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.