Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the HMRC helpline a freephone service.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside and Green Belt: Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of new Investment Zones on legal protections for national parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sites of Special Scientific In

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Exercise: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding in the 2022 Nuffield Health Healthier Nation Index that almost half of the female population have done no

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Immunosuppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on taking steps to support immunocompromised people who are not able to leave their homes due to the contin

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Childcare: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Nuffield Foundation’s study of England’s childcare market, what assessment he has made of whether for-profit private providers meet the needs of disadvantaged children within their service

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of making retrospective payments for childcare costs to families claiming Universal Credit in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on establishing a national Special Education Needs and Alternative Provision board as part of the Government's SEND review.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will publish the Government's national Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision improvement plan.

12 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, purusant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53467 on Indo-Pacific Region: Deployment, how many personnel from (a) the Government and (b) his Department were deploye

12 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education (b) the higher education sector on (i) academic integrity (ii) the influence of Chinese state-owned

12 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British High Commissioner to Pakistan has raised arms sales to the Myanmar military with the government of Pakistan.

12 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken steps to limit the supply of aviation fuel to the Myanmar military.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased workloads in GP surgeries in Hornsey and Wood Green constit

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of installing air purifiers such as (a) HEPA filters and (b) Corsi-Rosenthal boxes in classrooms to help reduce the risk of covid-19 infection.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that energy customers who fall into debt in winter 2022 are not transferred onto prepayment meters against their wishes.

11 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Taliban: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the meeting between Taliban officials and the American Central Intelligence Agency in Doha on 8 October 2022 on future

11 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Interest Rates: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in interest rates on (a) homeowners and (b) mortgage availability in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Hornsey and Wood Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the funding of £10,500 per person which the Government provides to councils for Homes for Ukraine, what recent assessment her Department has made of the way in whic

10 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will appoint a new Minister for Refugees.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether new hosts who offer as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme to accommodate Ukrainians who have previously stayed with another host as part of that scheme will be entitled to

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Religious Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) faith centres and (b) places of worship under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

22 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will consider further sanctions against the Myanmar authorities following reports of an airstrike on a school in the Sagaing region on 16 September 2022.

22 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his Department's policy to carry out reforms to prevent Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Protection, as announced on 20 July 2022.

21 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Asia-Pacific Region: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Heads of Government from the Asia/Pacific region attended the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

21 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase the number of personnel from his Department deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.

21 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indo-Pacific Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the governments of Pacific nations since his appointment.

Source: official written-questions record.