Written questions

1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) qualifications are available to Armed Forces personnel that are recognised outside the services, (b) proportion of personnel leave the Forces with one or more such qualifications and (c) assessment he ha

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

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of (a) the number of Ukrainian refugees who will need continued support under the Homes for Ukraine scheme beyond the first six months and (b) the number

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

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question 49748 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, and with reference to the section entitled Four to 6 months after guests have moved to your

17 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Migrants: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of complaints received on the Employer Checking Service from (a) MPs offices, (b) employers, (c) people with leave to remain applying for employment and (d) ot

17 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pregnant women seeking asylum will be considered for removal to Rwanda under the Rwanda asylum plan.

17 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October to Question 62043 on Malnutrition: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the data on household f

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of (a) covid-19 in the general population, (b) staff absences and (c) pupil absences on the current guidance on covid-19 to schools and parents.

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the ratio of (a) staff and (b) pupil absences compared to levels of covid-19 in the general population over the period of the covid-19 pandemic.

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the potential costs to schools of supply teaching and support staff absences in the autumn term due to Covid.

12 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Dioxide

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the research on the use of carbon dioxide monitors in schools referred to in his letter of 17 August 2022 to Geoff Barton, General Secretary, ASCL.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malnutrition: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle in each of the last five years.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.

12 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of full-time equivalent fully qualified GP's, practicing in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency in (a) the most recent period

11 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidelines available to GPs on offering bridging prescriptions to transgender patients while they await specialist treatment.

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

Coastal Areas: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance on planning liberalisation in the Investment Zones: expression of interest guidance, published by the Departme

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

Coastal Erosion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many areas have been designated as a Coastal Change Management Area.

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

Floods: Maps

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the accessibility of maps of areas designated as Flood Zones (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 3b to the general public.

10 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Sexual Offences: Surveys

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the paper by Jessica Taylor and Jaimi Shrive entitled I thought it was just a part of life: Understanding the scale of violence, published in April 2021, if her Department will make an assessme

22 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Humber Estuary: Coastal Erosion

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the guidance Flood risk and coastal change, dated 25 August 2022, whether the Humber estuary can be defined as a Coastal Change Management Area if it meets the crit

20 Sep 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Funerals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up a system to ensure that funeral services take place for veterans who pass without (a) next of kin and (b) funds to pay for that service.

20 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Media: Ukraine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on subscriptions to Ukrainian news providers.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were there for places on the Higher Education Short Courses trial; how many and what proportion of these applications were accepted; and how many and what proportion of those that were acc

7 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that people affected by the Equitable Life scandal are compensated.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving from paper notices attached to the vehicle to sending Fixed Penalty Notices for parking offences directly to the registered keeper's address.

6 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Finance: Ukraine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that financial support provided to (a) the Ukrainian Government and (b) NGOs involved in Ukraine is being used for its intended purposes; and whether he plans to make th

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are there currently in the UK who would previously have been returned to the first country they arrived in under the Dublin Agreement.

5 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Dublin Regulations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bilateral agreements she has negotiated and concluded with member states to replace former arrangements that existed under the Dublin III Regulation; and if she will make a statement.

2 Sep 2022 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) the requirement for British nationals living overseas requesting a NI38 document for National Insurance contributions to do so by telephone and

Source: official written-questions record.