Written questions

Wera Hobhouse

1,041 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of the potential CO2 emissions resulting from the licenses awarded from the 29th to the 32nd UK offshore licensing rounds.

24 May 2023 · Department for Education

Programme for International Student Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools in England will participate in the next PISA creative thinking assessment.

24 May 2023 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the new geographies for music hubs will be published.

23 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce legislative proposals to (a) create Great British railways and (b) progress contractual reforms for train operators.

19 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to publish international climate finance disbursement data as part of future reports on (a) UK climate finance results and (b) statistics on internation

18 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with software companies on charging NHS Trusts for IT upgrades.

18 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing hospital level NHS performance data.

18 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of bed occupancy levels in hospitals across England.

18 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people previously convicted for exposure were later convicted for a violent sexual crime in each year since 2015.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of repeat offences for exposure in each year since 2015, broken down by sentence type.

17 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foie Gras

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165497 on Foie Gras, when his Department intends to finish building its evidence base to inform future decisions on the import and s

16 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asbestosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to (a) support people affected by and (b) protect future generations against the impacts of asbestosis.

16 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 17 February 2020 to Question 13938 of that session, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of passengers on a public service bus route.

10 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Glass

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including glass in the Deposit Return Scheme.

3 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proportional Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, If he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing a system of proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the quantity of single use plastics used in food packaging in each of the last five years.

24 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road users have been (a) stopped and (b) investigated for (i) breaking the legal noise limits and (ii) using illegal modified exhausts in the last five years.

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Reading Green Park Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of constructing Reading Green Park station.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) ensure that hard shoulders are reinstated along every motorway and (b) abolish the smart motorway programme on all UK motorways.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the implementation of the Government's road building schemes on annual levels of carbon emissions.

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road users have been stopped and investigated for breaking the legal noise limits or for using illegal modified exhausts in the last five years.

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road users have been fined for (a) breaking legal noise limits and (b) using illegal modified exhausts in the last five years.

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what delivery mechanisms she plans to include within the National Adaptation Programme to ensure that climate adaptation commitments are adopted across Government departments.

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps through the national adaptation programme to increase the level of (a) guidance and (b) support for private sector organisations on the use of nature-

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Adaptation Programme will be updated to include new government funding commitments for investment in adaptation over the next five years.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy for people with disabilities who require extra property space of the property size guidelines used to administer the Warm Homes Discoun

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason closed loop recycling systems are not being recognised until 2025 for those manufacturers who have already put in place sustainable processes; and for what reason close

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the introduction of modulated fees for Extended Producer Responsibility has been put back until 2025.

Source: official written-questions record.