Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential role of the oil and gas industry in (a) contributing to international climate finance pledges and (b) contributing funds to the

18 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

UK Relations with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many infringement proceedings the EU is pursuing against the Government; and whether the Government plans to propose remediation to prevent further infringement proceedings.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Lambeth

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people dying in fuel poverty in Lambeth.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Lambeth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people dying in poverty in Lambeth.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Closures and Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will consult on the closure and franchising of Crown Post Offices.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if the Government will take steps to ensure Crown Post Office Staff will not be (a) made redundant and (b) moved to roles with (i) poorer working conditions and (ii) lower pay after their branches are

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Closures and Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support workers facing potential job loss in the event of Crown Post Office (a) closures and (b) franchising.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Financial Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what financial services the Post Office provides at (a) Crown post offices and hosted Crown post offices, (b) franchise post offices, (c) Main post office, (d) Post Office Locals, (e) traditional sub-p

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of costs associated with extended producer responsibility on small businesses.

9 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a Minister will attend the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in March 2025.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Insurance and Small Businesses: Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on (a) small businesses and (b) insurance premiums of changes in the levels of high street thefts.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the minimum iron level required to donate blood.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of blood donation rules on (a) iron levels in and (b) the adequacy of the supply of rare blood types commonly found in Black, Asian and Minority

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of blood donation rules on iron levels on the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women unable to donate blood.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients unable to secure appointments with their GP due to (a) digital exclusion and (b) lack of telephone access.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Arrests: Personal Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of cases in which items of property confiscated by the police after an arrest are not returned to the owner after an investigation is closed.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Arrests: Personal Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised through the auction of unclaimed lost property by the Metropolitan Police in the last five years.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Arrests: Personal Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for ensuring items of property confiscated after an arrest are returned to the original owner once an investigation is complete.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Arrests: Personal Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of unclaimed lost property were sold at auction by the Metropolitan Police Force in the last five years.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Arrests: Personal Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of property which were confiscated after an arrest were recorded as lost by the Metropolitan Police in the last year.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Arrests: Personal Property

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many items of property confiscated after an arrest have been (a) returned, (b) returned after six months, (c) returned after 12 months and (d) not returned by the Metropolitan Police Force once th

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Truancy: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines for school absence were issued to the parents of neurodiverse children who missed school for a reason relating to their condition in the last 12 months; and if she will make an assessment of the

29 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Disparities Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Maternity Disparities Taskforce is still active; how many meetings of that taskforce have taken place since it was established; and if he will publish the (a) dates and (b) durations of

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will amend guidance on homelessness hostel exemption to recognise asylum accommodation as an exemption from the shared accommodation rate.

21 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs: Lambeth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Start for Life services in Lambeth; and if he will extend the funding of such services beyond 1 April 2025.

13 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for (a) his policies and (b) the forthcoming UK National Screening Committee review on prostate cancer guidelines of the findings of the

13 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum claims her Department has (a) granted and (b) refused to non-religious people fleeing Afghanistan from fear of persecution in the latest period for which data is

13 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support people leaving Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds.

11 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to investigate alleged fraudulent research and development tax relief claims.

11 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the average time taken to investigate alleged fraudulent research and development tax relief claims on small businesses.

Source: official written-questions record.