Written questions
648 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the challenges for young people who are on the waiting list for an autism diagnosis when they move from child to adult mental health services.
16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) assessment for and (b) diagnosis of autism in County Durham.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Job Centres: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available if a claimant cannot attend a Job Centre appointment due to a disability.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Forms
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for claimants unable to complete his Department's forms.
5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zambia: Cholera
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help provide humanitarian support following the recent outbreak of cholera in Zambia.
5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ethiopia: Famine
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help avert famine in Ethiopia.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow for mitigating circumstances for pupils whose education has been disrupted due to the presence of RAAC.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
St Leonard's Catholic School
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all (a) books, (b) coursework and (c) other items have been retrieved from inaccessible parts of St Leonard’s Catholic School since September 2023.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on the minimum temperature at which a temporary classroom can be safely used.
2 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Industrial Disputes: Orgreave
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will open an independent public enquiry into the conduct of the police at Orgreave coking works during the 1984-85 miners' strike.
2 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Mining: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an independent review of criminal convictions during the miners strikes of 1984-85.
2 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Mining: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to provide a pardon to people convicted of certain offences related to the miners' strike committed between 12 March 1984 and 3 March 1985.
2 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Children
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing support for unaccompanied children in Gaza.
2 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the continued supply of aid to Gaza.
2 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to help avert famine in Gaza.
24 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Armed Conflict: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls in conflict zones.
22 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effectiveness of the Disabled Facilities Grant.
17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help tackle health inequalities in the North East.
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants died after their claims were denied for (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Universal Credit in 2023.
17 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the use of machine learning in benefit fraud investigations.
16 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office
King Charles III: Artworks
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of hanging an official portrait of His Majesty The King in public authorities in the UK.
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Refuges: City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department is providing to women's refuges in City of Durham constituency.
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homelessness: Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to financially support community and voluntary organisations that support homeless people in City of Durham constituency.
16 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Housing: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support local authorities with finding homes for children with complex needs.
10 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Office: Fujitsu
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many government contracts have been awarded to Fujitsu for Post Office Ltd since 2015.
10 Jan 2024 · Cabinet Office
Fujitsu: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded to Fujitsu since 2010.
9 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Speed Limits: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Circular 01/2013, whether it remains Government policy that a 30 mph speed limit should be the norm in villages.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps the Child Maintenance Service has taken to help recover arrears in child maintenance payments.
15 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Question 5041 on Pensions, with reference to the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Transitional Provisions and Appropriate Independent Advice) 2015 Post Implementation Review, published on 4 April 2
14 Dec 2023 · Leader of the House
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to enable Members to directly scrutinise the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs.
Source: official written-questions record.