Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to provide benefit support to individuals with Long Covid.

14 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to introduce a strategy to fund specialist services to support victims of violence that are (a) disabled, (b) an ethnic minority, (c) a religious minority, (d) identify a

1 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that the lived experiences of Romani, Roma and Irish Travellers are taken fully into account in consideration of policy affecting them.

1 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward a Race Action Plan to tackle (a) systemic inequalities affecting and (b) discrimination faced by (i) Romani, (ii) Roma and (iii) Irish Travellers in the (A)

1 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of infrastructure in the UK to (a) capture carbon from woody biomass burning at scale and (b) transport and store carbon dioxide.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's consultation on a transitional support mechanism for large-scale biomass generators, published on 18 January 2024, what steps she has taken to ensure that t

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's consultation on a transitional support mechanism for large-scale biomass generators, published on 18 January 2024, for what reason 31 March 2024 was chosen

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Biofuels: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her Department's consultation on a transitional support mechanism for large-scale biomass generators, published on 18 January 2024, what steps she has taken to (a) cost and

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Entry Clearances: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision his Department has made for collecting biometric data from relatives of British nationals fleeing Gaza in the absence of functioning visa applications centres in Gaza.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take additional steps to increase public awareness of how people can protect themselves from the impacts of air pollution.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the impact of air pollution on people in poverty.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the impact of (a) incinerators and (b) air pollution on (i) Black and (ii) Asian communities.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide additional funding to organisations that increase awareness of how people can protect themselves from air pollution.

30 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases.

30 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the Israeli government's compliance with the provisional measures set forth by the International Court of Justice in the case concerning Applicati

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has conducted forecasting on the potential for England to meet the Government target of reducing food waste by 50% by 2030.

18 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Radioactive Materials: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of RAF aircraft are authorised to carry special nuclear materials over UK territory; and which types of RAF aircraft are authorised by the US administration to carry such materials over US territory.

18 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Radioactive Materials: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2016 to Question 27158 on Radioactive Materials: Transport, how many flights were undertaken between the United States and the UK by Royal Air Force aircraft carrying D

15 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Arms Trade: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the UK's gender-based violence commitments under the Arms Trade Treaty, what due diligence his Department has carried out on the use of its (a) arms and (b) othe

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the breast cancer screening age to 40.

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to adopt (a) 3D Mammography and (b) other new cancer screening technologies.

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing risk assessments using (a) breast density assessment software and (b) other tools during initial breast ca

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bipolar Disorder: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

15 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statutory guidance entitled Prevent duty guidance: for higher education institutions in England and Wales (2015), updated on 31 December 2023, what assessment he has made of the

5 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to improve the complaints mechanism for challenging Prevent referrals.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Lammy Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Lammy review: final report, published on 8 September 2017, if he will publish a progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of that review.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Children in Care: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Barnardo’s report entitled Double discrimination: Black care-experienced young adults navigating the criminal justice system, published on 21 Se

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Earwax: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that all primary care networks offer an earwax removal service.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Social Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Streatham and Barnardo’s to discuss how local authorities can work with partners to prevent the over-criminalisation of Black children in the care system.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Streatham and Barnardo's to discuss developing a Black foster care network.

Source: official written-questions record.