Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Seasonal Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been (a) launched, (b) concluded with action taken and (c) concluded with no action taken by (i) the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and (ii) the Home Office Migrat

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review the practice of service charging by housing association landlords.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lighting: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the impacts of light pollution on (a) biodiversity and (b) human health.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of grow lights and other artificial lighting in agriculture on levels of light pollution.

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sportsgrounds: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of grow lights in sports (a) stadiums and (b) training facilities on levels of light pollution.

11 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 20 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on seasonal workers.

11 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email of 9 June 2022 sent to the urgent queries inbox from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton regarding Momina Rameez.

7 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of Southampton University on releasing the correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Lady Mountbatten for open public access.

6 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of (a) trends in the level of eating disorders in the LGBT+ community and (b) the availability of specialised treatment services for that condition in that community.

6 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Information Commissioner

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the cost to the public purse of appealing the Information Commissioner’s Decision Notice of 18th December 2019, reference FS50772671.

6 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to help strengthen seafarers’ employment rights following the actions of P&O Ferries on 17 March 2022.

6 Jul 2022 · House of Commons Commission

Members: Conduct

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Committee on Standards' report entitled, Review of the Code of Conduct: proposals for consultation, published on 29 November 2021, what steps the Co

6 Jul 2022 · House of Commons Commission

Members' Interests

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Committee on Standards' report entitled, Review of the Code of Conduct: proposals for consultation, published on 29 November 2021 and its report ent

6 Jul 2022 · Cabinet Office

Members' Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Committee on Standards and Public Life's report on MPs' Outside Interests and the Committee on Standards' report entitled, New Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules: promoting appropriate

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Government Departments: Conflict of Interests

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Transparency International UK's report entitled Parliamentary Estates: analysing parliamentarians’ interests in the property sector, what assessment he has made of

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Industrial Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications of unskilled staff being used to fill skilled roles during periods of industrial action in the rail industry; and whether his Department has provided

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to develop the timeline of the national dementia strategy.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take as part of the national dementia strategy to enable greater participation in dementia research.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help support public swimming pools transition to renewable energy.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the National Audit Office report on Low-carbon heating of homes and businesses and the Renewable Heat Incentive, published on 23 February 2018, what progress his

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Renewable Heat Incentive, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of participants who are (a) not complying with or (b) gaming the regulations; and wha

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the amount it has overpaid to Renewable Heat Incentive participants who have not complied with the regulations.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres are (a) operated in full or in part by private sector organisations and (b) offering services that have been outsourced to the private sector.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) tests and (b) checks have been delivered by each community diagnostic centre since the rollout of those centres began.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the sites of community diagnostic centres that are (a) open and (b) planned as of 5 July 2022.

30 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the victims of cuckooing through the criminal justice system.

29 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Melilla: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her (a) Spanish and (b) Moroccan counterparts following the recent death of 23 migrants in Melilla.

27 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion: Mexico

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has held discussions with the Prime Minister on appointing a Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Mexico.

24 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Personal Savings: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of financial institutions on the level of interest rates offered to savers.

20 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposal by culture industry organisations for a Smart Fund to ensure creators and performers are paid for their work.

Source: official written-questions record.