Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Berkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current availability of fire appliances in (a) Slough and (b) Berkshire.

9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Community Diagnostic Centres are operated by private healthcare providers.

9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust: Radiology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trained radiologists within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as of October 2024.

8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer through the non-specific symptoms cancer pathway in the last five years.

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost to the public purse is of the Continuity of Education Allowance.

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel receive the Continuity of Education Allowance.

8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with (a) the NHS, (b) stakeholders and (c) charities to increase awareness of ovarian cancer.

8 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many children are educated with financial assistance from the Continuity of Education Allowance.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending targeted letters directly to people who are potentially eligible to claim Pension Credit.

8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cervical Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce disparities in access to cervical screening, (b) increase cervical screening rates and (c) improve cervical cancer outcomes within high-risk populations.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that proposed increases to consumer water bills are used for infrastructure investment.

9 Sep 2024 · Attorney General

Knives: Crime

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for knife crime.

21 May 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Members: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many contracted security personnel employed for constituency offices are paid below the minimum wage when travel time is included.

21 May 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Members: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make an assessment of the adequacy of the terms and conditions of employment relating to (a) travel expenses and (b) other matters for security gua

21 May 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Members: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that security personnel employed at constituency surgeries by agencies contracted by parliamentary security are paid (a) at

21 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid technology that will be on the road in (a) Slough, (b) London and (c) the UK by 2030.

21 May 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on the installation of large-scale battery storage facilities across the UK.

21 May 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Vehicles: National Grid

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effectiveness of vehicle-to-grid technology.

21 May 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to encourage the use of balcony solar in urban environments.

21 May 2024 · Home Office

Police: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to ensure the police's use of powers at protests is compliant with human rights standards.

20 May 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure compliance of broadcasters with impartiality rules (a) in general and (b) in the run-up to a General Election.

20 May 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date Ofcom last imposed statutory sanctions on a broadcaster for breaches of impartiality rules; and what the circumstances of that instance were.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to help support a (a) sustainable and (b) peaceful resolution to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Politics and Government

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the recent attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo on democratic (a) processes and (b) institutions in that country.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Security

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of British citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the recent attempted coup.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas and Israel: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the issuance of arrest warrants for (a) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and (b) senior Hamas leaders by the International Criminal Court.

17 May 2024 · Home Office

Drugs: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for drug-related cases in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England and (iii) Slough.

17 May 2024 · Home Office

Robbery: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for robbery cases in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England and (iii) Slough.

17 May 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for domestic abuse cases in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England and (iii) Slough.

17 May 2024 · Home Office

Burglary: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for burglary cases in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England and (iii) Slough.

Source: official written-questions record.