Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to encourage workplaces to (a) promote positive cultural change and (b) prevent harmful attitudes and behaviours that lead to violence against women.

29 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his department is taking to promote programmes that engage directly with men and boys to prevent violence against women and girls.

29 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to implement Articles 12.1 and 12.4 of the Istanbul Convention.

29 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Portsmouth Dockyard: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect HMNB Portsmouth from flooding.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of moving gender transition-related healthcare into primary care.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for specialist gender identity services for children and young people.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for gender dysphoria treatment.

29 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Transphobia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle the causes of changes in the level of transphobic hate crimes.

29 Nov 2023 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Banning conversion therapy, published on 29 October 2021.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with the Government of Ghana on its proposed legislation to criminalise LGBT+ relationships, displays of affection, organisations and materials.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what actions he is taking to provide support to British nationals with family members held hostage in Gaza.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will commit to meeting with British nationals with family members held hostage in Gaza.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent meetings his Department has held with British nationals with family members held hostage in Gaza.

27 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Biometric Residence Permits have been reported as not received by those with newly granted refugee status since 1 August 2023.

27 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Biometric Residence Permits were issued within 10 days of a person receiving their decision confirming their refugee status since 1 August 2023.

27 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of starting the 28 day notice period for the end of asylum support 10 days after the issue of a Biometric Residence Permit.

27 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a National Defence Medal for those who served in the armed forces.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Climate Change Committee’s 2023 Progress Report to Parliament, which was published on 28 June 2023.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of households that spent more than 10% of their income on energy costs in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of neighbourhood policing levels in Portsmouth.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of (a) homophobic, (b) biphobic and (c) transphobic hate crimes.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of pavement parking on the mobility of (a) vulnerable and disabled people, (b) children and (c) parents with buggies.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the real term changes in funding for schools in Portsmouth South constituency between 2023-24 and 2024-25 on a) educational attainment of pupils b)

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real term change in average per pupil spending was in Portsmouth South constituency between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years.

15 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Health Services

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Israel’s closure of the Erez crossing since 7 October 2023 on cancer patients in Gaza.

15 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Health Services

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the protection of healthcare (a) personnel and (b) infrastructure in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

14 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sanitary Products: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on updating regulations to ensure that suitable means for the disposal of sanitary dressings is provided in all toilets

14 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 1236 on Ticket Offices: Closures, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department (a) producing equality impact assessments and (b) meeting with re

14 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help (a) de-escalate tensions during the war in Sudan and (b) prevent violence spreading to (i) Ardamata in West Darfur and (ii)

14 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking with the international community to hold parties in the Sudanese conflict accountable for any potential breaches of international la

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