Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 8 of the report by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner entitled The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change, published in July 2023, if he will make it his policy t

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 6 of the report by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner entitled The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change, published in July 2023, if he will make funding availab

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 9 of the report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner entitled The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change, published in July 2023, if he will make it his Depart

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 10 of the report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner entitled The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change, published in July 2023, if he will consult (a) the D

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has held with HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the level of fees charged to victims to obtain a transcript of a trial in which they were a vicitm.

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the equity of the level of the fee charged to victims to obtain court transcripts of a trial in which they were a victim.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Bank Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help enable (a) ActionFraud and (b) other bodies to investigate fraudulent activity involving foreign bank accounts.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Draft Mental Health Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for proceeding with the draft Mental Health Bill.

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

Housing Associations: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report entitled Housing Association Service Charges Abuse published by the Social Hou

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Young People: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to respond to the report of the APPG on Youth Affairs entitled Empowering Youth for the Future of Work, published July 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish publish the National Centre for Social Research’s independent assessment of the second alternative to detention community engagement pilot delivered by the King’s Arms Project enti

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled worker visa applications for roles in the manufacturing industry were granted in each year between 2010 and 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled worker visa applications for roles in the manufacturing industry were made in each year between 2010 and 2023.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when updated NICE guidelines for endometriosis will be published.

14 Jul 2023 · Department for Education

Higher Education: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to grant an exemption to siblings of UK nationals living in Europe and studying at UK universities prior to 1 January 2028 to allow them to qualify for (a) home fee status for univ

14 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to increase the number of duty solicitors.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2023 to Question 191207 on Cars: Insurance, how often he met representatives of the car insurance industry to discuss insurance premiums in the last 12 months; and when the mos

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2023 to Question 191207, if he will publish further details of his Department's engagement with the insurance industry on car insurance premiums and their impact on policy hold

5 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Taxpayers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2023 to Question 191850 on Taxpayers, if he will take steps to publish the further breakdown of this information by 20 July 2023.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horses: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June to Question 187499 on Horses: Animal Welfare, how many times she has met with the (a) British Horseracing Authority and (b) the Horse Welfare Board sin

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Gypsies and Travellers living on roadside camps and (b) itinerant liveaboard Boaters can access the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

3 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme: France

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has discussed with the French Government negotiating acceptance of the UK Blue Badge in French car parks.

29 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Taxpayers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) basic, (b) higher and (c) additional rate taxpayers there were in each Parliamentary constituency in the latest financial year for which data is available.

29 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Au Pairs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to allow more au pairs to work in the UK.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Parental Pay: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to extend adoption pay to self-employed people who have a child via surrogacy.

28 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Import Controls: Food Supply

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed border target operating model on the availability of food.

27 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office

Import Controls: Food

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on levels of food waste.

27 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on (a) inflation, (b) food prices and (c) the price of (i) meat and (ii) fresh prod

27 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Controls: Agricultural Products and Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish the (a) average amount of time it took for consignments of (i) food and (ii) agricultural products to clear customs in the latest period for which information is available and (b) G

27 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on levels of (a) businesses importing (i) food and (ii) agricultural products and (

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