Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 63322, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the provision of civil service support for levelling up di

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

Regional Planning and Development: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 63322, what proportion of the civil servants who will support levelling up directors she expects will be (a) recruited for

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

Regional Planning and Development: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 63323, whether an estimate of the costs for the directors and their offices has been made.

18 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of funding for and (b) effectiveness in the disbursement of that funding for contact centres as a result of the withdrawal of the Children and Family Court Advisory

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

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what mechanism his Department has in place the resize successful bids to the Levelling Up Fund based on levels of inflation; and what steps his Department will take to implement thei

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, when he will launch a call for evidence on the use of snares.

14 Oct 2022 · COP26

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the President of COP26, with reference to his role as chair of the Climate Action Implementation Cabinet Committee, what steps the Government will take to meet its Net Zero targets.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the funding required for (a) costs, (b) salaries and (c) other spending associated with (i) local levelling up directors and (ii) their offic

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

Regional Planning and Development: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the offices of local levelling up directors will employ their own staff.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department plans to provide to support the (a) set up and (b) day to day running of the offices of new local levelling up directors.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 149347 on Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments, whether the interviews for levelling up director roles wer

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

Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if it remains his policy to appoint Levelling Up directors.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timescale is for the completion of the appointment of all levelling up directors.

14 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will uprate benefits in April 2023 in line with inflation.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all of the Department’s current advertising follows Advertising Standards Agency rules.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what due diligence was undertaken by his Department to ensure the Levelling Up campaign followed relevant ASA rules prior to the reported breach of ASA rules.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure future advertising by the Department does not breach Advertising Standards Agency rules.

13 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, how much money the Department spent on paid-for newspaper articles in relation to levelling up recently found in breach of Advertising Standards Authority rules.

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on fracking that include a requirement for operators to underwrite universal assurance schemes to compensate for any proper

11 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fracking: Seismic Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential inclusion of a traffic light monitoring system for seismic activity at wells to be included in any forthcoming legislation of fracki

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

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department will take to ensure the full completion of successful bids to the first round of the Levelling Up Fund that are facing inflationary pressures on costs.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what financial support is available to local authorities to ensure the delivery of Levelling Up Fund projects impacted by inflation.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Department is taking to support local authorities to deliver Levelling Up Fund projects facing inflationary pressures.

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

Regional Planning and Development: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Department has undertaken an analysis of the increased costs associated with the delivery of the first round of Levelling Up projects due to inflation since successful bi

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

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will list the recipients in each local authority of funding under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 including how much each recipient was awarded.

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

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) in house local authority and (b) independent domestic abuse services that have received funding under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 broken down by local authorit

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the number of children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide all children living in poverty with free school meals.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to review the eligibility criteria for free school meals before the beginning of the next school year.

Source: official written-questions record.