Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with local authorities to ensure that people in need of access to the Household Support Fund are not stopped from accessing it by differences in the criteria used by local author
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the different criteria used by local authorities for the Household Support Fund on people being placed outside their local authority.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Household Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what options are available to those people who have been placed in temporary accommodation in a different Council area and therefore do not meet either Councils' criteria for accessing the Household Sup
16 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of Iranian support for the Houthis on the stability of (a) Yemen and (b) the wider Middle East region.
16 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking to support UN-led Yemeni peace talks; and what progress he has made towards achieving an inclusive political settlement in Yemen.
15 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to support sponsors in obtaining consent from persons abroad within the five-day deadline; and what support his Department provides for cases where obtaining such c
15 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason sponsors are required to obtain consent from people they are sponsoring abroad before his Department will process queries; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Restraining Orders: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to assess the efficacy of restraining orders in preventing repeat incidents of domestic violence (i) in minority ethnic communities and (ii) generally.
15 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new policies to help improve protection for people at risk of domestic homicide in all regions.
15 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to (a) assess and (b) improve the effectiveness of existing legal measures designed to protect (a) minority ethnic women and (b) all people from domestic abuse.
15 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Bail
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department monitors compliance with bail conditions in domestic abuse cases; and what measures are in place to intervene when violations occur.
15 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when property owners will need to comply with regulations requiring planning permission for short-term lets exceeding 90 days per year; and whether his Department plans to introduce
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure support is provided to prison leavers between the end of the HM Prison and Probation Services' Creating Future Opportunities CFO3 project and CFO Activity Hubs and delivery of th
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prison leavers are aware of the resettlement services available.
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers are employed six months after their release.
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison leavers went on to live in settled accommodation after using the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 in the most recent period for which figures are available.
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 programme in ensuring prison leavers find settled accommodation following up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation.
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure prison leavers do not become homeless upon release.
15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people leaving prison have settled accommodation upon release.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what criteria local authorities will be required to use in decision-making processes for granting planning permissions for short-term lets; whether these criteria will include an ass
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to manage the proposed national register for short-term lets; what information property owners will be required to provide to the register; and what estimate she has made
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require planning permission for properties rented out as short-term lets for more than 90 days per year; and if he will publis
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Ports: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of variance in port charges on competitiveness of UK exports (a) in general and (b) where there are multiple consignments within one contain
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) develop and (b) implement an updated net zero shipping strategy.
12 Apr 2024 · Home Office
Electronic Travel Authorisations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to coordinate the rollout of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme with the (a) EU Entry/Exit System and (b) European Travel Information and Authorisation System.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people affected by (a) respiratory and (b) fatigue conditions who may have their Universal Credit awards changed under the recently announce
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) strategies, (b) resources and (c) procedural enhancements he plans to employ to ensure PIP clearing targets are met.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 5.57, page 74 of the Spring Budget 2024, what steps he plans to take to increase system capacity for the purposes of reducing the time taken to process disability claims.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Young Carers: Further Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support is available to young adult carers between the ages of 16 and 19 who are in further education; and what steps her Department takes to ensure equitable access to that support across region
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of exempting young adult carers aged 16 to 24 in further education from the 21-hour rule; and what the budget for carer's allowance is for the 20
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