Written questions
1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 May 2024 · Department for Education
Graduates: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the review by the Migration Advisory Committee on the Graduate visa route, published on 14 May 2024.
15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered the potential merits of allowing claimants' limited capability for work status to be reinstated without further assessment when (a) they have had their Universal Credit claim c
15 May 2024 · Department for Education
Graduates: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the graduate visa scheme on the achievement of the Government's objectives in the International Education Strategy.
15 May 2024 · Department for Education
Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average contribution of international students to the economy in each of the last five years.
15 May 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to assess the potential (a) social and (b) economic impact of possible policy changes to the graduate route visa for international students; and whether his Department assesses
15 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Parrett: Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2023 to Question 3315 on River Parrett: Flood Control, whether it remains his timetable for the Bridgwater Tibal Barrier to be operational by early
15 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 13 November 2023 to Question 410 on Flood Control: Finance, how much of the £800 million projected investment for the financial year to March 2024 has been sp
8 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment has made of the adequacy of designated safe zones in Gaza.
8 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Borders
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will take diplomatic steps to ensure the reopening of the (a) Rafah and (b) Kerem Shalom crossings.
7 May 2024 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the timeframe for refunding student loan overpayment.
7 May 2024 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average length of time the Student Loans Company takes to refund people who have made an overpayment on their student loan.
29 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has provided recent guidance to (a) transport and (b) storage companies on the development of provisional cluster expansion plans for track-2 carbon capture, usage and storage.
29 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using transport and storage companies for the development of provisional cluster expansion plans for Track-2 carbon capture,
29 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Erosion and Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Q25 of the oral evidence given by the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency to the Committee of Public Accounts on 27 November 2023, HC 71, if he will list the 50
25 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: International Law
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the importance of upholding international law.
25 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Maternity Services
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the humanitarian situation in Gaza on the delivery of maternity care.
24 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2024 to Question 22631 on Flood Control, when the meeting with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s Flood a
23 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Property Flood Resilience Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 21424 on Property Flood Resilience Scheme, which local authorities were eligible to make a claim under the new property threshold fo
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's timelines are for carbon capture, usage and storage (a) track-1 expansion and (b) track-2 cluster sequencing; whether those processes will run concurrently; and whether
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the timelines in her Department's policy paper entitled, Carbon capture, usage and storage: a vision to establish a competitive market,
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is still her Department's aim for the UK to be capturing 20–30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year across the economy by 2030 of which 5 million tonnes would be delivered fro
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2024 to Question 8811 on Land Drainage, what his expected timetable is for implementing Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010; and
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence his Department has had with (i) Lead Local Flood Authorities and (ii) the Local Government Association as part of his response of 13 March 2
15 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to Question 20753 on Flood Control, how many schemes that went through an appraisal process have been deferred (a) in total and (b) to a date be
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Offshore Industry: North Atlantic Ocean
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of seismic airgun surveys on cetacean species in the East Faroe Shetland Channel Marine Protected Area.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Property Flood Resilience Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the eligibility criteria for the Property Flood Resilience repair grant scheme changed from 25 affected properties to 50; and whether his Department made an assessment of the pote
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Property Flood Resilience Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of maintaining the maximum flood resilience repair grant at £5000 on (a) levels of take up and (b) the type of property covered.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Marine Protected Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2024 to Question 18572: Marine Protected Areas, whether she received advice from the (a) Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning an
12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Women
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help support women and girls in Gaza.
12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Hospitals and Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of the damage to (a) hospitals and (b) aid agency offices in Gaza.
Source: official written-questions record.