Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to mark the anniversary of 200 years of passenger train travel in 2025.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

St Pancras Station: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that St Pancras International is prepared for the introduction of the EU’s Entry Exit System.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

St Pancras Station: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to increase capacity at St Pancras International following the introduction of the EU’s Entry Exit System.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2024 to Question 15333 on High Speed 2 Line, what assumptions were made on the potential services that could run north of Birmingham to provide the evidential basis for the

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure the availability of high-quality childcare.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of primary school children meeting expected standards in maths.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned reforms to university admissions on the (a) number and (b) demographic of students applying to university.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Universities: Antisemitism and Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce cases of (a) anti-Semitism and (b) Islamophobia on university campuses.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of trends in the number of international students on higher education institutions.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) young people and (b) adults have access to a range of high quality training pathways.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of apprenticeship completions.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support postgraduate students with the cost of living.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle regional disparities in (a) the identification of and (b) access to support for SEND.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for completing RAAC remedial works in all (a) schools and (b) colleges.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent progress his Department has made towards achieving an immediate stop to the fighting in Israel and Gaza.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Ports

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to support the US in constructing a second temporary pier in Gaza.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Detainees

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has held with his counterpart in the Israeli government on the number of Palestinian detentions in the West Bank since 7 October 2023.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Malnutrition

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle starvation and malnutrition on the Gaza strip.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of constraint costs associated with the AQUIND Interconnector Project.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether recommendations made by Ofgem in its upcoming Window 3 cap and floor round for interconnector projects will be taken into account by her Department when making a decision on the AQUIN

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the compatibility of the AQUIND Interconnector Project with Ofgem’s expanded assessment criteria frameworks, Initial Project Assessment, for projects ap

12 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support charitable organisations providing mental health services to those in need.

12 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health services.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to counter the work of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: West Bank

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help de-escalate tensions in the West Bank; and whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in Israel on their (a) withholding of w

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Education and Health Services

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people living in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank have access to (a) healthcare, (b) education and (c) a

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Pauses

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help support international negotiations to achieve (a) an immediate ceasefire and (b) the unimpeded entry of aid into Gaza.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Pauses

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the prospect of an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with water companies on (a) preventative measures to stop sewage dumping and (b) improving infrastructure.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent reporting mechanism for assessing sewage pollution by water companies.

Source: official written-questions record.