Written questions
495 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing the proposed extended producer responsibility scheme on the cost to consumers of (a) essential foo
24 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Cooperatives and Mutual Societies: New Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support new co-operatives and mutuals.
21 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6377 on Children in Care, whether her Department plans to collect data on the number of children removed from a family who have previously had a child remov
15 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6378 on Multiple Occupation, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effectiveness of Article 4 directions
15 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that landlords of houses in multiple occupancy comply with all relevant regulations.
15 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6378 on Multiple Occupation, what plans her Department has for the future regulation of housing in multiple occupation.
15 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6378 on Multiple Occupation, whether her Department has received recent representations from local authorities on the permit
15 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6378 on Multiple Occupation, what steps her Department is taking to review those rights.
4 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office
Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government plans to take to help protect whistleblowers from retaliation in the context of the proposed duty of candour for public bodies.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Whistleblowing Framework and (b) protections provided to whistleblowers.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Multiple Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to remove permitted development rights for property owners seeking to convert properties from use class c3 to c4.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children entering care each year are from a family who have previously had a child removed from their care.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the (a) voices and (b) experiences of birth parents who have experienced the removal of children from their care are included in (i) policymaking and (ii) service p
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Children’s Wellbeing Bill will include provisions to tackle repeat removals of children from the same families.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) financial savings of increasing investment in support for parents following the removal of a child from their care to prevent repeat r
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that parents receive appropriate support after children are removed from their care to prevent recurrence.
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the recurrence of child removals from the same families.
17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the terms of the financial support package given by her Department to Stoke-on-Trent City Council in February 2024 on th
17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Stoke-on-Trent City Council: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the terms of the financial support package given by her Department to Stoke-on-Trent City Council in February 2024.
30 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs were recruited to the NHS under the GP International recruitment scheme in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019; and what the cost to the public purse has been of that scheme.
25 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade
Ceramics: China
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that the EU’s anti-dumping tariffs against ceramic tableware from China will be maintained if the UK leaves the EU without a deal before the EU has co
4 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Accountability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been received by his Department under sub-section 244 of the National Health Service Act 2006 since the implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 by (a) local au
13 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a central register of back-up generators at NHS hospitals is maintained by his Department.
13 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Digital: Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what back-up power generation systems are in place for NHS Digital; and when they were last tested under load.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to assess the (a) capacity, (b) track-record and (c) economic geography of a local authority to undertake bus franchising; and whether Stoke-on-Trent City Council has complied
19 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have submitted proposals for franchising services to his Department under the provisions of the Bus Services Act 2017.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities that are not part of Mayoral Combined Authority areas, run franchised bus services under the Bus Services Act 2017.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Stoke on Trent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence he has had with Stoke-on-Trent City Council on the potential for bus franchising within that city; and whether he will place copies of that correspondence in the Libr
30 Jan 2019 · Home Office
Visas: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the consultation on his 19 December 2018 White Paper entitled The UK’s future skills-based immigration system will include the two proposed short-term work visas described in chapter 6 of that
30 Jan 2019 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether workers coming to the UK under the forthcoming Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme pilot will be provided with pre-departure information on UK labour laws before arrival in the UK.
Source: official written-questions record.