Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Hazardous Substances: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which hazardous military waste materials are prohibited from being put into landfill as of 21 March 2024.

21 Mar 2024 · Attorney General

Zane Gbangbola

To ask the Attorney General, if she will apply to the High Court to order a new investigation into the death of Zane Gbangbola during flooding in 2014.

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zane Gbangbola

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of opening an independent public inquiry with full powers to compel disclosure into the death of Zane Gbangb

21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation of landfill sites.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children and young people missing school as a result of long covid in the last 12 months.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for people with long covid to access (a) Universal Credit and (b) Employment and Support Allowance.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to review the eligibility criteria for antivirals for those suffering from long covid.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the impact that long covid has had on the NHS workforce.

20 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the prevalence of long covid.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Disability Action Plan, published in February 2024, what steps his Department is taking to help with the extra financial costs associated with disability when standing for elected

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund: Lewisham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provided Lewisham Council with an impact assessment on the discontinuation of funding for the Household Support Fund from March 2024.

20 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Tackling violence against women and girls strategy, published on 21 July 2021, what progress his Department has made on ensuring support is pro

20 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the number of vulnerable women held in immigration detention.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Childcare: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing the provision of school-aged childcare facilities for parents with young children in London.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) schools and (b) local authorities to help (i) ensure adequate funding for SEND provision and (ii) promote inclusion in mainstream schools in London.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has made a recent assessment of the safety of historic landfill sites that are in close proximity to urban areas.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zane Gbangbola

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening an independent public inquiry into the death of Zane Gbangbola during flooding in 2014.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of accessible school-aged childcare on the number of parents returning to the workforce.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the provision of school-aged childcare.

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to hear the results of his Department's survey on the number of buildings in the prison estate that include reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of all (a) maintenance contracts, (b) contractors and (c) contract (i) costs and (ii) lengths across the prison estate.

4 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were convicted of murder were released at the end of their original tariff in each of the last five years; how many people who were convicted of murder were recalled to prison after they were

19 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released at their Sentence End Date in each of the last 10 years for which data is available.

18 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what commercial companies were involved in working with HM Prison Service to train prisoners for employment as of 18 July 2023.

18 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners gained vocational qualifications in each of the last 12 years.

18 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated for vocational education in prisons in financial year 2023-24.

17 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 109769 on Family Proceedings: Safety, what recent estimate he has made of when the final review into the presumption of parental involvement and its risk of

17 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the recommendations of Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases report, published in June 2020, to be implemented.

9 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost to the public purse of recruitment processes for Prison Officers in each of the last 10 years.

6 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for (a) rape and (b) sexual assault have been delayed in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.