Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Sep 2023 · Cabinet Office

National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to recommendation U on page 61 of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament's report entitled China, published on 13 July 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of m

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK's cyber defences.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of inflation on private rented tenants.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with estate agencies in England on potential discrimination faced by (a) pregnant women and (b) people with children when engaging with the priv

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Renters (Reform) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he plans to present the Renters (Reform) Bill to Parliament before the end of 2023.

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to include women over the age of 55 in his Department's Reproductive Health Survey for England 2023.

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason women over the age of 55 are not being invited to participate in his Department's Reproductive Health Survey for England 2023.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Electronic Cigarettes: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase public awareness of the correct way to recycle disposable vapes.

7 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Sanctions: Myanmar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the total sum of assets frozen under the Myanmar sanctions regime.

6 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South East Asia: Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of Chevening scholarships awarded to people from (a) the ASEAN nations and (b) Timor-Leste.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help reduce noise pollution from aircraft in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the magistrates’ court backlog in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

4 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Short-term Holding Facilities: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's risk assessment for its policy of seizing medicines in short-term holding centres.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle vehicle registration fraud.

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Money and Pensions Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of capacity of debt advice services funded through the Money and Pensions Service to meet demand.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward legislation to regulate physician associates.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of (a) training and (b) supervision for physician associates in GP practices.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of homes in London that have been empty for six months or more.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Empty Dwelling Management Orders for tackling the number of empty houses in London.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure service charges for tenants and leaseholders are (a) transparent and (b) communicated effectively; and whether he is taking steps to remove barriers

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Charging Points: Haringey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle chargepoints there are in (a) Haringey and (b) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of electric charging points on the motorway network.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure any potential closure of ticket offices does not increase travel costs for people travelling outside TfL boundaries.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (b) other types of neurodiversity receive the most effective (i) treatment and (ii) c

18 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Police: Dismissal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the review into the process of police officer dismissals.

18 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of access to lower cost credit through (a) credit unions, (b) Community Development Finance Institution and (c) other community lenders.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support vulnerable and disabled passengers affected by the closure of railway ticket offices in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement on 13 July 2023 that schoolteachers will receive a 6.5 per cent pay increase from September 2023, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on educational (a) provi

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Non-teaching Staff: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) ancillary staff and (b) teaching assistants will receive the same level of pay increase as has been awarded to teachers from September 2023.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with headteachers of secondary schools on the level of workloads for teachers in those schools; and whether she is taking steps to improve working conditions for secondary

Source: official written-questions record.