Written questions

120 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for providing feedback on the Full Business Case for the Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management PFI contract, submitted to his Department by Birmingham City Council and Bir

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Wilko

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what lessons for the protection of high streets his Department has learned from the collapse of Wilko.

5 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Disclosure and Barring Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he plans to take to improve the performance of the Disclosure and Barring Service.

5 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for an adult autism diagnosis.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to align the UK with EU (a) standards and (b) regulations.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Utilities: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help support SMEs with utility costs.

5 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the longest waiting time was for people trying to contact HMRC by telephone on 5 December 2023.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with rail companies on the affordability of fares.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Birmingham Hall Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of housing for homeless families in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency.

29 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase retention levels of experienced prison officers.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to introduce mandatory training on (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism for secondary school teachers.

29 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Taxation: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits supporting the new UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) inflation and (b) trends in the level of energy costs on services delivered by local authorities.

23 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Drugs: Music Festivals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has issued recent guidance to the organisers of festivals on the use of back-of-house drug testing licences.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help support farmers to redistribute their surplus food to food charities.

22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to launch a review of the NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment process for people with dementia.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to improve the safety of teenage care leavers living in semi-independent accommodation.

22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS cancer treatment services have adequate resources to meet increasing demand.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Carbon Emissions: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict advertising for high-carbon products and services.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to help low income pensioners with the cost of living.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase road safety in inner city areas.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the causes of trends in the instances of flooding in cities.

22 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's average response time to correspondence from Birmingham, Hall Green constituents.

22 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is readily available to people who need it.

22 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take diplomatic steps in response to China's treatment of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang.

22 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hospitals

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to take diplomatic steps to improve the conditions for civilians within the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

21 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to use revenue generated by new North Sea oil and gas licensing to fund green energy initiatives.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefits claims were found to be fraudulent in each of the last two years.

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments his Department has made of the implications for his policies of (a) supply shortages and (b) manufacturing problems of drugs used by the NHS.

Source: official written-questions record.