Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he is taking steps to investigate reports of Israeli air strikes on refugee camps in Gaza.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of Israel’s political strategy on Gaza.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made changes to the planned distribution of aid in Gaza.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government legal advice on his policies in the context of Israel’s proposed military operations in Rafah.

21 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Southern Water: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an environmental impact assessment of Southern Waters policy on sewage discharges into (a) Langstone Harbour and (b) the Solent.

21 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Southern Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake an environmental impact assessment of Southern Water’s decision to respond to increased rainfall by improving surface water drainage.

21 May 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to respond to the APPG on Music report entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Music Industry- Master or Servant, published on 1 May 2024.

21 May 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tickets: Touting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps to monitor secondary ticketing practices.

21 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on communicating future increases to the State Pension age to the public.

21 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman report into the changes to Women’s State Pension Age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will apologise to the women impacted by the chan

21 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman report into the changes to Women’s State Pension Age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will bring forward a response to that report bef

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Arms Trade

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking as the penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council to prevent the flow of arms to the Rapid Support Forces.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made changes to the planned distribution of aid in Sudan.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Women

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he is taking to help protect women in El Fasher.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liothyronine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a comparative estimate of the cost of Liothyronine in (a) the UK and (b) other countries.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liothyronine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Liothyronine is acquired by the NHS at the best possible price.

15 May 2024 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) efficiency of and (b) resources available to HMRC's tax recovery strategy.

15 May 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to prioritise the recovery of tax debts for those who have moved overseas.

15 May 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that individuals living overseas are paying tax debts.

15 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to Question 20728 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, when his Department plans to commission independent research on LED headlights.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in poverty.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people in destitution.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of in-work Universal Credit claimants that have had payments stopped due to errors made by his Department in the last 12 months.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in securing funds from paying parents.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vacancies: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help fill job vacancies in Portsmouth.

13 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of Government legal advice on the sales of arms to Israel on export licensing decisions.

13 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has taken diplomatic steps to help prevent Israel’s invasion of Rafah.

13 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Health Services

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity of (i) hospitals and (ii) primary health care centres and (b) availability of (A) medicine and (B) basic medical supplies in Gaza.

13 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Fuels

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of fuel required to operate electricity generators in Gaza; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of fuel supplies available in Gaza.

13 May 2024 · Home Office

Subversion: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle Russian covert activity.

Source: official written-questions record.