Written questions

488 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how businesses that falsely use Energy Company Obligation 3 are penalised.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the accessibility of information and advertisements on Energy Company Obligation 3 to consumers and energy suppliers.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits for consumer protection of requiring installers of Energy Company Obligation 3 be approved and regulated by Ofgem.

8 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release of 3 December 2021 entitled Building Digital UK to become executive agency of DCMS, what assessment she has made of how that reform will improve the d

8 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a timeframe for the implementation of the £5.5 billion investment in broadband infrastructure services announced in 2020.

1 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Cyberflashing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of cyberflashing images that were reported to law enforcement in England and Wales in the last five years.

1 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Cyberflashing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to introduce a new offence of cyberflashing in England and Wales.

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has of the scale of (a) backlogs and (b) processing delays within the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Minibuses: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the 101 restriction on D1 licences can be provisionally removed by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority.

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Minibuses: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the removal of restriction 101 on D1 licences in relation to tackling driver shortages.

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Minibuses: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the 101 restriction on D1 licences prohibits qualified minibus drivers from driving in a paid capacity.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Online Safety Bill will include provisions to help ensure that social media platforms provide advertisers with appropriate controls to determine who can (a) view and (b) enga

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Self-harm: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Online Safety Bill will include specific guidance on what constitutes (a) content that is harmful to body image and (b) other harmful content.

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of (a) Facebook and (b) Instagram on recent reports of the harmful impact of their products on children and young people; and if she wil

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding allocated to research into (a) endometriosis and (b) polycystic ovary syndrome.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake a review of the adequacy of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and related breed specific and dog control legislation to increase protections for the public and animal we

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Furs: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to bring forward a green paper banning the importing and selling of animal fur in the UK.

20 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Public Houses: Fiscal Policy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including fiscal easing measures for pubs in the Autumn 2021 Budget.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring there is an effective child-use test to protect children from harmful content in the Online Safety Bill; and if she will

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to put in place formal advocacy arrangements for children, funded by an industry levy, in the Online Safety Bill; and if she will make a statement.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking in the draft Online Safety Bill to help tackle (a) online child abuse and (b) the cross-platform nature of risk; and if she will make a statement.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to set standards for age-assurance technologies to protect children from harmful or age-inappropriate content to meet legislative objectives set out in the draft

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nappies: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the change in the average age of potty training on the consumption of single-use nappies.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nappies: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the increase in the average age at which children potty train from 2.5 to 3.5 years on the (a) volume of plastic wast

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nappies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department’s life cycle assessment of disposable and washable absorbent hygiene products will take account of the results of the YouGov survey finding that the average age

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nappies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on his assessment of the life cycle of disposable and washable absorbent hygiene products.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, ?whether racism that falls short of the standard of a racial hatred offence will be covered by the Online Safety Bill as a priority harm.

23 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to use the methodology for the determination of priority places for the UK Community Renewal Fund to inform the determination of similar areas under

21 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Legatum Institute's UK Prosperity Index 2021 area rankings will inform the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

21 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Legatum Institute's UK Prosperity Index 2021 area rankings.

Source: official written-questions record.