Written questions
2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of applications for new designated bathing water sites were (a) accepted and (b) rejected since 2010.
4 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Damages
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 9 of the report of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers entitled Bereavement damages: a dis-united kingdom, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his pol
4 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Damages
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on identifying a suitable legislative vehicle to extend eligibility for bereavement damages under section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 to fathers of illegitimate childr
4 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Damages
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 176607 on Fatal Accidents Act 1976, what the basis is for his Department's assessment that an extension of eligibility for bereavement damages could lead
4 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Damages: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Damages (Scotland) Act 2011 in compensating bereaved relatives in Scotland.
4 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Damages: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of launching a public consultation on updating the law on bereavement damages in England and Wales.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a repayable advance for Universal Credit claimants who are awaiting a payment correction following an assessment error.
27 Feb 2024 · Women and Equalities
Rented Housing: Disability
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on entitled Improving disabled people’s access to let residential premises: reasonable adjustments to common parts, a new duty.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Ethnic Groups and Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the share of Angel’s funding received by women and ethnic minority individuals.
27 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Wealth: Ethnic Groups and Women
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that (a) women and (b) ethnic minority individuals are not disproportionately affected by changes to the Financial Promotion Order exemptions for high-net-worth indi
27 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Wealth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has undertaken a gender equality impact assessment of the reforms to the Financial Promotion Order exemptions for high-net-worth individuals and sophisticated investors.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
New Businesses: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations of The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship on increasing the number of female angel investors in the UK.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the impact of inflation on real terms funding received by schools.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Health Professions and Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with universities to help train (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) teachers.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Social Mobility
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to encourage collaboration between colleges and universities to (a) widen participation in tertiary education and (b) promote social mobility.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for GDP invested in research and development.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Students: Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support students with the cost of living.
27 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Occupied Territories: Politics and Government
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help ensure political stability in the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the resignation of Mohammad Shtayyeh.
27 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has held with his Israeli counterpart on the Israeli’s Government’s plan for evacuating Gaza civilians from Rafah.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Antisemitism and Islamophobia
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support victims of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism following the events since 7 October 2023 in Israel and Gaza.
27 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Neighbourhood Policing: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating additional training for police officers on community tensions following the events since 7 October 2023 in Israel and Gaza.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Antisemitism and Islamophobia
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle the rise in islamophobia and antisemitism following the events since 7 October 2023 in Israel and Gaza.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) the Minister of State for Rail and (c)HS2 have had with the Rail Delivery Group on industrial action on the railways.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 24 of his Department's publication entitled Network North: transforming British transport, CP 946, published on 4 October 2023, what the evidential basis is for the statement that th
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
East Coast Main Line: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with LNER on their simpler fares trial.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the annual cost of administering the issuing of Network Railcards.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the revenue raised from passenger journeys taken using Network Railcards in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the savings on train fares generated by the use of Network Railcards in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger journeys were taken using Network Railcards in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022, and (e) 2023.
22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Network Railcards were in circulation in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.
Source: official written-questions record.