Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 May 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to commence operation of the second pathway for referral under the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

12 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will provide a breakdown of the £286 million of foreign aid pledged by the Government to be sent to Afghanistan in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.

12 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of number of (a) businesses and (b) individuals qualified to implement retrofitting measures in homes and buildings across England in the lat

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Areas: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the conclusion of the inquest jury that a lack of tactile paving contributed to the death of Cleveland Gervais, what plans his Department has to increase the (a) provision of and (b) funding f

11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been distributed to businesses through the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund to date.

11 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of local authorities that have distributed funds to businesses through the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund.

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents have been reported of (a) material falling from planes and (b) landing on property under flight paths in (i) the Heathrow area and (ii) nationwide in each of the last 5 years.

11 May 2022 · Wales Office

Animal Welfare: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on (a) animal welfare, (b) extending the ban on the use and manufacture of snares and (c) the potential merits of a ban on the use of cages to breed game birds

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make as assessment of the potential merits of preventing automated BOTS from booking driving tests on the DVLA website.

10 May 2022 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Food

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much public money was spent on subsidising food and drink in outlets on the Parliamentary estate in 2021-22.

26 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of (a) training programmes and (b) other support for people seeking to become qualified to fit retrofitting measures in homes.

26 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154260 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation, how many rail journeys officials in her Department made between

26 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154260 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation, what the total cost of the 246 domestic flights taken by officia

26 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Buildings: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of number of (a) businesses and (b) individuals qualified to implement retrofitting measures in homes and buildings across England in the lat

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools built in England in each of the last 10 years have achieved net zero status.

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents have been reported of objects and other material falling out of planes and landing on property under the flight path in each of the last five years (a) in the area around Heathrow Airport and

21 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian families have applied for visas under the Homes for Ukraine and Family Visa Scheme; and of those applications how many families have had visas approved for every family member.

20 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department has a policy in place to ensure that visa applications for members of the same Ukrainian family are processed simultaneously, to help ensure that whole families are able to rece

20 Apr 2022 · COP26

Climate Change

To ask the President of COP26, what recent steps he has taken to help coordinate a whole of Government response to tackling the climate and ecological emergency ahead of the COP15 Biodiversity Conference.

19 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials from her Department and (b) other Government staff accompanied her on her trip to Rwanda in April 2022.

19 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her recent trip to Rwanda, what was the cost of (a) the return flights (b) any hospitality and accommodation, and (c) the trip as a whole.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has held with the University and College Union about grievances of university staff relating to pensions, pay and working conditions.

14 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) flights and (b) rail journeys staff in her Department undertook between London and Glasgow in each of the last three years.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Greening Government Commitments Annual Report, April 2019 to March 2020, published in October 2021 by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what r

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department last undertook an assessment of access to continence services; and whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on those services.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a transition plan in place to ensure the continuity, enhancement and equality of access to continence services when Clinical Commissioning Groups transition to Integrated Care Syst

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has undertaken on the effectiveness of the incorporation by Clinical Commissioning Groups into their procedures of the NHS' Excellence in Continence Care Guidelines 2

4 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require online retailers to state the country of origin in which the g

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has plans to publish an estimated turnaround time for applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

30 Mar 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 the average number of days is between an application being submitted to the Homes for Ukraine scheme and the outcome of that application being reached.

Source: official written-questions record.