Written questions

1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department’s policy is on managing the marine impacts of oil and gas licensing.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential environmental impact of new offshore oil and gas licences on marine

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department plans to take to monitor the environmental impact of oil and gas exploration in the period after licensing rounds increase in frequency.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including personal financial education as a subject in the National Curriculum.

7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the situation in the occupied West Bank territories; and whether he has had discussions with his regional

7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of humanitarian aid supplies to the Gaza strip; and what steps he is taking to support (a) Islamic Relief, (b) the Egyptian Red Cr

7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to support the Red Cross to gain access to the hostages taken by Hamas since 7 October 2023.

24 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas since 7 October 2023.

24 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Red Cross in gaining access to the hostages taken by Hamas since 7 October 2023.

24 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of humanitarian aid supplies to Gaza; and what steps he is taking to support (a) Islamic Relief, (b) the Egyptian Red Crescent and

24 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Bombings

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of the damage to the Islamic Relief offices in Gaza City.

19 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in each of the last five financial years who crystalised their pension assets and had total pension pots in threshold bands of (a) £1.073 million and above, but belo

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that insurance companies do not make the provision of flood insurance conditional on actions being taken by third parties to provide protections where

19 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to reply to the letter of 14 February 2023 sent by email from Westminster City Council, Kensington and Chelsea Council, Hammersmith and Fulham Council, Camden Council an

18 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Home Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of residents who are unable to access insurance through the Flood Re scheme as a result of living in (a) buildings that are subdivided into mor

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Credit Reference Agencies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the number of buy-now-pay-later providers that are reporting their customers’ borrowing and repayment records to the credit reference agencies.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Credit: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to introduce interim measures to protect buy-now-pay-later borrowers ahead of planned regulation of those products.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Credit: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to bring forward proposals to regulate providers of buy-now-pay-later products.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Atorvastatin and Bumetanide: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of shortages in prescription drugs (a) Atorvastatin and (b) Bumetanide on patients who are regularly prescribed those drugs; and if he will mak

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) budget and (b) planned completion date is of each of the schemes in her Department's Flood and coastal resilience innovation programme for 2021 to 2027.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Property Development: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 3 April 2023 to Question HL6937 on Property Development: Floods, and pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 197005 on Property Develo

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of costal flood risk on the availability of mortgage offers.

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Areas: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to track the (a) cost of insurance and (b) availability of financial lending in coastal communities vulnerable to the impacts of cli

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Coastal Change Management Areas there are; and if she will publish a list showing where each one is located.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the water companies which have (a) published final drainage and wastewater management plans and (b) submitted those plans to Ofwat as part of t

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has completed Action plan 3 in the policy paper entitled Surface water management, a government update, published 29 July 2021.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to publish a progress update to her Department's Surface water management action plan, published on 17 July 2018, further to the update in July 2021.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to consult parents as part of the consultation of statutory guidance on relationships education, relationships and sex education and health education.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Property Development: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 3 April 2023 to Question HL6937 on Property Development: Floods, how many new residential properties were constructed within Environment Agency flood

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reinstating the HGV road user levy on the haulage industry.

Source: official written-questions record.