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.