Written questions
1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Addictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of classifying (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction under the Mental Health Act 1983 for the treatment of people who suffer from addiction to those
9 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of international travel from China on trends in the level of covid-19 in the UK.
9 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish a new National Fraud Strategy.
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of dental activity were delivered in each of the last five years.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made additional financial support available to pensioners who are not eligible for Pension Credit during the cost of living crisis.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish guidance on other sources of financial support for people who are not eligible for Pension Credit due to the level of their savings and live in rented homes.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the maximum income eligibility criteria for Pension Credit in the context of the rate of inflation.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of number of (a) businesses and (b) individuals that are qualified to implement retrofitting measures in (i) homes and (ii) other buil
6 Jan 2023 · Home Office
Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2023 to Question 104227, in addition to the percentage figures provided, if she will she provide figures on the number of passports applications not fully processed
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which the food industry requires more time to prepare for restrictions on television advertising of products high in fat, salt or sugar.
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of delaying the implementation of the TV and online unhealthy food advertising restrictions to October 2025 on (a) rates of childhood obesity a
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Community Housing Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many units of housing were delivered as a result of funding under the Community Housing Fund.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Community Housing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the Community Housing Fund.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Community Housing: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reinstating the Community Housing Fund on levels of housing supply.
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Trading Standards: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been provided to Trading Standards (a) nationally and (b) by local authority in each of the last five years.
20 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Property: Ownership
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of property ownership by citizens of countries considered to pose a threat to national security on national security.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many agreements were reached to install 5G masts on private property in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those agreements were concluded consensually.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Treasury: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of moving staff from HMRC's Customer Compliance Group to Covid-19 schemes on the compliance yield for 2020-21 and 2021-22.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Treasury: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many departmental staff within the Customer Compliance Group were assigned to work on matters relating the UK's departure from the EU.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Treasury: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Customer Compliance Group staff in his Department moved to Covid support schemes in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff worked within HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group in each of the last five financial years.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of HMRC’s compliance yield in each of the last five financial years.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of tax compliance cases (a) opened and (b) closed by HMRC in each of the last five financial years.
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Private Sector: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the average response time to telephone calls from the public to large private sector organisations; and what steps he is taking to i
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Private Sector: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will make it his policy to regulate waiting times for telephone calls from the public to large private organisations.
19 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Telephone Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has set target response times for telephone calls to Government Department helplines.
19 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Telephone Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the average waiting time for calls made to helplines run by Government departments; and if he will take steps to help shorten those waiting times.
15 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what rights private landowners have to oppose the installation of 5G masts on their property.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many 5G masts have been installed in each region in the last two years.
12 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many 5G masts have been installed on residential properties in each of the last two years.
Source: official written-questions record.