Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 May 2024 · Home Office

Police: Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost of an armed response callout.

9 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests.

2 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cameroon: Violence

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of reports that (a) the Cameroon Armed Forces and (b) separatist groups are committing violence against civilians in that country.

2 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cameroon: Violence

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps to support UK nationals with relatives in Cameroon who are affected by violence and persecution in that country.

2 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cameroon: Violence

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department is taking steps to support asylum seekers fleeing violence in south Cameroon.

12 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Bank Services: Freezing of Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of financial institutions he expects to participate in the suspended accounts scheme.

12 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to local media.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the viability of local media.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Community News Project

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Meta on funding for the Community News Project.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Community News Project

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Meta ending funding for the Community News Project on local journalism.

16 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Timesharing: Misrepresentation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has taken steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure compensation payments to consumers who were missold timeshares are delivered in a timely manner.

16 Feb 2024 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) hiring and (b) training a new National Crime Agency officer was in 2023.

16 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) hiring and (b) training a new (i) police officer, (ii) police community support officer and (iii) special constable was as of 12 February 2024.

10 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Separation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a Minister in her Department leads on policy on supporting children through parental separation.

19 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of certificates of sponsorship for care workers being sold overseas.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Riluzole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve access to Riluzole for patients with motor neurone disease.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Riluzole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of Riluzole for patients with motor neurone disease.

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on (a) cat and (b) other pet theft.

13 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to use the same model for the commissioning of social care services.

13 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of processes for social care users to (a) acquire the care they need and (b) file complaints.

9 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) the treatment of Ahmad Manasra and (b) other related investigations into allegations of torture and hu

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting: Foxes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of the Hunting Act 2004 on levels of fox hunting.

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a ban on trail hunting on land owned by her Department.

7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve BAME representation in ranks above Major in the Army.

7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAME officers are above the rank of Major in the Army.

7 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce mobile phone use in prisons.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Eritrea

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent (a) harassment and (b) violence against (i) women and (ii) elderly people from the UK's Eritrean community.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis processes for adults with (i) autism and (ii) ADHD.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of masking on adult (a) autism and (b) ADHD assessments.

Source: official written-questions record.