waste.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will update the 2014 Digital Inclusion Strategy to promote the redistribution of digital devices, in the context of tackling exclusion and reducing e-waste.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate his Department has made of the total level of funding allocated by the Medical Research Council into specific research on the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of lobular br

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of research funding spent on lobular breast cancer research was in 2023- 2024.

12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of research funding spent on lobular breast cancer research was in 2022- 2023.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when does he plans to publish allocations of the Public Health Grant for 2025-26.

10 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release Home upgrade revolution as renters set for warmer homes and cheaper bills, published on 23 September 2024, when he plans to consult on new EPC

3 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Limitation law in child sexual abuse cases, which closed on 10 July 2024.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure young girls who are unaccompanied children seeking asylum are (a) able to access education and (b) supported to stay in school.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the central data collection on access to education for unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum who were not in school in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.

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

Local Government Finance: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that the funding model for inner London boroughs meets local demand.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to review the rates of the Local Housing Allowance to reflect housing costs in inner London boroughs.

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

Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help councils reduce the (a) need for and (b) costs of temporary accommodation.

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

Temporary Accommodation: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of temporary accommodation for London councils in each of the last four years.

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

Local Government Finance: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the funding gap for London councils in the next four years.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure early identification of cardiac problems in young people.

3 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of rolling out cardiac screening to young people.

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

Wood-burning Stoves

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2024 to Question 5227 on Wood-burning Stoves, what recent estimate he has made of when his Department will complete its assessment of options to

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of a (a) safe and (b) effective Group B Streptococcus vaccine.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the results of the GBS3 trial can be acted upon (a) quickly and (b) effectively.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with Group B Strep Support to discuss the importance of (a) early and (b)consistent diagnosis of Group B Streptococcus.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antenatal Care: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of early pregnancy services in A&E departments (a) at weekends and (b) overnight.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antenatal Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent guidance his Department has issued to NHS Foundation Trusts on the provision of early pregnancy services (a) at weekends and (b) overnight.

2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across the NHS in each of the last five years.

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

Employment Tribunals Service: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across local government in each of the last five years.

2 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost to the public purse was of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across Government in each of the last five years.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that support is available for households that (a) are not on low incomes and (b) do not have access to capital upfront to retrofit their homes.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to provide targeted employment support for unemployed care leavers.

Source: official written-questions record.