Written questions
1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcasting Programmes: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with the BBC Board on the decision to cut Radio 4’s In Touch show from 20 to 15 minutes.
12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Defence on suspending arms exports to Israel.
12 Apr 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Trade Agreements
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Business and Trade on reviewing trade agreements with Israel.
20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) suspending arms exports to and (b) reviewing trade agreements with Israel.
20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Ceasefires
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make it his policy to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in the context of potential famine.
20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on immediately rehabilitating (a) horticulture, (b) livestock farming, (c) fishing and (d) other food production systems
19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the priority areas of research are under the five year grant made to NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre for vision research innovation in 2022.
19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to upskill non-clinical eye health staff as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
19 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmology: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new training places there will be for ophthalmologists as part of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
19 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) environmental impact of mandatory food waste reporting in Battersea.
19 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to inform recipients of the (a) limited capability for work-related activity element of Universal Credit and (b) Employment and Support Allowance support group of their potential
19 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 16 March 2023, what progress his Department has made on the test of the
19 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 16 March 2023, what progress his Department has made on testing matching
12 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the (a) challenges faced by disabled renters in the private rented sector and (b) potential impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill on tackling those cha
12 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the Property Portal to record accessibility information on private sector dwellings.
7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eyesight: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the eligibility criteria for NHS sight tests does not include people with learning disabilities within the classification of groups at high risk of eye disease.
7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce inequalities in eye care for adults with learning disabilities.
7 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools are in special measures.
7 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an inadequate Ofsted rating in the last three years.
7 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an outstanding Ofsted rating in the last three years.
7 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special free schools had an Ofsted inspection in the last three years.
22 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Sportsgrounds
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many responses her Department received to its letter of June 2023 to football league and competition organisers on guidance relating to the safety of barriers and fences in stadiums.
22 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 7225 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, if he will publish the (a) number and proportion of personal independence payment claims overturned
15 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the case brought against Israel by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.
5 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office
Disability: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of combining the roles of the (a) Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work and (b) Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression on ministerial capa
5 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will provide EU citizens with (a) pre-settled and (b) settled status (i) a stamp in their passport, (ii) a biometric card and (iii) other physical proof of their legal right of resid
5 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of how long it will take to process pending applications for settled status from EU citizens.
5 Jan 2024 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many settled status applications from EU citizens submitted before 8 August 2023 are pending; and how many such applications have been pending for more than (a) 12, (b) 18 and (c) 24 months.
5 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the new Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work plans to outline her priorities for supporting disabled people.
5 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office
Disability: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the position of Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work has become a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Disabled People, Health and Work.
Source: official written-questions record.