Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the cyberattack on the NHS in September 2022.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cybersecurity and Internet: Emergency Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of resilience plans for emergency services during a (a) widespread internet outage and (b) cyber attack.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the affordability of rents in the private rental sector in Birmingham.
20 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing Associations: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of a (a) three, (b) five and (c) seven per cent cap on social housing rents would have on housing associations in Birmingham.
20 Dec 2022 · Women and Equalities
Blue Badge Scheme: Property Development
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to set criteria for a minimum number of parking bays designated for blue badge holders in (a) new and (b) existi
20 Dec 2022 · Women and Equalities
Disability: Parking
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legislation requiring landlords to designate a disabled parking bay for residents who need one; and if she will make an estimate of the proportion of
20 Dec 2022 · Women and Equalities
Sikhs
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's website entitled Ethnicity Facts and Figures, how many and what proportion of the datasets which appear on that site contain data which can be disaggregated in such a way as
20 Dec 2022 · Women and Equalities
Sikhs
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has sought legal advice on whether (a) public bodies and (b) decision makers fail in their equality duty if they are unable to establish the number of people who they employ or to whom t
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Business: Payment Methods
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of businesses that accept cash payments by (a) sector and (b) geographical area.
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the demand for inclusion of electric vehicle charging points in council-owned homes with garages (a) now and (b) in the future.
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of council-owned homes with garages that have electric vehicle charging points.
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is providing support to local authorities to help them install electric vehicle charging points in council-owned garages.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Cooperatives
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase co-operative and employee ownership of business.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Cooperatives: Economic Situation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the co-operative sector to the UK economy.
19 Dec 2022 · Treasury
Cooperatives: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support the co-operative sector across the UK.
19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Guardian's Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual budget was of the National Guardian's Office in each year since 2015; and how many full time equivalent staff were employed by that office in each year since 2015.
19 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
School Meals Coalition
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of joining the School Meals Coalition.
19 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
East Africa: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) humanitarian funding and (b) development funding the Government has provided to (i) Somalia, (ii) South Sudan, (iii) Ethiopia, and (iv) Kenya in (A) financial ye
19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of the number of children in poverty in Birmingham who are not eligible for free school meals.
14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safety of the use of the Bristol Push Model in NHS hospitals.
13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recourse NHS staff have in the event that a hospital's Freedom to Speak Up Guardian breaches staff confidentiality.
13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring NHS Trusts to submit quarterly data returns to the Freedom to Speak Up Index.
12 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FTE staff have been allocated to the Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation in each of the last two financial years; and what the (a) budget and (b) spend
7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the imputed UK share of multilateral net Official Development Assistance for the 2021 calendar year.
7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department contributed to the G7 famine prevention and humanitarian crises compact in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Development Aid and Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) humanitarian funding and (b) development funding has the UK government given to (i) Somalia, (ii) South Sudan, (iii) Ethiopia, and (iv) Kenya in the financial ye
7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing the funding facility to help tackle climate-induced loss and damage agreed at COP27.
7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Africa: Just Energy Transition Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support the implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership for South Africa.
7 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to (a) mobilise and (b) deliver medical supplies to Tigray.
6 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department is spending on accommodation for asylum applicants (a) awaiting an initial decision, (b) awaiting a final decision and (c) who have been refused asylum but are receiving suppo
Source: official written-questions record.