Written questions

422 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Dec 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial support to people experiencing significant increases in their mortgage costs following the end of a fixed-term mortgage agreement.

9 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Solar Power: Space

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential ecological impacts of the Space Based Solar Power Innovation Competition.

1 Dec 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle abusive behaviour on social media.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a summer-born child with an Education, Health and Care Plan has the right to apply to (a) start and (b) maintain education outside their chronological year group as a compulsory school age start set out

14 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the HGV Skills bootcamp programme beyond 2023, to alleviate the shortage of HGV drivers.

14 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Menopause: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce variations in access to menopause treatment and (b) ensure that women get equal access to the treatments they need.

11 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Suez: General Service Medal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will revise the eligibility criteria for the General Service Medal (1918 GSM) with Canal Zone Clasp in order to allow service personnel who served in the Canal Zone at other times besides those specified in

9 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Canterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Canterbury with a medical condition have been waiting more than a year for a new driving licence.

7 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sleep Apnoea: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingencies are in place for people using sleep apnoea machines, in the event of energy blackouts in winter 2022-23.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in total his Department has spent on the Enhanced Checking Service since April 2020; and how much in total his Department has recovered in fraudulently claimed welfare benefits as a result of t

2 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the NHS Pension Scheme to help increase the recruitment and retention of clinical staff in Kent and Medway.

2 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dermatology: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the level of vacancies for consultant dermatologists in the South East; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impa

2 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for paediatrics appointments in Kent and Medway in the latest period for which data is available.

31 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Anxiety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase attendance in post-16 education for students with anxiety.

24 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to increase the level of hardships funds for students.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising electricity costs on the price of gas.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of raw sewage discharges on local economies.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Canterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of primary school places in Canterbury.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Canterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many year nine places are available in Canterbury as of 11 October 2022.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Canterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of SEND places available in schools in Canterbury.

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Canterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Canterbury constituency in the past 12 months and what the number was in 2013.

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme: Canterbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been distributed through the National Tutoring Programme in Canterbury in each month since that programme was launched.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to bring into force section 83 of the Environment Act 2021.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for a visa application made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the limited availability of practical driving tests following the covid-19 outbreak, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the validity of a successful driving theo

6 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Recognition: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7091 on Gender Recognition Act 2004, how many people were convicted of an offence under section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in each year sin

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

Pest Control: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review legislation on netting on buildings to deter birds.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will bring forward legislation to implement the Landscapes Review’s recommendations to reform the purposes, duties and governance of England’s National Parks and AONB

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether scheduled deportation flights from the UK to Rwanda are planned to take place without passengers onboard; and what the cost to the public purse is of those flights.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of the deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda scheduled for 14 June 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.