Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Closed Material Procedure in the Justice and Security Act 2013 Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the Government's submissions to Sir Duncan Ouseley's statutory review of closed material procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013.

31 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Closed Material Procedures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the statutory review of closed material procedure in the Justice and Security Act 2013, which was due in 2018, was delayed until 2021.

31 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of potential staff losses as a result of mandating covid-19 vaccination.

28 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Australian government's response to covid-19.

28 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact on the UK manufacturing industry of a free trade agreement with India.

28 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Port of Felixstowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the current operational capacity of the port at Felixstowe.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking coordinated steps across government to embed cycling and walking policies in relevant government departments and strategies.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Institution of Civil Engineers' paper, entitled Safe, affordable and reliable transport systems: Civil engineering insights on UK government cycling and walking strategies, published in Decemb

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

Off-payroll Working: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve protections for workers paid through umbrella payroll companies and (b) secure the employee rights of those workers.

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

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on energy efficiency over the next 10 years of electricity produced by (a) wind, (b) solar and (c) burning trees.

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

Drax Power Station: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to move from burning 25 million trees per year at Drax to shorter rotation bioenergy; and whether Drax turbines are technically constrained by burning

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Heating: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to increase (a) support for installing heat pumps and (b) other funding for decarbonising heating systems in homes.

26 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gulf States: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the ongoing free trade agreement negotiations between the UK and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations and with reference to meetings between the Secretary

26 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Gulf States

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between the UK and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations and the Human Rights Watch annual report published on 13 January 2022 wh

26 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Diseases: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a dedicated allocation of mental health funding for skin condition patients; and what steps his Department is taking to support the emotional and physical wellbeing of pe

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department carried out yield management analysis prior to taking the decision to increase rail fares this year by 3.8 per cent.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the potential increase in revenue from passengers in respect of the forthcoming increase in rail fares of 3.8 per cent.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that the commission rates of Great British Railways align with other sellers of rail tickets.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Public Lavatories

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of provision of public toilets in England; and what plans his Department has to help ensure there is an adequate provis

25 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public funding the Government has spent on promoting covid-19 vaccine uptake.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much (a) the Government has spent on covid-19 vaccines as at 25 January 2022 and (b) the supply of that vaccine is estimated to cost in 2022 and 2023.

24 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Customs: Port of Dover

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he will take with his counterparts in the EU to resolve the backlog of road freight at Dover.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the £100 million for parent and infant mental health services, announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending R

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) his Ministers met with health visitors, aside from those employed by his Department and its agencies, between 16 September and 31 December 2021.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Early Years Healthy Development Review: Andrea Leadsom

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the length is of Dame Andrea Leadsom's appointment as the Government’s Early Years Healthy Development Adviser.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Early Years Healthy Development Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Prime Minister or other Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of the appointment of a Cabinet Minister to oversee implementation of the Government’s Bes

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights with no or very few passengers have operated in the UK to ensure that landing slots are retained by airlines in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 to date.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Beef: Austrailia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government’s assessment that Australian imports of beef will primarily displace EU imports as a result of the new free trade agreement, if she will publish results of research un

21 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Beef: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government’s prediction that Australian imports of beef will primarily displace EU imports as a result of the new free trade agreement, whether her Department has assessed the re

20 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Tools: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tool theft and the handling of stolen tools.

Source: official written-questions record.