Written questions

Alex Sobel

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leeds General Infirmary: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding had been allocated by the Treasury for the (a) Leeds Infirmary scheme and (b) New Hospital Programme up to 2 July 2024.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leeds General Infirmary: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Leeds General Infirmary scheme received up to the end of the 2023-24 financial year.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leeds General Infirmary: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's latest estimate is of the total cost of the rebuild of Leeds General Infirmary.

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential environmental impact of off-road vehicles imported from the USA.

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of off-road vehicles imported from the USA on pedestrian safety.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average maintenance loan received by English-domiciled students (a) studying away from home in London, (b) living at home and studying in London and (c) studying in London in total was in each of the l

7 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide the UNHCR with a renewed quota under Pathway 2 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to use modular housing to increase the amount of available housing stock.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 3775 on Plastics: Treaties, which Ministers from his Department will attend the fifth intergovernmental negotiation meeting for

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 3774 on Plastics: EU Law, whether he plans to sign the Bridge to Busan declaration.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 3775 on Plastics: Treaties, whether he plans to personally attend the fifth intergovernmental negotiation meeting for the Global

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when private schools should become VAT registered.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to introduce social energy tariffs.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the energy price cap for winter 2024-25.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) simplifying and (b) automating the process to apply for Pension Credit.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Costs

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made on its review of biomass sustainability standards.

4 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Uganda: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the current political situation in Uganda.

4 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Uganda: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the safety of the opposition leaders in Uganda.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plastics: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the contribution of the plastic production industry to the level of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the UK in (a) 2024 and (b) in the next ten years.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to send a representative from his Department to the fourth intergovernmental negotiation meeting for the Global Plastics Treaty in November 2024.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Bridge to Busan declaration.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce air quality targets within train stations.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help GP surgeries (a) improve energy efficiency and (b) reduce their carbon footprint.

24 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Papua: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indonesian counterpart on the human rights situation in West Papua.

18 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Further Education and Training: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number 16-18 year-olds who will not be able to secure a place in (a) further education and (b) training because not enough suitable places are available in Leeds in September

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

DMRC Headley Court: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the extent to which medical equipment that was used at Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre has been repurposed since that centre's closure.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that lactation consultants are widely available on the NHS.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Peru: Drugs and Palm Oil

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his Peruvian counterpart on (a) the expansion of oil palm plantations and (b) narcotics production.

20 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Peru: Indigenous Peoples

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with his Peruvian counterpart on the protection of indigenous leaders in that country.

Source: official written-questions record.