Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

European Social Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he will publish an impact assessment of the end of the European Social Fund in Northern Ireland.

18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the answer of 18 November 2022 to Question 87956 on Levelling Up Fund, what proportion of the money awarded to successful bids in the first round of the Levelling U

15 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by which date he intends to publish the NHS Long Term Plan refresh.

15 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding the Government will make available for the implementation of the 10-year plan for dementia.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has put in place a process to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants to the Levelling Up Fund.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated in the first round of the Levelling Up Fund has been distributed to successful bidders as of 15 November 2022.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people in his Department at each civil service grade have worked on the application process for investment zones since the announcement of that policy.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on (a) establishing and (b) managing the application process for investment zones since the announcement of that policy.

14 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the hospitality sector after April 2023.

14 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of uprating benefits in line with (a) earnings and (b) inflation on people living with cancer.

9 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with local authorities of the potential barriers faced by carers in accessing the support to which they are entitled; and if he will take steps to help increase access

8 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 78638 on Hate Crime: Disability, what her planned timetable is for publication of her Department's response to the recommendations.

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help strengthen the Environmental land management schemes supporting farmers to protect and restore the environment.

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to improve animal welfare protections for farmed fish in the UK.

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedges and Ditches: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in reference to the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change, whether he will set a target to increase the UK’s hedgerow network by 40 per cent.

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 76093 on Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Impact Assessments, if he will provide a timetable for the publication of tho

3 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to implement the Law Commission recommendation on establishing equal protections for people who are assaulted due to their disability as exist for people assault

3 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the capacity of local authorities to meet the workforce requirements for the implementation of the

3 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the outcomes of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Green Paper consult

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that representatives of the deaf community are consulted on the development of his Department's policies on (a) deprived communities and (b) disa

2 Nov 2022 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure BNO visa dependents are offered routes to British citizenship.

2 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Passports: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her Chinese counterpart on taking steps to ensure that British National (Overseas) visa dependents with Hong Kong passports are able to safely visit Chinese

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether any severance pay by his Department to former Secretaries of State and Ministers has been declined since 5 July 2022.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much in total his Department has issued in severance pay to former Secretaries of State and Ministers since 5 July 2022; and if he will provide the totals for each individual awa

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the impact assessment for the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill.

26 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps they are taking to ensure the benefits system does not penalise the entitlements of veterans also claiming a Military Pension or War Disability Pension.

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Politicians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa applications to the UK for political speaking tours take account of any security implications in the context of recent communal violence in Leic

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Sadhvi Rithambara

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions his Department has had with the Indian government on the cancelled visit to the UK by Indian political activist Sadhvi Rithambara.

21 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 64279 on Levelling Up Fund, how the project adjustment process works; and if he will make a statement.

20 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 62959, how much his Department spent on the media package with (a) Reach plc and (b) other media partners in relation to t

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