Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office
Prime Minister: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the fixed-penalty notices issued to Downing Street staff for breaching covid-19 regulations, whether any staff (a) have been dismissed and (b) are being investigated for (i) misconduct or (ii)
25 May 2022 · Home Office
Coronavirus: Fixed Penalties
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which postcode received the highest number of fixed-penalty notices for breaching covid-19 regulations since the beginning of the outbreak.
24 May 2022 · Cabinet Office
Prime Minister: Bottles
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how empty glass bottles in Number 10 Downing Street are recycled.
24 May 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average waiting time between someone from overseas submitting an application for a visitor visa and receiving a decision.
24 May 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that visa applicants receive responses from her Department within an appropriate timeframe.
24 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Pakistan on the efforts the Pakistani Government has made to prevent religious extremists from targeting minority groups
24 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Pakistani counterpart on the promotion of (a) community cohesion and (b) right to freedom of religion and belief in that count
24 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in Pakistan on the protection and wellbeing of minority communities in that country.
24 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterpart on the shooting of two shopkeepers in Peshawar on 15 May 2022.
23 May 2022 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Doctors
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to allow Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board 1 and Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board 2 candidates to extend their visas without them having to incur fur
23 May 2022 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Doctors
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board 1 (PLAB 1) and Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board 2 (PLAB 2) candidates in
23 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure efficient and clear communication between her Department and the Child Maintenance Service on benefit fraud claims and investigations.
16 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Travel: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has he made of the number of journeys taken using the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card in the 12 months.
16 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Travel: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions has he had with the Department for Work and Pensions on ensuring those eligible are made aware of the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount card.
16 May 2022 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that people with Biometric Resident Permits are informed about the changes occurring to the BRP system post-December 2024.
16 May 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce delays in issuing new or renewed passports.
16 May 2022 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department taken to prepare for the transition from the Biometric Residence Permit after December 2024.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sotrovimab
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of Sotrovimab in (i) Slough and (ii) England.
11 May 2022 · Treasury
Taxation: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure efficient and clear communication between HMRC and Child Maintenance Service regarding tax fraud claims and investigations.
11 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of rail journeys eligible for discounts through the Great British Rail Sale.
11 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the Great British Rail Sale.
11 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to help safeguard the (a) mental and (b) physical wellbeing of asylum seekers and migrants relocated to Rwanda.
11 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guarantees her Department has had from her counterparts in the Rwandan Government regarding the fair treatment and suitable conditions for asylum seekers that are sent to Rwanda while their cases
11 May 2022 · Home Office
Asylum: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of her plan for processing migrants and asylum seekers in Rwanda.
11 May 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that rail workers have access to mental health support.
11 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help prevent of sexual violence against women and girls during in the conflict in Ukraine.
11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Child Poverty Action Group's report entitled You have to take it back to the bricks: Reforming emergency support to reduce demand for food banks, published March 2022, what assessm
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has been made of the level of funding into mental health research; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of that funding being made into that research
11 May 2022 · Department for Education
National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of SATs in measuring children’s learning and attainment.
11 May 2022 · Department for Education
National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of SATs on primary children’s mental health.
Source: official written-questions record.