Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Critical Minerals Expert Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what process was used to select members of the Critical Minerals Expert Committee; who is involved in the Critical Minerals Expert Committee; and whether that committee has met ye

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the finding in the report by the National Audit Office, entitled Regulation of private renting, published on 10 December 2021, that an estimated 13 per cent of priv

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the finding in the report by the National Audit Office, entitled Regulation of private renting, published on 10 December 2021, that an estimated 23 per cent of priv

26 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 97125 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, how much of the total cost for items of personal protective equipment that were not fit for use was

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to (a) set national standards in respect of SEND provision and to (b) ensure equitable provision throughout the country where local authorities decide how specialist provision w

26 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a ringfenced fund for specialist cancer nurses.

26 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of cancer specialist nurses.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will protect the Energy Company Obligation which provides energy efficiency schemes for the poorest households.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Guinea: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the government of Guinea on the penalties in place in that country against LGBT people.

25 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local bank branches remain open to enable vulnerable people to have access to cash.

25 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Foreign Companies: Money Laundering

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of foreign-owned financial services companies involved in money laundering operating in the UK.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pfizer: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government's contract for covid-19 vaccines with Pfizer includes an investor state dispute settlement clause.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Conversion Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include safeguarding children from sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy in the proposed Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the use of air strikes in in Tigray.

21 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the reduction in free-to-use cash machines since 2017 on access to cash across the UK.

21 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local economies of the number of free-to-use ATMs across the UK.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to increase the number of specialist professionals supporting children and young people with a vision impairment, including specifically habilitation professionals and qualified te

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many specialist habilitation workers were working within school settings in England in each of the last five years.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired were working in schools in England in each of the last five years.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to encourage effective cross-department working to help ensure that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities receive the relevant support for their

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 905095 on Care Homes: Visits, whether he plans to issue further guidance to NHS trusts to improve consistency with regards to hospital visiting

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes and Hospitals: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 905095 on Care Homes: Visits, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to guar

19 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 90496, what steps his Department is taking to improve compliance with Government guidance relating to visiting residents in care homes.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish a white paper for the Renters' Reform Bill announced in the Queen's Speech in May 2021.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish a the response to the consultation, A New Deal for Renting: Resetting the Balance of Rights and Responsibilities Between Landlords and Tenants.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 9 of the Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee report on protecting the homeless and the private rented sector,

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure the accuracy of data on (a) the size and (b) other aspects of the private rented sector.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to simplify the process through which local authorities are granted selective licensing powers.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for engaging the parents and carers of children and young people with a vision impairment in the upcoming SEND Review.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to actively engage children and young people with a vision impairment in the upcoming SEND Review.

Source: official written-questions record.