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.