Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for dedicated health and care catch-up policies for disabled children and their families.

18 Aug 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to work with countries neighbouring Afghanistan on keeping their borders open and resettling refugees that flee by land.

18 Aug 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to establish humanitarian visas and a means for people to apply for those visas from Afghanistan to reduce dangerous journeys for people seeking asylum.

18 Aug 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to expand the Afghan Interpreters Scheme to include people engaged in UK-linked initiatives and human rights activists who are at risk of being targeted by the Taliban.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure the rights of care home residents to have safe family visits and end blanket visit bans during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential economic merits of setting a target for floating wind for 2040.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of potential floating wind projects that could be developed by 2040.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is sufficient supply chain development in the UK to support the delivery of floating wind beyond 2030.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Liverpool City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of theory driving test availability in the Liverpool City Region; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure additional test facilities.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the delay in the publication of the SEND Review on the support for disabled children and their families in their home.

19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle (a) conflict, (b) the covid-19 pandemic and (c) the climate crisis as causes of global hunger.

19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Food Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that humanitarian support reaches the 350,000 people experiencing famine-like conditions in Tigray, Ethiopia.

19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report published by Oxfam entitled The Hunger Virus Multiplies, published on 9 July 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polici

5 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to address the specific experiences and needs of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and to ensure that LGBTQ+ asylum seekers are not penalised in their asylum applications in th

5 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in advance of the publication of the Law Commission's final report in respect of its Hate Crime review, due to be published in 2021.

25 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate research into motor neurone disease.

22 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of incidents of attacks on Palestinian healthcare facilities by Israeli forces in April and May 2021 and (b) nu

21 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of evidence from the (a) Scottish and (b) Welsh Governments following the introduction of minimum unit pricing on (i) the consumption of alcohol and (ii) levels of alcohol

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the report entitled The case for a Disabled Children’s Fund, published by the Disabled Children's Partnership in J

7 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Children: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on allocating funding to specific covid-19 recovery policies for disabled children and young people.

4 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the unimpeded delivery of fuel and emergency humanitarian relief to Gaza.

4 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to UN Security Council Resolution 2286 (2016), what steps his Department is taking to pursue accountability for attacks on health workers in the Occupied Pales

26 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Decent Homes Standard Review, whether the review will estimate the overall cost for council Housing Revenue Accounts of proposed improvements.

26 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the upcoming Decent Homes Standard Review will consider the cost of retro-fitting existing council homes and funding.

26 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Works Loan Board: Housing Revenue Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, since the 2012 debt settlement, how much principal has been repaid to the Public Works Loans Board by all Housing Revenue Accounts (HRAs); how much interest has been repaid to th

18 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department has prevented access by the public to the full Lord and Lady Mountbatten archives at the University of Southampton; and if he will make a s

18 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) amount and (b) breakdown of costs incurred by the Government to date in respect of preventing the release of the personal diaries and correspon

17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 179430 on Hospices: Finance, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of hospices; and if he will make a statemen

17 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure funding for covid-19 research is not affected by reductions to the Official Development Assistance budget.

17 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Research and Innovation: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for UKRI of the £120 million funding gap between its allocations and commitments as a result of reductions in the Official Developm

Source: official written-questions record.