Written questions
2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
Road Safety Investigation Branch
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intends to establish a Road Safety Investigation Branch.
2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of establishing permanent Early Liver Disease Diagnostics centres to deliver non-invasive diagnoses (a) in Oxfordshire and (b) nation
2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the pilot scheme for the Community Liver Health Check Programme.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on establishing Ofcom’s Advisory Committee on Misinformation and Disinformation.
29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's planned timetable is for the completion of the Oxfordshire Connect programme.
29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Network Rail on the status of the Oxfordshire Connect rail programme.
24 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Nationals Abroad: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide consular assistance to British nationals who are detained overseas.
23 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Nationals Abroad: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help free (a) Alaa Abd El-Fattah, (b) Jagtar Johal Signh, (c) Jimmy Lai and (d) other British nationals detained overseas.
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 207 on Vagrancy Act 1824, whether it is her Department's policy to de-criminalise homelessness.
23 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) sanction violent settlers who have committed human rights abuses against Palestinian communities in the West Bank and (b) sanction all entities connected to th
22 Jul 2024 · Department for Education
Universities: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help improve mental health practice in universities.
22 Jul 2024 · Department for Education
Universities: Liability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that universities should have a statutory duty of care to students.
17 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Recognition of States
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will immediately recognise the state of Palestine.
17 Jul 2024 · Treasury
Development Aid
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will restore the Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% of gross national income.
17 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment: Bullying and Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has plans to ban non-disclosure agreements used for victims of sexual misconduct, bullying and discrimination.
17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on increasing county council funding for (a) social care services, (b) SEND services and (c) road maintenance.
17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Vagrancy Act 1824
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it remains his Department's policy to end the criminalisation of rough sleeping.
13 May 2024 · Home Office
Vagrancy Act 1824
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet, updated on 20 August 2022, whether he plans to repeal
13 May 2024 · Home Office
Immigration: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a fee waiver application decision; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those waiting times on people without leave to remain.
13 May 2024 · Home Office
British Nationality: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest waiting time is for a decision on a British citizenship application as of 13 May 2024.
10 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of access to defibrillators.
8 May 2024 · Home Office
Resettlement: Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of local staff of the British Embassy in Khartoum who have been resettled in the UK in the last three years.
1 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure low income households can appeal increased service charges.
1 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Service Charges: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment on the potential impact of increased service charges on (a) leaseholders and (b) local authorities in Oxfordshire.
29 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the US's sanctions on (a) Mount Hebron Fund, Shlom Asiraich and (b) the leader of Lehava, Ben Zion Gopstein; and whether he has plans
25 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Occupied Territories
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what estimate his Department has made of the value of assets and entities held in the UK by supporters and enablers of the Israeli settler movement.
25 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions he has had with (a) the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and (b) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNR
25 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UNRWA: Finance
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, with reference to the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality, published on 22 April 2024, if he will resume funding to UNRWA.
22 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Candidates and Voting Rights: Dual Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that British citizens with lawful dual citizenship are able to (a) vote and (b) stand for elections in all parts of the UK and overseas territories.
Source: official written-questions record.