Written questions

1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the accreditation process is for heat pump installers under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2021 to Question 10598 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, when he plans to publish a response to the Department’s pavement parking consultation, which closed on 22 November 2020.

3 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2021 to Question 10598 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, when he plans to publish a response to the Department’s pavement parking consultation; and whether he has made an assessmen

2 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614, Schools: Buildings, which schools in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency have at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing the need for an Access to Work renewal when support needs remain unchanged.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Huntington's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to assist Personal Independence Payment assessors making decisions on a person with Huntington's disease; and if he will publish a copy of that guidance.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Huntington's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) in the last five years, how many people with Huntington's disease (i) made a claim for Personal Independence Payment, (ii) were refused and (iii) were successful on appeal; (b) what was the cost of

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: East Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on negotiations with Hull City and East Riding of Yorkshire Councils on a county deal in the last 12 months; and if he will publish the m

31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hull Royal Infirmary: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many excess deaths there were at Hull Royal Infirmary in each of the last six months; and what the causes of those deaths were.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she expects the White Paper on football reform to be published; and whether it is her policy to support the introduction of an independent regulator for English football.

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional funding to (a) further and (b) higher education providers to help them prepare for the introduction of the lifelong loan entitlement in the period since that polic

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications there have been to date for places on the Higher Education Short Courses trial; how many and what proportion of those applications were accepted; and how many and what proportion of those

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on waiting time limits in use by mesh treatment centres beyond which patients are removed from the waiting list for treatment.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost has been of child allowances within Universal Credit paid to parents with 16-19 year-olds in full-time further education in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children and Young people

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of parents in (a) England and (b) the UK were claiming both (i) Universal Credit and (ii) child allowances because a 16-19 year-old was is full-time further education in eac

25 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse was spent on child benefit payments to parents of 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at (a) school and (b) college in (i) the UK and (ii) England.

25 Jan 2023 · Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at school and college were in receipt of child benefit in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last three years.

23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the closure of Doncaster-Sheffield airport on the ability of people living in the region to visit friends and family abroad.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Assessments: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that exam boards consistently provide current and past exam papers in accessible formats for candidates with vision impairment.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Assessments: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what accessible formats her Department has considered for the 2023 exam season; and whether her Department has considered making modified exam papers consistent across all exam boards and qualifications.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Assessments: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the needs of candidates with vision impairments for the development of electronic examinations.

17 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ukraine: Humanitarian and Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) military and (b) humanitarian aid the Government has sent to Ukraine since February 2022.

17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the creation of businesses.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Skills Bootcamps

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) people in total and (b) employees in total have participated Skills Bootcamps; and what data she holds on how many (i) employees have been requested to participate by their employer in and (ii) emp

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Office for National Statistics publication entitled Cost of living and higher education students, England: 24 October to 7 November 2022, published on 23 November 2022, if she will make an

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices and Further Education: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the impact of inflation on the average incomes of (a) parents supporting 16 to19 year olds in full-time (i) further education colleges and (ii) school sixth forms, (b) adults in p

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices and Further Education: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken research into the impact of level of inflation on the incomes of (a) parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education, (b) adults in part-time further education

10 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments and Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) ambulance handover times outside NHS hospitals and (b) A&E waiting times.

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

Land Drainage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 65982, Land Drainage, when he plans to publish the review and decision on implementation of Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Mana

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who receive the Warm Home Discount the option to have it paid to their gas supplier rather than their elec

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