Written questions

1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 May 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to introduce a policy similar to Homes for Ukraine scheme for individuals from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Syria, (c) Sundan and (d) Ethiopa.

5 May 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools are able to purchase all the classroom resources they need.

5 May 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers in Lancashire who have left the profession in the last (a) one, (b) two and (c) five years.

5 May 2023 · Department for Education

Classroom Assistants: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her Department's policy that any future pay increases for school staff will not come from existing school budgets.

5 May 2023 · Department for Education

National Education Union: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the National Education Union on industrial action by its members.

5 May 2023 · Department for Education

Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to provide above-inflation pay increases for teachers and school support staff.

3 May 2023 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pay and Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have their (a) payroll and (ii) pensions managed by private limited company Shared Services Connected Ltd; what was the cost to the public purse of using this company in (i) 2020-21 (ii)

19 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to support the de-escalation of violence between military groups in Sudan.

19 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of imposing additional sanctions on (a) persons and (b) other entities involved in the violence between military groups in

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of families in fuel poverty.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in Preston.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Reactors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing companies that meet safety and design criteria for small modular reactors to build those without entering the Great British N

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to introduce a fast-track approvals process for applications for new nuclear developments that do not require taxpayer funding.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support new nuclear developers that do not require any public funding.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Nuclear

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to provide further information on the role of Great British Nuclear.

14 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rates in the context of increases in the cost of living and fuel prices.

17 Feb 2023 · Attorney General

Economic Crime: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure the effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.

31 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Myanmar.

31 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help alleviate the food insecurity situation in Haiti in the context of the UN World Food Programme's request for increased internation

31 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s current aid provision to least developed countries.

31 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the UN General Assembly’s plan to offer increased support for Least Developed Countries ahead of the 5th UN Conference on least devel

31 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase UK foreign aid for least developed countries ahead of the 5th UN Conference on least developing countries in March 2023.

25 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of findings of the most recent Hologic Global Women's Health Index on the comparison between the standard of women's healthcare in t

11 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure the (a) monitoring of and (b) correct compensation for cancer among firefighters.

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provisions her Department has planned for the flood warnings issued across the UK for 11 January 2023.

6 Jan 2023 · Home Office

Civil Partnerships: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that children are given British citizenship when they are born outside the UK to British parents in same-sex couples.

19 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will review the impact of UK firms on working conditions in other countries.

19 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Thailand: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Thailand on the working conditions of people making goods for UK firms.

19 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of humanitarian support to Ukraine.

19 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Electricity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of recent attacks on Ukraine’s power grids.

Source: official written-questions record.