Written questions

593 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the deadline for neutering dogs whose owners wish to withdraw a certificate of exemption.

1 May 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support young people with autism spectrum conditions who have education otherwise than at school plans.

1 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help limit noise pollution for people who live near motorways.

16 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2024 to Question 19426 on Immigration: Appeals, how many appeals were made before the (a) First and (b) Upper Tribunal between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023; how many and

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to consult (a) transgender students, (b) the families of transgender students and (c) organisations that represent the views of transgender people on the draft guidance entit

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage small businesses to provide statutory maternity pay to employees; and whether he has discussions with industry on this.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure benefit fraud investigations do not result in discrimination.

19 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allowed appeals from (a) First and (b) Upper Tribunal are awaiting implementation; and what the average time taken to implement allowed appeal decisions was in each year between 2019 and 2023

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing a formal apology to unmarried women and their children who were forcibly separated between 1949 and 1976.

29 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Childcare: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax free childcare accounts were set up within the seven working day timeframe communicated to parents during the application process in each of the last six months.

22 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications her Department has received to the Community Automated External Defibrillator Fund; and whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the funding available.

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Government: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many major infrastructure projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio have (a) received final approval since April 2021 and (b) had their summary business cases published.

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Infrastructure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to update the Analysis of the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline 2021, published in August 2021.

23 Oct 2023 · Cabinet Office

High Speed 2 Line: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Infrastructure and Projects Authority received reports on the (a) budget and (b) expected costs of the High Speed Rail Two Project in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Sports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the level of VAT applied to children’s (a) swimming lessons and (b) other sports.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of his Department's progress on increasing the number of electric vehicle charging points across Bristol North West constituency.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Audit: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on the draft Audit Reform Bill; and when she plans to publish it.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Felling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the transparency measures on public tree removal in the Environment Act 2021 will be implemented.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing legislation to make solar panel installation on new build homes compulsory.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what consultation her Department has held with civil society on the AI Safety Summit.

4 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure that left-hand drive HGV vehicles are driven safely in the UK.

3 Jul 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many officials have been allocated to work on the Global Summit for AI Safety; and when she plans that the draft agenda for the Summit will be published.

3 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to prevent patient data from being accessed by website trackers on (a) the NHS North Bristol Trust and (b) other NHS England websites.

21 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impacts of temporarily closing the Self-Assessment hotline on individuals needing advice prior to submitting information relating to their tax returns.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Plants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to s.142(8) of the Highways Act 1980, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to indemnify local authorities against claims for damages caused by planters and parklets placed in the carria

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on (a) costs, (b) transparency and (c) enabling comments by people affected when Highways Authorities merge schemes which require the suspension of on-street parking bays int

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Dual Carriageways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on when Traffic Regulation Orders are necessary for providing (a) amenities and (b) improvements on the carriageway.

19 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to understanding the (a) causes of, (b) symptoms of and (c) potential treatment for people's (i) injuries and (ii) other symptoms following the adminis

19 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what treatment options are available through the NHS to support individuals who have had (a) injuries, (b) side effects and (c) other symptoms separate to long Covid following their covid-19 vaccin

19 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Strategic Trade Advisory Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the Strategic Trade Advisory Group has not met since June 2022; and when the Group is next planned to meet.

Source: official written-questions record.