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.