Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to ensure the accuracy of phone-based assessments for Personal Independence Payments claimants.

20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia: Azerbaijan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help achieve peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

20 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Justice Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2021–22 entitled Court Capacity, HC 69, published on 27 April 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the recommendations on (a)

20 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendations in the Sixth Report of the Justice Select Committee, Session 2021–22, Court capacity, published on 27 April 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the rec

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on consumer energy bills of (a) faults and (b) loss of smart function in smart meters.

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on energy companies’ policies on responding to issues with customers’ smart meters.

20 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Commodity Markets: Energy and Food

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to commodities trading rules in the Financial Services and Markets Bill on the price of (a) food and (b) energy.

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on energy companies’ policies on responding to issues with customers’ smart meters such as inaccurate or failed readings.

2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the findings to date from the Department's review of the efficacy of Evusheld.

2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tixagevimab/cilgavimab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has (a) met and (b) plans to meet any campaign groups to discuss the provision of Evusheld.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the law on gun control in the UK, following the recent fatal shooting in Liverpool.

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

Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish a consultation on the keeping of caged animals.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many international students were accepted by British Universities in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

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

Electrical Goods: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the affordability for people in households below average national income of purchasing a fridge freezer with an energy rating syst

2 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform wedding laws in England and Wales.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has taken steps to enter into a youth mobility agreement with (a) the EU, (b) France, (c) Spain, (d) Italy and (e) Germany.

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

BBC News

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed merger between BBC News and the BBC World Service on the quality of news.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to reduce the prevalence of modern slavery in supply chains.

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

Forests: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals on tackling deforestation in supply chains.

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

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private landlords abide by landlord-tenant laws.

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

Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) people who illegally sublet accommodation and (b) private landlords who fail to abide by landlord-tenant laws.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Clones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of car registration cloning; and what resources are available to victims to help them to resolve issues relating to that cloning.

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

Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times the Government has met with representatives of the (a) construction, (b) manufacturing and (c) hospitality industries specifically to discuss labour shortages, in t

18 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Vacancies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of labour shortages on (a) economic growth and (b) gross domestic product in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.

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

Skilled Workers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the sectors worst affected by skills shortages; and what steps his Department is taking to help fill those vacancies.

18 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Vacancies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many job vacancies there are in each Government (a) department and (b) agency.

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

Electronic Cigarettes: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) has made an assessment of the environmental impact of disposable vapes and (b) plans to introduce recycling schemes designed to reduce the amount of electric

18 Jul 2022 · Department for International Trade

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to English UK's position paper Teaching the World: how the government can support our rebuilding strategy for UK ELT, published in May 2022, if she will make an assessment of the implic

18 Jul 2022 · Department for International Trade

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of leaving the European Union on the UK's English language teaching sector.

Source: official written-questions record.