Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the investment provided to the Post Office by the Government in November 2020 to maintain and enhance the network of post offices

5 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current level of violence perpetrated against retail workers.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting kinship carers paid time off work when a child starts living with them.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing all kinship carers with a weekly allowance.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a single statutory definition of kinship care.

4 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Joint Replacements: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for joint replacement surgery in England.

4 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing financial support via the Tax-Free Childcare scheme for parents in London in the context of the rise in the cost of childcare in London relative to o

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take further steps to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points.

28 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Company Cars: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing company car tax rates on battery electric cars beyond the the 2024-2025 tax year.

28 Jun 2022 · Cabinet Office

Official Visits: Ukraine

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total costs were of the Prime Minister's trip to Ukraine in June 2022; and which Department met those costs.

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

BTEC Qualifications: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of guaranteeing funding for BTEC qualifications for the current parliamentary session.

20 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wheat: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising wheat costs on catering businesses; and whether he plans to take further steps to support (a) small- and (b) medium-sized catering b

20 Jun 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to UK Visas and Immigration and HM Passport Office's customer service operations data, published on 26 May 2022, what her timeframe is for reaching the performance target of 95 per cent

17 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the Faster Diagnosis Standard t

15 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 15 September 2021, (b) 24 February 2022 and (c) 16 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Ealing Central and Acton, reference RH51240.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS ambulance waiting times in England.

14 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Debts: Developing Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily limiting the ability of private creditors to sue for debt recovery for low-income countries.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of unusable personal protective equipment acquired by his Department during the covid-19 pandemic was acquired via the High Priority Lane.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dialysis Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase home dialysis provision for chronic kidney disease patients on the NHS in England.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the National Security Bill on press freedom.

13 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jagtar Singh Johal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the detainment of Jagtar Singh Johal.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory levy on gambling companies to fund support for people with gambling addictions.

9 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Carers: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to unpaid carers.

8 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Shavendra Silva

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of imposing sanctions on General Shavendra Silva; and whether she has made representations to her US counterpart to reque

8 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Women against State Pension Inequality

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when any Minister in his Department last held a meeting with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign; and when they next intend to do so.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Women against State Pension Inequality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when any Minister in her Department last held a meeting with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign; and when they next intend to do so.

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of restricting eligibility for student loans to people with (a) GCSEs and (b) other equivalent qualifications on social mobility in England.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Measurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with retail business owners on plans to reintroduce imperial measurements.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Measurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to publish a cost-benefit analysis of the reintroduction of imperial measurements.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make it mandatory for drivers to report a collision with a cat.

Source: official written-questions record.