Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent (a) universal credit overpayments and (b) the subsequent debt caused by those overpayments.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Westbourne Communications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has met with representatives from Westbourne Communications.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Westbourne Communications: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Westbourne Communications has ever been awarded a contract by (a) his Department and (b) HS2 Ltd.

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the level of competition within the residential water management industry and (b) effect of that level of competition on the amount c

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges: Slough and Thames Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of water bills for residents in (a) Slough and (b) Thames Valley.

6 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to (a) his oral statement on covid-19 update on 5 July 2021, Official Report, col 584, and (b) the planned lifting of covid-19 restrictions during increasing covid-19 cases, what rec

6 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Press Conferences

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason press conferences from his office are not offered with a British Sign Language translator; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to provide support to families required to make repayments as a result of being overpaid by her Department in error.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the covid-19 guidance is on social distancing for (a) couples in an established relationship, (b) couples in the early stages of a relationship and (c) a person planning to have close contact

25 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Conduct

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service management code, what his Department's guidance is on personal relationships between (a) employees and (b) line managers.

25 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to ensure the fairness, and transparency in its recruitment and appointment processes for officials and advisers.

25 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Conduct

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Ministerial Code, what his Department's guidance is on personal relationships between Ministers and (a) officials and (b) advisers.

25 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on officials declaring personal relationships with business interests of relevance to the Department; and what steps his Department takes to enforce that guidance.

25 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's guidance is on (a) personal relationships in the workplace (b) relationships between Ministers and officials and (c) ensuring equitable treatment of staff; and what steps his

25 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether political (a) advisers and (b) aides in his Department declared potential conflicts of interest in the last 12 months.

25 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a policy governing personal relationships at work.

25 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the William-Shapps Plan for Rail, what plans his Department has to continue to consult passengers on ticket office closures.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Politics

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's announcement that schools in the United Kingdom will be encouraged to celebrate One Britain One Nation Day on 25 June 2021, what assessment he has made of potential difficulti

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the ability of passengers to customise their flexible season tickets.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 11630 on Railways, on what dates those meetings were held.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2021 to Question 4680, what progress has been made on installing platform edge tactile strips on every platform in Great Britain.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Doncaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received briefing on the collision of a car and an LNER Azuma at Rossington Level Crossing in Doncaster on 13 June 2021.

24 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients have more access to their healthcare data.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock Companies: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49664, how the rolling stock companies agreed to support the industry and the country during the covid-19 pandemic; and what assessment he has made of the

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Leasing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the predicted total cost to the public purse of payments to the rolling stock leasing companies for (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Office of Rail and Road will be tasked with ensuring that costs in the procurement of rolling stock will be controlled; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether operator names such as LNER and GWR will be permitted under the establishment of Great British Railways.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings: Doncaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the incident at Rossington Level Crossing in Doncaster on 13 June 2021, what steps he plans to take to prevent similar incidents at level crossings in the future.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the disruption on the South Western Railway network on 11 June 2021 as a result of multiple signal failures in the Surbiton area.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2021 to Question 1178, if he will increase the rate to 100 per cent of journeys.

Source: official written-questions record.