Written questions

1,041 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of calorie labelling on people with eating disorders.

11 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, with reference to the Answer of 21 December 2021 to Question 93001, what methodology his Department uses to assess the impact on climate change of burning trees at the Drax power

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

Biofuels: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2021 to Question 64728; which meetings his Department has held over the last decade to discuss the burning of wood pellets with (a) Drax

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

Employment: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the consultation response, Good Work Plan: Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination, published in July 2019, what progress his Department has made on tackling preg

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure same sex partners can register as the mothers of their child on birth certificates.

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

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her timetable is for consulting on the introduction of a tourist accommodation registration scheme.

10 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Chevening programme students will receive confirmation of eligibility on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

28 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of the water industry on tackling the illegal discharge of untreated sewage into rivers across the UK.

25 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Chevening programme students will receive confirmation of eligibility on the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

22 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Voyeurism: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with upskirting in each year since 2019.

22 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted, and (c) convicted for trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence in each year since 2015.

22 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 202

22 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for other miscellaneous sexual offences in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.

22 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for administering a substance with intent to stupefy or overpower to engage in sexual activity in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v)

22 Apr 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were for indecent exposure, broken down by gender, in the years (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019, (vi) 2020 and (vii) 2021.

19 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure the widespread provision of services for men experiencing domestic abuse.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

What steps he is taking to help ensure that ambulance services meet their response time targets.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' position statement on Equitable access to maternity care for refugee, asylum seeking and undocumented migrant women, what st

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2022 to Question 145958 on Maternity Action, which organisations have been invited to attend the second meeting of the Pregnancy and Maternity Di

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Question 144990 on Ofgem, whether his Department has taken account of the time taken to publish the Strategy and Policy Statement to Ofg

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to (a) disregard property in Ukraine from any capital calculations for Ukrainian refugees applying for universal credit and (b) provide further exemptions from any capital calculations

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions: Coal and Timber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the IPCC data which shows that the carbon emissions from burning wood are 1.18 times higher than those fo

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Drax Power Station: Timber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average age of trees used to produce wood pellets for the Drax power station is; and what estimate he has made of how long it takes before the replacement trees will sequ

23 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of Monday 14 March 2022 to Question 119826, if he will specify (a) the source and sum of the funds allocated to the care providers and (b) the criteria for selection of the c

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 23 February 2022 to Question 125365 and 8 March 2022 to Question 134067 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to the data on Statutory Maternity Pay starts provided by HM

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

Maternity Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason Maternity Action has been removed from his Department's Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Benefits: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce a bereavement support payment for parents who were full-time carers of a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition following the child's death.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans for the regulation of district heating networks regarding the energy price cap.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ofgem

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the Strategy and Policy Statement to Ofgem on levels of investment in renewable energy development.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ofgem

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Strategy and Policy Statement to Ofgem, outlined in the Energy White Paper, will encourage proactive grid investment to support renewable energy development.

Source: official written-questions record.