Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-Semitism.

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of the film production industry on the standards of recruitment within the film industry.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers and Health Services: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the failure of some companies that sponsor people on Skilled Worker Visas not following up job opportunities in the

5 Feb 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Data Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Government data which is shared with third-party organisations is protected.

2 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Caesarean Sections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospital births in 2023 were via caesarean sections.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of rent-to-rent schemes.

2 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce emissions produced by the armed forces.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lawn Mowers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of petrol leaf blowers on the environment.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Fireworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce the distress to animals caused by fireworks displays.

2 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Dangerous Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) driving through red lights. and (b) other forms of dangerous driving.

11 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Cars: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the FCA on the prevalence of overcharging for car finance loans before 2021.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198188, whether his Department has made a further assessment of the implications for his policies of the Law Commission report entitled Celebrating Ma

5 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Electronic Government: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people affected by the IT issue which led to valid VAT registration numbers not being visible on the VAT Checker service.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedbugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the spread of bedbugs.

8 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to locate the unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have gone missing from their accommodation.

8 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes his Department has in place to help protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have been victims of (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) sexual exploitation.

8 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that local authorities have adequate resources to support unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in their care.

8 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers are provided healthcare.

8 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguarding information his Department collects on unaccompanied children who are seeking asylum.

8 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Sexual Offences

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that allegations of sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas are investigated.

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether measures introduced under the Leasehold and Freehold Bill will apply to leaseholders where the freeholder is a local authority.

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Bill on local authorities.

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to prevent companies being set up using other people's personal information without their consent.

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Products: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the compulsory labelling of products to indicate whether they were British-made or imported.

19 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Electronic Funds Transfer: Hacking

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) likelihood and (b) impact on the banking sector of a payments system being hacked by a hostile actor; and what contingency plans his Department has put in place for this

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support PhD students with the increased cost of living.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising the covid-19 vaccine booster programme for people diagnosed with long-covid.

19 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward legislation to implement the sustainability disclosure requirements regime.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the Sustainability Disclosure Standards.

15 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bupropion and Lisdexamfetamine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of (a) Lisdexamfetamine and (b) Bupropion Hydrochloride.

Source: official written-questions record.