Written questions
2,491 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Navy: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained marine systems personnel the Royal Navy has; and what the target number is.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Babcock on the tying up of HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark.
12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Albion: Regeneration
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timetable is for the potential regeneration of HMS Albion.
12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
High Rise Flats: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued on a building’s status as a relevant building under section 117(3)(c) of the Building Safety Act 2022 in the event that a freeholder purchased
25 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason there is no armed forces recruitment target for ethnic minorities.
25 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on their target for women to account for 30% of personnel recruited by 2030.
22 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Rwanda: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of RAF planes to transport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
22 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10351 on Armed Forces: Housing, if he will provide a regional breakdown of those figures.
20 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Queen Elizabeth: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) damage caused and (b) injuries sustained by staff working on the HMS Queen Elizabeth as a result of the fire on 8 March 2024.
19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of his Department's contribution to the Government's total carbon emissions in the last 12 months.
19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the energy used by his Department is from renewable sources.
19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Radar: Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) raised objections to and (b) taken steps to mitigate the potential impact on radar systems of the proposed floating offshore wind around RAF Lossiemouth.
19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Radar: Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on installing military radars that are not affected by floating offshore wind installations.
19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Warships: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fires broke out on Royal Navy warships in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022, (d) 2023 and (e) 2024 as of 19 March 2024.
19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
HMS Queen Elizabeth: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Royal Navy is taking to (a) assess the cause of the fire on HMS Queen Elizabeth on 8 March 2024 and (b) prevent future fires on ships.
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last had discussions with representatives of (a) VIVO, (b) Amey and (c) Pinnacle on the maintenance of service accommodation properties.
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 22 of his Department's UK Armed Forces Defence Accommodation Strategy, published in October 2022, for what reason the target of no more than 10% of service family accommodation properties b
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10349 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much his Department has spent on housing forces personnel and their dependents in emergency accommodation due to major rep
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of single living accommodation bed spaces that meet building regulation standards.
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10351 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many Service Family Accommodation units were treated for (a) electrical faults and (b) pest infestation between 23 January
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10346 on Armed Forces: Housing, if he will (a) update this answer with the latest available figures and (b) provide a regional breakdown of the updated figure
18 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2024 to Question 9937 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many open work orders for repairs there were for (a) Service Family Accommodation and (b) Single Living Accommodation as of
11 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many investigations into academy trusts have been completed by the Education & Skills Funding Agency since 1 November 2022.
11 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether an effective date applies to the definition of a relevant building in relation to the leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022.
11 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations to specify the minimum number of leasehold flats that a freeholder must own in a building
11 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued on the minimum (a) number and (b) proportion of leasehold flats that a freeholder must own in a building in order to render all other leasehol
5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Discharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for early termination of service have been (a) made, (b) approved and (c) rejected by each of the services in the last five years.
28 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Spectacles: Irlen Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether colorimetry spectacles can be purchased with NHS optical vouchers.
19 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
River Tamar: Bridges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to refuse the toll rise for the Tamar Crossings.
19 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Glass: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include glass in the deposit return scheme.
Source: official written-questions record.