Written questions

1,705 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department is making on ensuring that eligible pensioners receive their state pension on time.

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce phone call waiting times for service users trying to contact her Department's services.

9 Sep 2021 · Women and Equalities

Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle geographic inequality of opportunity.

9 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on the rollout of gigabit broadband in (a) Ashfield constituency and b) Nottinghamshire.

9 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on delivering the fan-led review into football.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to (a) ensure (i) Severn Trent and (ii) other water companies operate to an adequate standard and (b) protect consumers from persistent issues with the

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that pupils can return to full-time education in the 2021-22 academic year without interruption or risk of losing in-school teaching days during the covid-19 outbre

12 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to remove foreign national offenders.

12 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of nurses in the NHS.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the trade deal with Australia for the East Midlands.

23 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to protect green and open spaces from unsuitable developments.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce benefit fraud and deter those seeking to abuse the system.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children and young people develop financial knowledge.

17 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Textbooks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the finding by the review commissioned by the EU of the content of Palestinian Authority school textbooks

17 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Textbooks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the publication date of the EU-funded review of the content of Palestinian Authority school textbooks.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

New Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government is planning to provide to new businesses setting up after the covid-19 outbreak.

11 May 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support services are available for (a) children with autism and (b) the parents of those children.

23 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Recreation Spaces: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect green spaces from unsuitable development in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) England.

23 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Weather: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to protect the elderly and the vulnerable in the run up to winter 2021-22.

23 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on recruiting additional nurses.

23 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people who have missed cancer appointments as a result of the covid-19 outbreak in the last 12 months.

23 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle benefit fraud.

23 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Working Conditions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to encourage employees to go back to the office after the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Shopping

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on consumer confidence in high street shopping; and what steps the Government is taking to encourage local shop

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment the Government has made of trends in the consumption of (a) vapes and e-cigarettes, (b) heated tobacco products, (c) tobacco and nicotine and (d) cigarettes.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Post Implementation Review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, if he will make it his policy to accept submissions directly from scientists and experts in th

11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the (a) Conference of the Parties and (b) Meeting of the Parties to which the UK sends a delegation.

11 Feb 2021 · COP26

UN Climate Conference 2021: UK Delegations

To ask the President of COP26, which Ministers in addition to the Prime Minister he plans to appoint to the UK's delegation for COP26 in November.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the limitations of vaccine passports for people who have been vaccinated against covid-19.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to monitor the effectiveness of different covid-19 vaccines on different age groups.

Source: official written-questions record.