Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to include anti-racism teaching in the objectives of the independent regulator for English football.

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of racial bias in football; and what estimate she has made of the number of off-pitch roles for former black male footballers.

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Football Leadership Diversity Code.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to minimise harm to the environment as a result of improper disposal of vapes.

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to tackle the promotion of e-cigarettes and disposable vapes to children.

18 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on the potential impact of the draft non-statutory guidance on abortion clinic safe access zones on (a) patients

17 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hospitals

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help protect (a) hospitals, (b) medical staff and (c) civilians in Gaza.

17 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that adequate aid is being allowed into Palestine.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability and LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Law Commission report Hate crime laws: Final report, HC 942, published in December 2021, if he will implement the recommendations in that report that all (a) anti-LGBT+ (b) and d

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle the causes of changes in the levels of hate crime against LGBT+ people.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rents: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities whether it is his policy that rent review tribunals will have access to (a) relevant and (b) sector specific data when making judgements on market rent.

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, Employment boost for thousands of parents on Universal Credit, published on 25 October 2023, and the proposals announced in the Written Stateme

14 Dec 2023 · Women and Equalities

Disability

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Disabled People.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken for eligible applicants to receive an immigration healthcare surcharge refund was in each of the past six months.

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effects of long waiting lists of schools that are specialised for Special Educational Needs children on such children.

10 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an offenders' registry for the perpetrators of animal cruelty.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent the presence of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase support for autistic (a) children and (b) young adults in the education system.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voice over Internet Protocol: Disability and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of migrating households from the public switched telephone network to the Digital Voice service on (a) the elderly and (b) people wi

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timescale is for bringing forward legislative measures from the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase the (a) safety and (b) welfare of professional racing horses.

16 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase funding for palliative care services.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle youth homelessness.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling on food products.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the procurement process for NHS England’s federated data platform (a) is transparent, (b) ensures equality of treatment for all potential supplier

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce legislative proposals to help reduce food waste.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) increases in rents and (b) shortages of housing.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering higher starting salaries to people entering the teaching profession with wider professional experience relevant to the subjects they teach.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase access to cannabis-based medicinal products on the NHS.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Medical Treatments and Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) screening and (b) treating ovarian cancer.

Source: official written-questions record.