Written questions
1,338 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the diagnosis of liver disease.
29 Nov 2023 · Treasury
Taxation: International Cooperation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the proposed UN framework on international tax cooperation.
28 Nov 2023 · 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 impact of demand for temporary accommodation on the finances of local authorities.
22 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fish: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will accept the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee's report entitled Update to the 2014 FAWC Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing, published
13 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Anaesthesia Associates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of the number of anaesthesia associates on the quality of care.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people with the costs of energy bills.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions officials in her Department have had with representatives of charities supporting disabled people with energy costs.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing an energy social tariff to assist disabled people with energy costs.
13 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cost of Living Payments: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to provide a Disability Cost of Living Payment during winter 2022-23.
7 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the amount Clearsprings Ready Homes Limited will repay to her Department for exceeding the agreed contractual profit margin for Asylum Accommodation and Support Services
7 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 20 September 2023 to Question 199155 on Asylum: Housing, how much funding has been returned to her Department by Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contractors because th
7 Nov 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 20 September 2023 to Question 199155 on Asylum: Housing, what the agreed contractual margins are above which Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts contractors should pay all pr
13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Attendance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that attendance allowance forms can be submitted electronically.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Pentonville
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Independent Monitoring Board entitled Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Pentonville, publishe
13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
HMP Pentonville: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support provision inside Pentonville Prison.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Pentonville: Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of living conditions inside Pentonville Prison.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Pentonville: Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers at Pentonville Prison attended their shift on 17 July 2023.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Pentonville: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held at Pentonville Prison on 17 July 2023.
12 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of contracting private providers to supply asylum accommodation on (a) standards and (b) value for money of that accommodation.
12 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the (a) number of people waiting in the asylum system and (b) levels of profit generated by private providers contracted to run asylum accommodatio
12 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that basic standards of safety are met in accommodation provided to refugees and asylum seekers.
21 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
World Bank: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development entitled Sowing the Seeds of Poverty:
16 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services and Prescriptions: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of maternity exemption certificates amongst (a) NHS staff and (b) pregnant women.
16 May 2023 · Treasury
Sanctions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's guidance to Ministers on issuing special licenses to persons or organisations for activities otherwise prohibited by sanctions.
16 May 2023 · Treasury
Sanctions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's guidance to Ministers in 2021 on issuing special licenses to persons or organisations for activities otherwise prohibited by sanctions.
10 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Questionnaires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many completed Asylum Claim Questionnaires have been processed without the need for an interview in each month since January 2023.
10 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Questionnaires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the public purse of Asylum Claim Questionnaires in each month since January 2023.
10 May 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: Questionnaires
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Asylum Claim Questionnaires were (a) sent to claimants and (b) received by her Department; and what proportion of responses were completely correctly.
10 May 2023 · Home Office
Home Office: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 132405 on Migrant Help: Members, whether her Department has agreements with any other organisations for the referral of correspondence from Member
3 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of people who do not claim benefits to which they are entitled.
Source: official written-questions record.