Written questions
1,304 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Aug 2024 · Home Office
Home Office: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Communications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Communications
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
30 Aug 2024 · Cabinet Office
Government Communication Service: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Communications Service spent on filming content for Ministers’ social media channels in each of the last five years.
30 Aug 2024 · Treasury
Treasury: Communications
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department spent on communications in the latest year for which data is available.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in each Parliamentary constituency; and what estimate she has made of the number of people that will be eligible after the proposed means testing
30 Jul 2024 · Treasury
Special Educational Needs: Private Education
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will exempt independent special schools from the removal of business rates charitable rates relief.
30 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the supported asylum population in each local authority ward in England was on 31 December 2003.
30 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median cost per night for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the cost was of the (a) most and (b) least expensive dec
30 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of the asylum system was in each year since 2005; and what estimate she has made of the cost for 2024.
30 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Refugees: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much she expects will be loaned in refugee integration loans this year.
30 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Refugees: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was loaned through refugee integration loans in each year since the scheme was created.
24 Jul 2024 · Treasury
Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people who paid capital gains tax also paid employee national insurance contributions in the most recent year for which data is available.
24 Jul 2024 · Treasury
Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people who paid capital gains tax were in work in the most recent year for which data is available.
24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
24 Jul 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were (a) granted and (b) refused by (i) year of age, (ii) sex and (iii) country of origin in the last 12 months.
24 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Midland Main Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with Network Rail on options to avoid the closure of Spion Kop Bridge in Wigston during the next phase of electrification work on the midland mainline.
24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP (a) practices and (b) premises there were in each current ICB area in each month since January 2010.
24 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the press release from the Association of Optometrists entitled Life-changing service for children with special educati
23 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the fee per child to deliver the Special Schools Eyecare service.
23 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Midland Main Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on options to avoid the closure of Spion Kop bridge on Blaby Road Wigston during the next phase of electrification work on the midland mainline.
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were convicted of a violent offence and did not receive a custodial sentence had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each police force area who were convicted but not sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence in each year since 2007 had (a) 26 to 50, (b) 51 to 75, (c) 76 to 100 and (d) over 100 previous
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who previously had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v) 26 and 50, (vi) 51 and 75, (vii) 76 and 100 and (viii) 101 or more convictions
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who were convicted in each year since 2007 who previously had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v) 26 and 50, (v
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was in months for people who received an immediate custodial sentence and who had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v)
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of violent offences who previously had (a) none, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10-15, (e) 16-25, (f) 26-50, (g) 51-75, (h) 76-100 and (i) 101 or more conv
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences was that a convicted person committed for that same offence before receiving a sentence other than an immediate non-custodial sentence for offences relating to (a) pos
23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer,
Source: official written-questions record.