Written questions

Afzal Khan

1,993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will promote the use of (a) sustainable and (b) reusable medical garments in the NHS.

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

Textiles: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial incentives for businesses engaged in (a) upcycling and (b) the sustainable production of textiles.

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

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Sweden on reducing plastic waste.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing teachers in sixth form colleges with the same pay increases as those agreed with school teachers.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce whether her Department will provide funding for (a) BTEC and (b) Alternative Technical Qualification courses in the (i) 2025-26 and (ii) 2026-27 academic year.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are being held under Imprisonment for the Public Protection sentences in HMP (a) Buckley Hall, (b) Forest Bank, (c) Hindley and (d) Manchester.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somalia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of the SSC-Khaatumo region in supporting stability, development and growth in Somalia.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somalia: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to meet President Abdikadir Ahmed Aw-Ali of the SSC-Khaatumo region in Somalia.

29 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Mortgages: Islam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing the tax regulations for Sharia-compliant mortgages in line with conventional mortgages.

29 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Tax Simplification for Alternative Finance, which closed 9 April 2024.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, how much aid he has given to organisations providing humanitarian assistance in Gaza since October 2023.

20 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2024 to Question 13050 on Railways: Access, what recent progress his Department has made on assessing applications for Access for All funding.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Extra Costs Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 72 of the National Disability Strategy, published in July 2021, what progress his Department has made on establishing the Extra Costs Taskforce.

29 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Remembrance Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who was appointed to represent the Muslim community at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in each of the last 10 years.

22 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with refence to the oral answer of 4 March 2024 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness to the hon. Member for Blaydon, Official Report, column 6

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Quality Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department made an impact assessment before ending the Air Quality Grant Scheme.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Quality Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on the Air Quality Grant Scheme.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce air pollution.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding is available to local authorities for clean air programmes.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for plug-in vehicle grants to private cars.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the air quality grant for 2024.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the recipients of the £6 million air quality grant will be announced for the 2023-24 period.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of adequacy of local content levels in supply chains for the (a) oil and gas and (b) renewable energy sector.