Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163903 on Euston Station: High Speed 2 Line, what the timeframe is for the design stage of phase one of the HS2 project.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163903 on Euston Station: High Speed 2 Line, what his timeframe is for the HS2 Euston station design.
21 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Missing Persons: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken recent steps to tackle potential racial bias in missing person investigations.
21 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Mileage Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with HMRC on the adequacy of mileage rates for NHS workers, in the context of increases in the level of inflation.
21 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase funding to the Fire and Rescue Services in the context of recent rises in inflation.
21 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Mental Health Services and Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving communication between police forces and mental health teams on the detention of people with m
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the data on his Department's spending over £25,000 in the months since June 2022.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish data on his Department's spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card solution for the months since September 2022.
21 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Forensic Science
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of forensic scientific investigations (a) undertaken in-house by police forces and (b) outsourced to specialist laboratories in each of the last five years
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there are regions of the UK where it is not possible to build new homes due to energy supply constraints.
21 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Regulation
To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of regulation relating to artificial intelligence technologies; and whether her Department has held recent discussions with relevant stake
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schoolchildren were persistently absent in the 2021-22 academic year.
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of how much Thames Water has been fined since 1 January 2019.
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of financial civil penalties on water companies' compliance levels.
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit dividend payments by water companies that do not meet Ofwat performance delivery targets.
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits of bringing forward proposals to strengthen regulation of water companies that (a) do not link dividend payments to performance
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Companies: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of water companies.
15 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of removing VAT on defibrillators.
15 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators: Public Places
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of public access to defibrillators.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to outline his Department's next steps following the pavement parking consultation in 2020.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's 2020 consultation on pavement parking on the Pavement Parking Bill.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help tackle unauthorised pavement parking.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will publish a response to the consultation entitled Managing pavement parking published on 31 August 2020.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the growth of artificial intelligence technology companies of strategic importance to the UK.
13 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nigeria: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has for engagement with Nigeria following the 2023 elections in that country.
13 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the defence procurement system.
13 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle hate crime directed towards LGBT+ people.
13 Mar 2023 · Home Office
Missing Persons: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of The Ethnicity of Missing People report, published 7 March 2023.
13 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2023 to Question 151378 on Hospices Energy, what his Department's current assessment is of the impact of the cost of energy on the hospice sector.
13 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact of delaying construction of HS2.
Source: official written-questions record.