Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the sum required to fulfil its commitment to address the immediate risks posed by RAAC.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools that suspect that their estates contain RAAC are waiting for a specialist visit to assess the RAAC's (a) presence and (b) condition.

5 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the pension age of prison officers to 60.

4 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to consult on introducing minimum unit pricing in England.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the inclusion of advice on (a) how to quit smoking and (b) different methods of quitting smoking mandatory for all tobacco

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using digital technology to support access to stop smoking services.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) support access to and (b) provide funding for stop smoking services.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Office: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in the hours of Royal Mail callers officers on levels of (a) service quality and (b) customer satisfaction.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Naturalisation: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for naturalisation have been submitted each year since 2010; and what has been the average processing time per year.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Naturalisation: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2023 to Question 186725 on Naturalisation: Applications, what was the average processing time for non-straightforward applications in the last 12 months.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Naturalisation: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2023 to Question 186725 on Naturalisation: Applications, how many and what proportion of total naturalisation applications consisted of non-straightforward application

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a strategy for migrant worker welfare.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of family reunion applications had not been processed within 60 days in each month of the last three years.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on increasing (a) the number of people on and (b) the quality of the stem cell register; and if he will make a statement.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adequate numbers of high-quality donors are available for patients requiring a stem cell transplant.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) encourage more people aged 16-30 to join the stem cell register and (b) raise awareness of the need for stem cell donors from BAME communities.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the number of households that successfully applied for the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the University of York publication entitled Who are the fuel poor?, published on 21 March 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to work with Ofgem to extend the Warm Homes Discount to households without a direct relationship with an electricity supplier.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to (a) re-open and (b) extend the application deadline for the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding for those who did not receive the support for winter last year

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of qualified health and safety inspectors.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Health and Safety: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on reducing court backlogs for health and safety cases.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers of and (b) funding for the Health and Safety Executive to enable them to carry out investigations (i) quickly and (ii) effectively.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Industrial Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length of time taken to conclude inquests relating to work-related fatal injury.

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

Gazumping

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2023 to Question 119055 on Gazumping, what progress his Department has made on (a) evaluating and (b) encouraging the adoption of voluntary reser

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of recent trends in the level of car insurance inflation.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by Public Health Scotland entitled Evaluating the impact of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in S

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has held with community pharmacies on the start date for the NHS flu vaccination programme.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have successfully challenged a rent increase at the Tribunal in each of the last five years.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that older people are included in commitments made at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage in Sept

Source: official written-questions record.