Written questions

1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper entitled A sustainable future - reforming club football governance, published on 23 February 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of req

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 89 of the policy paper entitled A sustainable future - reforming club football governance, what recent discussions her Department has had with stakeholders on the potential

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Gambling Commission on whether it plans to release the results of its 2021 call for evidence on affordability checks.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to NICE's draft for consultation entitled Harmful gambling: identification, assessment and management, published in October 2023, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of removing the cap on charity lottery sales.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on tackling the use of sexist and misogynistic language in broadcast news.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Draft Media Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her speech to the Royal Television Society published by her Department on 20 September 2023, what her Department's timeline is for bringing forward the Media Bill.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her speech to the Royal Television Society published by her Department on 20 September 2023, whether the findings of the six-month research project on changing viewing habits an

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Events: Streaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that streaming services that do not have an Ofcom broadcasting licence cannot to (a) buy the rights for a listed event and (b) put them behind a p

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Service Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure the future provision of public service content on linear broadcast services.

13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families of 11 September 2023, Official Report, column 652, in response to the oral question of the hon. Member for

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Kent Intake Unit: Paintings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198113 on Kent Intake Unit: Paintings, whether her Department paid for the work hours of contractors used to paint over the mural at the Kent In

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of school buildings impacted by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in each region of England.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that early year providers have sufficient capacity to maintain provision for previously-enrolled children following the extension of eligibility for free c

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on free childcare of the Childcare and early years survey of parents, published on 27 July 2023.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to NHS trusts to help ensure that non-invasive cancer treatments take place before patients’ conditions worsen.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure there are an adequate number of oncologists in each region.

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Paintings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether new (a) contractors and (b) materials were used to paint over the mural at the Manston Immigration Centre.

19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether nuclear test veterans whose health data is incomplete should submit subject access requests to his Department to recover this information.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Mining: Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will take steps to ensure that former mineworkers are eligible for the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Kent Intake Unit: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the salary paid to contractors constructing the Kent Intake Unit.

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Detainees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees have been held at detention centres for more than 24 hours since July 2023.

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Short-term Holding Facilities: Paintings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to replace the murals that were painted over at migrant detention centres with more age appropriate artwork.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Horse Racing: Betting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the horserace betting levy.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to early years childcare providers to help increase their capacity ahead of the implementation of Government plans to broaden eligibility for state-fun

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department plans to provide higher funding per hour for childcare in London than in Barnsley.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Professional Footballers Association and (b) Premier League on (i) measuring and (ii) analysing the impact of heading restrictions for young players on (

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the (a) Professional Footballers Association and (b) Premier League on (i) measuring and (ii) analysing the impact of concussion substitutes in football on rates

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Licensing Laws: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to launch the consultation on reviewing the premises licence fees cap for local authorities and aligning the gambling and alcohol licensing systems.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to launch a consultation on changing the 80/20 machine rule for Category B and C/D machines in bingo and arcade venues to 50/50.

Source: official written-questions record.