Written questions
2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Utilities: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to give Ofgem additional powers to take enforcement action against suppliers who breach their licence conditions.
8 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Minister for Energy and Climate's contribution to the Urgent Question of 6 February 2023 on Prepayment Meters: Ofgem Decision, when he plans to publish details of the pr
8 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with the senior presiding judge of England and Wales on whether his recent guidance to magistrates on the suspension of the granting of warrants for forced entry to install p
8 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Coal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February to Question 138452, whether any penalties have been applied to those three companies in relation to the Cerrejón coal mine.
8 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Ofgem: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to (a) improve and (b) regularly assess Ofgem's effectiveness as a regulator.
7 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Visas: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for the answer of 6 February from the Minister for Immigration, Official Report column 654, that the visa service is now working within its service standards in all respec
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Answer from the Minister for Climate to the Question from the hon. Member for Glasgow North on 6 February 2023, Official Report, column 678, on what evidential basis he
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to provide safeguards to prevent customers on smart meters from being remotely switched to prepay mode without their consent.
7 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 12 December 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton on opt-out HIV testing.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 135431, on Food: Standards, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to create a statutory requirement
6 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 21 December 2022 sent to the urgent queries inbox from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton on Sultan Yousseff Al Khaldi.
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2023 to Question 136800 on Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids, if he will publish the conditions attached to the authorisation.
6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Preventive Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research by the Centre for Health Economics at York, entitled Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure? Estimates of the Impact of English Public Health Grant on Mortal
6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in level of funding for public health grants on a real-terms basis for each financial year since 2015-16; and if he will make a statement.
6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the publication date for public health grant allocations for financial year 2023-24 is not aligned with the Local Government Finance Settlement.
6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish the public health grant allocations for 2023-24.
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 March 2022, HCWS696, on Housing Update, when the Government plans to bring forward legislation on regulation of supported exempt housing
6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Supported Housing: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled £53 million cash boost to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery published 3 February 2023, what discussions he has had with
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the average cost of energy for people (a) using prepayment meters and (b) paying by direct debit in the period between December 2022 and February 2023.
6 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire to the Urgent Question of 1 February 2023, Official Report, column 346, whether bereaved families were informed of
6 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire to the Urgent Question of 1 February 2023, Official Report, column 350, what the evidential basis is or the stateme
3 Feb 2023 · Home Office
Home Office: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's guidance on Ministers' use of personal (a) devices, (b) emails or (c) communication apps for official business.
3 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: ICT
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 136766 on Ministers: ICT, if he will publish the Security of Government Business Policy.
3 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's guidance on Ministers' use of personal (a) devices, (b) emails or (c) communication apps for official business.
3 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care:ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's guidance on Ministers' use of personal (a) devices, (b) emails or (c) communication apps for official business.
3 Feb 2023 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: ICT
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2023 to Question 136766 on Ministers: ICT, what assessment he has made of levels of compliance with this guidance across Government departments; and whether he has identified
3 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Essential Tremor: Magnetic Resonance Imagers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 96644, how his Department plans to support the national uptake of the NICE guidance on MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor.
2 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Coal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Colombian counterpart on making an assessment of UK-based company BHP and London-listed Anglo American and Glencore's compliance with Col
2 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Coal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart on the impact on (a) the environment and (b) local communities of the Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira.
2 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Major Health Conditions Strategy will take into account the (a) views and (b) specific needs of children and young people who responded to the
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