Written questions

Wera Hobhouse

1,041 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to increase the level of maternity pay for self-employed mothers.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing statutory maternity pay in line with (a) inflation and (b) the cost of living.

13 Jul 2022 · Women and Equalities

Spiking

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to tackle spiking.

7 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's timescale is for making an assessment of the quantity of forestry needed to grow biomass for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in 2050.

7 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Drax Power Station: Timber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the quantity of wood pellets that will be burnt at Drax in each year up to 2027.

5 Jul 2022 · Women and Equalities

LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she is having with her Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that those with LGBTQ+ identities are able to choose the terminology used by the Government to indicate their community.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Disabled Facilities Grants

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Disabled Facilities Grants

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that each home sold under the Right to Buy scheme extension is replaced by equivalent social housing.

29 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on patients of the suspension of phalloplasty on the NHS.

27 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Renewable Energy: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of a windfall tax on renewable energy generators on investment in renewable energy generation in the UK.

23 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support her Department is providing for Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK through family visas.

23 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of differential treatment on Ukrainian refugees arriving via the Homes for Ukraine scheme and those arriving through family visas.

22 Jun 2022 · Women and Equalities

Government Departments: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she is having with her Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that ethnic minority communities are able to choose the terminology used by the Government to indicate their community.

21 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Seasonal Workers: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing seasonal visas to address staff shortages in UK airports.

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Faith Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to reduce the number of school places offered on a faith basis.

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Faith Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he had made an assessment of the potential impact of religious selection on socioeconomic inclusion in schools.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England plans to publish data on the number of patients waiting in Emergency Departments for 12 hours or more from their time of arrival in line with their responsibilities under the NHS S

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine report entitled Tip of the Iceberg: 12-Hour Stays in the Emergency Department, published June 2022, what assessment he has made of the find

26 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Office of the Public Guardian

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in the Office of the Public Guardian.

26 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of PM 2.5 emissions that has been produced by the (a) manufacturing and combustion sector as a whole, (b) burning of all types of biomass and (c

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

Drax Power Station: Timber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many tonnes of wood pellets were burnt at the Drax Power station in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021; and what the maximum quantity of wood pellets burnt permitted is under the contract

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

Arts: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support community arts projects.

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce national waiting times for GP appointments and (b) increase the number of GPs.

25 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Bath

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce GP waiting times in Bath.

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS dentists across the country broken down by Clinical Commissioning Groups.

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

Maternity Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the removal of Maternity Action from the Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board.

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

Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that consumer protections under Part 3 of the Consumer Rights Act, which establishes a 14 day right to cancel, apply to contracts for an extension

17 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Rape Crisis Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape crisis centres there are in England and Wales; and whether the Government plans to increase that number to 150, as recommended in the Istanbul Convention.

16 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foie Gras

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the next steps are of the Government's commitment to exploring a ban on foie gras, as announced in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare published 12 May 2021.

Source: official written-questions record.