Written questions

593 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment recipients had their entitlement withdrawn as a result of being stranded in another country during periods of lockdown in the UK in 2020 and 2021.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of floating offshore wind deployment required by 2035 to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish its analysis of potential offshore wind development scenarios which could be in place by 2050.

9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the funding agreements for Legal Aid Agency's immigration legal aid contracts that are expected to commence from September 2022.

4 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on Legal Aid Agency organisations of not yet publishing the funding agreements for the Legal Aid Agency's contracts, expected to commence from Septe

3 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that households on pay as you go meter tariffs will receive the £200 energy bill discount.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of a rise in inflation on levels of child poverty in (a) Bristol North West constituency and (b) the UK.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the costs of uprating universal credit in line with the rate of inflation.

2 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the funding agreements for Legal Aid Agency's contracts that are expected to commence from September 2022.

9 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of regularly publicising the number of unvaccinated people being admitted to hospital with covid-19 that then requires inpatie

4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing an annual health check for those people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who may not be independently able

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish an update of the reforms to the Electrical Performance Certificate (EPC) to take into account the performance of heat pumps and other renewabl

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Public Consultation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will publish the conclusions of the Access to Cash consultation.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of staff leaving roles in Early Years Foundation service providers.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the providers of Early Years Foundation services have adequate numbers of qualified staff from which to recruit.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that claimants receive the correct benefit award after their assessment without requiring a mandatory reconsideration or tribunal.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the finances of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment claimants who have to wait until tribunal in order to r

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has of the cost to her Department of mandatory reconsiderations for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment benefits claims in (i) 2019-20 and (ii)

20 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the use of release under investigation for minors; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of its use in cases where suspects are minors.

20 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to recruit more private applied behaviour analysis tutors nationally.

20 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of current regulations for private special educational needs providers in ensuring that the level of education provided is adequate.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to bring forward the reduction in price of Hormone Replacement Therapy prescriptions for women experiencing menopause symptoms.

19 Jan 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress her Department has made on banning conversion therapy.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the mental and physical pressures that medical reassessments relating to a personal independence payment claim has on claimants with a chronic illnesses or a h

12 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UNHCR referrals to the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will be available to Afghans currently within Afghanistan or whether they will take place through third party countries.

12 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to families in the UK with relatives in Afghanistan; and what steps Afghan nationals in Afghanistan, and under threat from the Taliban, can take to come to the UK.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Strokes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department had made of the physical and mental health pressures that medical reassessments for welfare support place on claimants who are recovering from strokes.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will reconsider its decision to refuse the New Scientist’s Freedom of Information request to publish a spreadsheet showing by how much individual policies in the

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to publish information on how much individual policies announced in the Net Zero Strategy are projected to cut emissions by.

5 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Support (CAMHS) funding to the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Source: official written-questions record.