Written questions
1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Game: Birds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question HL7651, if he will provide further details of the call for evidence on gamebird welfare including (a) expected date of commencement,
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of temporarily increasing the rate of (a) statutory maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the average time families live in temporary accommodation in the last three years; and what steps he is taking to reduce waiting lists for social housi
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Care Homes: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to include residential care homes in the domestic energy price cap.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the rising cost of energy bills do not negatively impact (a) patient safety and (b) services in NHS (i) hospitals and (ii) community services.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing the cap on NHS doctors’ pensions.
20 Sep 2022 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of temporarily dropping (a) visa and (b) leave to remain fees for healthcare workers.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Locums
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) removing locum caps and (b) ringfencing a new budget for NHS locum staff.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing investment for mental health support for NHS staff.
20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Integrated Care Systems have been issuing the protein-based Nuvaxovid covid-19 vaccine since its approval; and what guidance her Department has issued on access to Nuvaxovid for those peo
20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Armenia: Azerbaijan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the violence on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan on 13 September 2022.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensioners: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of pensioners who will be living in poverty during the winter of 2022-23.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to create more habitat for nature in the UK.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hospitality Industry: Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of availability of electricity contracts for new hospitality businesses.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Heat Networks
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people using communal heat networks will be covered by the energy price cap.
20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) his international counterparts on the establishment of an international loss and damage fund ahead of COP27.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) parliamentary scrutiny is upheld and (b) personal data and personal health
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carers: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to provide further resources to carers to help (a) remain in or (b) return to work.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature and the G7 2030 Nature Compact; and what steps he is taking to prevent degradatio
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to amend fishing licenses in 2023 to reference destructive fishing.
20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning all types of destructive fishing from Marine Protected Areas.
20 Sep 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a cost-benefit analysis of her Department's Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda.
20 Sep 2022 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of people allowed to resettle in the UK through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in the next 12 months.
7 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) raising Local Housing Allowance so that it covers the cheapest third of rents and (b) removing the benefit cap on levels of
7 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Help to Buy Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Help to Buy scheme, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that buyers have been unable to re-mortgage as a result of the a
7 Sep 2022 · Home Office
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful appeals in the First-tier Tribunal are awaiting implementation as of 7 September 2022.
7 Sep 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will undertake a review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals before the start of the 2023-24 academic year.
7 Sep 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on the number of children who will be both living in poverty and ineligible for free school meals in the next
7 Sep 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals have access to healthy meals.
6 Sep 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use of hotel accommodation for asylum seeking families that include children with severe mental health issues or autism; and if she will revi
Source: official written-questions record.