Written questions

648 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with HM Passport Office Durham on additional resources to support the current workforce.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase resources in HM Passport Office Durham to improve the speed of processing passport applications.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the online passport application booking system in light of the current backlogs.

26 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus Certificates: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing proof of covid-19 vaccination for children under the age of 12.

25 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on increasing the number of visas granted to people fleeing the war in Ukraine.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women were allocated visas via (a) the Ukrainian Family Scheme and (b) the Homes for Ukraine scheme as of 1 April 2022.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many emails to the Ukraine Urgent MP Enquires address were awaiting response as of 1 April 2022.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average wait for visas applied for under the Homes for Ukraine scheme is as of 1 April 2022.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian nationals have had visas revoked before entry to the UK as of 1 April 2022.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian nationals are being held in Immigration Removal Centres as of 1 April 2022.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his department plans to open a help desk on the Parliamentary Estate to manage queries about the Homes For Ukraine scheme.

16 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Bus Services and Taxis: Assistance Animals and Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 131066 on Bus Services and Taxis: Assistance Animals and Wheelchairs, when he plans to publish a consultation on the introduction of mandatory disability aware

9 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to co-host a pledging summit to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Highway Code

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all road users are informed of the recent changes to the hierarchy of road users within the Highway Code.

9 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an individual can decline the £200 Energy Bills Rebate.

9 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to process outstanding applications for (a) UK citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain in a timely manner.

9 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of outstanding applications for (a) UK citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Bullying and Defamation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to ensure that social media companies remove content that (a) bullies and (b) defames people on their platforms in a timely manner.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

TikTok: Bullying and Defamation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the use of Tik Tok by pupils in schools to (a) cyberbully and (b) defame (i) other pupils and (ii) teachers.

18 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Health Services and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2021 to Question 43668 on Disability: Finance, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Education to improve the provision of disabled chil

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Disabled Children’s Partnership polling released in January 2022, what recent progress he has made on tackling unmet need in disabled children’s social care.

11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of lateral flow tests in County Durham.

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to households with dual fuel energy bills.

6 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who have reported a positive lateral flow test without taking a confirmatory PCR test, are still be able to access treatment for long covid.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to enshrine Sustainable Development Goals pertaining to food waste into law.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in the City of Durham are yet to receive air cleaning units.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many air cleaning units have been provided to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) City of Durham constituency and (ii) County Durham as at 4 January 2022.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to regulate gambling advertising on (a) television, (b) online and (c) sports shirt sponsorship.

16 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the care fees that NHS Continuing Health Care would ordinarily pay to a care provider can instead be paid to a family carer if they are unable to find CHC registered carers who can meet the

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the remit of the Local Government Ombudsmen to include parish councils.

Source: official written-questions record.