Written questions
1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is for a DBS check to be completed for applicants to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 141267 on Refugees: Ukraine, whether British nationals who have family members staying with them through the Ukrainian Family Sche
30 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the provision of free schools meals is extended to children from immigrant families.
30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Unboxed: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the total funds to be allocated for Unboxed: Creativity in the UK.
29 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Cost of Living: Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support prison officers with the cost of living.
28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his answer of 25 November 2021 to question 75086, what steps he plans to take to make a comparative assessment of the effect of burning (a) wood pellets and (b) coal a
24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Primary Education: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of potential merits of deferring (a) Key Stage 1 SATs, (b) Key Stage 2 SATs and (c) other statutory primary school assessments during the academic year 2021-22 to
23 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent report from the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation on car-dependency and new housing
23 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Aviation: UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has consulted under Article 438 of the UK and EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the planned measures in the Aviation Consumer Policy Reform proposals; and if he will make statement.
23 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend Regulation EC261/2004 as retained in UK law, which expires at the end of 2022.
22 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for proposals for a legislative nature restoration target; and whether he plans to make funding available to the public and private sectors to support that target.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether a sole occupier of a home who takes in a Ukrainian refugee will lose their Council Tax discount.
21 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help Ukrainian refugees in the UK secure employment upon arrival.
18 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has in place to help accommodate Ukrainian refugees in the UK who are unable to leave within (a) 6 months and (b) 3 years.
18 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what financial support the Government plans to make available to pension-age Ukrainian refugees.
17 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legislative steps he plans to take to (a) provide the Civil Aviation Authority with additional powers and (b) mandate alternative dispute resolution within the aviation sector.
17 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to include in the Brexit Freedoms Bill the proposals that are taken forward after consultation from the Aviation Consumer Policy Reform proposals.
16 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to financially support British nationals hosting Ukrainian refugees outside of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
16 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what legal restrictions there are on his Department in publishing the businesses that received loans under the (a) Covid Business Interruption Loans Scheme, (b) Covid Large Busine
16 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Department will publish the businesses that received loans under the (a) Covid Business Interruption Loans Scheme, (b) Covid Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (c)
16 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 134378 on Nuclear Weapons: Russia, when the Government plans to publish an update on UKRI funding to research projects with Russ
16 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the MOT failure rate for (a) diesel, (b) petrol, (c) plug-in hybrids and (d) battery electric vehicles in each of the last five years.
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) FTE nurses, (b) midwives and (c) health visitors were there in the NHS workforce as of 30 September 2019 and as of December 2021.
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason midwives and health visitors were not included in the Government’s target to increase the number of nurses; and on what date his Department took the decision not to include them in
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Visitors: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Department has to end the practice of allowing health visiting services to count remote contacts in their delivery metrics following the lifting of covid-19 restrictions.
15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Ombudsman: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for responses to complaints to the legal ombudsman.
15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Ombudsman: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of adequacy of the time taken for the legal ombudsman to respond to complaints.
14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of cancelling Ukraine's national debt.
14 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Boats: River Thames
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of levels of carbon emissions from pleasure boats on the River Thames; and what plans he has to reduce those emissions.
14 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Trains
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of facilities to store e-scooters on trains.
Source: official written-questions record.