Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Sep 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Voluntary Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the fair treatment of volunteers within the voluntary and charitable work sector.
2 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of legal aid providers in England.
2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of face-to-face appointments with General Practitioners available in Slough.
2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the median number of full-time equivalent general practitioners is per 10,000 registered patients in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) the UK.
2 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the availability of and access to legal aid.
2 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has any plans to increase the take up of Pension Credit in light of the cost of living crisis.
2 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Custody: Fathers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to fathers going through custody proceedings.
2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England and NHS Improvement to help ensure equality of access to GPs across England.
21 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps the Government is taking to support Ukraine and prevent further Russian advance into Ukraine.
21 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of levels of nursery care costs on economic productivity and output.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of average nursery costs as a proportion of income after benefits in the (a) UK and (b) OECD; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for that difference.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to help reduce the proportion of income after benefits that parents spend on nursery fees.
21 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Country policy and information note: Rwanda, assessment, published on 11 May 2022, if she will make an assessment of the (a) objectivity, (b) impartiality and (
21 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received any advice on the potential for fraud risk associated to the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda.
21 Jul 2022 · Treasury
Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the assumptions on which the OECD has produced its projection for UK wage growth to be (a) negative and (b) the worst performing in the G7 over the next 2 years.
21 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office
Chequers: Official Hospitality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who attended the Prime Minister’s gathering at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Chequers on the weekend of 16 July; and what was the cost to the public purse of that gathering.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he his directing the negotiating position of the train operating companies.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for a deal between the train operating companies and trade unions on wage increases for rail workers.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether train operating companies impacted by industrial disputes can (a) communicate or (b) hold discussions with trade unions about changes to pay, pensions or other terms and conditions, or about redundancy
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is required to agree the mandate that train operating companies have in industrial disputes.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out how much public funding train operating companies are set to receive in line with his mandate on the current industrial rail disputes.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Passengers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25974 on Passengers, if he will publish the scenarios of possible rail demand developed by his Department to reflect uncertainty, including how passengers resp
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Network Rail and Train Operating Companies: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 27715 on Network Rail and Train Operating Companies: Redundancy Pay, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of funding redundancy payments to Network Rai
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the impact of recent industrial action by members of the RMT Union on levels of revenue of rail operators.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic cost of poor connectivity to the phone network on train services.
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Midland Main Line: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 35029 on Midland Main Line: Mobile Phones, if he will work with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to improve mobile phone coverage o
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Milton Keynes Central Station: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps with the relevant stakeholders to (a) investigate the circumstances in which a disabled person was required to ascend station stairs without assistance on Friday 17 June at Milton Keynes s
21 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Network Rail or (b) the Rail Delivery Group have the authority to negotiate in industrial disputes without either (i) a settlement requiring approval from his Department (ii) a Ministerial ability t
20 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport: Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with (a) officials in his Department, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority, (c) Heathrow Airport and (d) Network Rail on the development of the Western Rail Link to Heathrow.
20 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme, published by the NAO on 20 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of work on the route that i
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