Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity Services by Dr Bill Kirkup to be published.

20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Emergency Calls: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure an adequate number of call handlers for the 999 emergency services line.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle motorists who add aftermarket mufflers to their exhaust systems in order to dramatically increase the noise produced by their vehicles.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with (a) manufacturers and (b) other stakeholders to ensure that all motorcycles and mopeds do not exceed limits for vehicle volume.

20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support staff at sexual health clinics with manging the monkeypox virus outbreak.

20 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will she provide new funding for sexual health services in England to help tackle the monkeypox virus.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gyms and Leisure Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help improve the affordability of leisure centres and gyms for low-income households.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Railway Track: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that train tracks can function as normal during heatwaves.

20 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Boats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published in July 2022, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Border Force in tackling the issue of small b

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's decision to lift the ban on fracking on the UK's ability to meet its net zero targets.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban (a) supertrawlers, (b) fly shooters and (c) all other types of destructive fishing in Marine Protected Areas.

20 Sep 2022 · Cabinet Office

Temperature

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the heatwave in the UK on 18 and 19 July 2022, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK is prepared for future heatwaves.

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support will be available to Ukrainian refugees who arrived in the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme after the end of the initial six month period for which sponsors were as

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who receive the single person's Council Tax discount and who sponsor refugees under the Homes

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to include landlords who own more than one property in his Department's plans to finance cladding removal.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's decision not to procure Evusheld, what steps she will take to help ensure that immunocompromised people are protected from covid-19 this winter.

8 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government decided not to procure Evusheld.

7 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Collegiate Charitable Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the inquiry into the Collegiate Charitable Foundation to be concluded.

7 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum and Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) recruit more staff, (b) increase the responsiveness to MPs written and helpline enquiries and (c) put in place other resources to mitigate delays in processing visa

7 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Passports and Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide further support following the closure of its Portcullis House hub to respond to enquiries from the offices of hon. Members relating to (a) passport and (b) Ukra

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the (a) additional financial challenges that will be experienced by sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme over the winter 2022-23 and (b) potenti

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data his Department collects on the number of vulnerable people applying to energy providers for emergency credit to pay for energy bills.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to tackle private landlords that refuse to rent to benefits recipients.

6 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Blackmore Bond: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will call for an independent inquiry into the Financial Conduct Authority's handling of the collapse of Blackmore Bonds.

6 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help transition asylum seekers from hotel accommodation into permanent accommodation.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the recent report published by Higher Education Policy Institute on hidden homelessness among university students.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support students in full-time higher education with the rising cost of living.

6 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of catcalling have been reported to the police in the UK since January 2022.

6 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reported incidents of catcalling, including on the street, are logged by the police.

6 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Diseases: General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GPs with an extended role in dermatology.

Source: official written-questions record.