Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support is available to police officers in England; and what steps her Department takes to make police officers aware of that support.
14 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Exports: Trade Competitiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of high energy costs on the competitiveness of UK exports.
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Processed Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the impact of ultra-processed foods on public health in (a) the UK and (b) other countries; and whether she has made an assessment of the impact of
13 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Processed Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of consumption of ultra-processed foods on health.
13 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Ukraine
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps to help support civilians fleeing from (a) Vovchansk and (b) other towns near Kharkiv in the context of recent attacks in that area.
13 May 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
AI Safety Institute
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with which (a) people and (b) organisations the AI Safety Institute (i) consulted and (ii) collaborated in developing the Inspect toolset; and whether international AI safety bodies wer
13 May 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to monitor the potential impact of the Inspect platform on global AI safety standards.
13 May 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled AI Safety Institute releases new AI safety evaluations platform, published on 10 May 2024, what steps she is taking to encourag
9 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to prevent the accumulation of debt among carers due to (a) delayed investigation and (b) non-investigation of overpayment alert
9 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carer’s allowance overpayment cases that have not been investigated by his Department; and how many such cases there were in each of the last five years.
9 May 2024 · Treasury
Cash Dispensing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take legislative steps to help ensure public access to cash.
9 May 2024 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Money
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support small businesses with cash banking, in the context of closures of physical banks.
9 May 2024 · Treasury
Money
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reinforce the status of cash as legal tender.
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6880 on Cycling: Pedestrian Areas, whether he plans to develop targeted educational campaigns to improve cyclists' knowledge of pedestrian safety.
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6880 on Cycling: Pedestrian Areas, if his Department will make such an assessment.
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15138 on Cycling: Pedestrian Areas, how he plans to support the DVSA in increasing awareness of Rule 64 of the Highway Code among cyclists.
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help increase the adoption of electric vehicles.
7 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) ensure compliance with pesticide regulations.
7 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Pollinators
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of permitted pesticides on pollinator populations in England.
7 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Pest Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers to adopt (a) integrated pest management and (b) other alternative pest management approaches.
7 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
3 May 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Budgets
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of the High Court ruling of 3 May 2024 on the Government's carbon budget delivery plan on the UK's ability to meet its climate commitments under the
3 May 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Budgets
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the High Court ruling of 3 May 2024 on the Government's carbon budget delivery plan, if her Department will take steps to tackle issues identified by the High Court in that
3 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prescription Drugs: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle the online sale of prescription-only medications without a prescription.
3 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormones: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on steps to (a) tackle the illegal sale of cross-sex hormones online and (b) protect public health.
3 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kenya: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help ensure that humanitarian aid reaches people forcibly evacuated due to dam safety concerns in Kenya.
3 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kenya: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take steps with his international counterparts to support the Kenyan government in managing evacuations near dams and reservoirs due to ongoing flood risks.
3 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a long-term strategy to manage and remediate properties built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete that are
3 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on (a) inspecting and (b) reporting on the structural safety of buildings constructed with RAAC.
3 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Concrete
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support homeowners that have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their properties.
Source: official written-questions record.