Written questions

1,993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is providing support to local authorities to help tackle potential discrimination against tenants in the private rental sector who receive housing benefits.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent landlords from refusing to rent to people who claim universal credit, housing benefit, disability benefits or tax credits.

22 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure the NHS Federated Data Platform will follow data protection obligations.

21 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact the Illegal Migration Bill on victims of (a) slavery and (b) human trafficking.

21 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help people entering the UK by irregular means access legal (a) advice and (b) aid before they are removed.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mobile network coverage on long distance rail routes.

20 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to protect immunocompromised people from covid-19.

20 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Spring 2023 covid-19 booster programme to people living with immunocompromised people.

17 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's 2023-24 priorities and operational planning guidance published on 27 January 2023, what steps his Department is taking to issue guidance to GPs on best practices for

17 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Audiology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's 2023-24 priorities and operational planning guidance, whether the introduction of self-referral to NHS audiology services is in addition to the system of GP referral

17 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Audiology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's 2023-24 priorities and operational planning guidance published on 27 January 2023, what estimate his Department made of the potential change in the number of people

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the free allocation of permits to companies through the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on subsidies for residential heat pump installation.

2 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of reductions in funding for fire and rescue services.

28 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings on far-right extremism in Hope Not Hate's report entitled State of Hate 2023; and if she will make a statem

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the UK plays a significant role in the implementation of Target 7 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Minister for Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of writing to each household in the UK on the new voter ID regulations.

27 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia: Azerbaijan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Azerbaijani counterpart on the anniversary of the Khojaly massacre; and whether he plans to make a statement to mark that anniversary.

24 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of IT issues in her Department on (a) the production of Biometric Resident Permits since 1 March 2022, (b) the number of individuals who have had a permit pr

22 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Criminal Legal Aid Advisory Board, what the timeline is for the appointment of a chair of that board; what assessment he has made of the diversity of the membership of that board; and how of

20 Feb 2023 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of IT failures in her Department on the processing times of UKVI applications since 1 August 2022.

17 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 82307 on Car Allowances, if his Department will publish the findings of the most recent quarterly review of advisory fuel rates.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

TransPennine Express

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make a decision on the future of the rail contract with TransPennine Express.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Members: Correspondence

To ask Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to reply to correspondence dated 8 July 2022 and 13 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, case reference AK52139.

8 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether children educated in monasteries receiving British aid via the Myanmar Education Consortium are taught using the Burmese military controlled school curriculum.

7 Feb 2023 · Attorney General

Barristers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of the increase in fees for prosecution barristers acting on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service; and whether her Department has made an impact of assessm

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the scope of legal aid on covering legal representation for individuals and families impacted by domestic abuse in relation to family law cases, in

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of potential regional disparities in legal aid provision across England and Wales.

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help increase recruitment of underrepresented groups into the legal profession.

1 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the clauses in the Fleet Solid Support manufacturing contract that relate to UK content, jobs and investment before that contract is signed.

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