Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Young Women's Strategy will include policies to help tackle (a) trauma, (b) gender, (c) age and (d) cultural challenges faced by young women.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to consult with (a) young women with lived experience, (b) specialists and (c) women and girls’ organisations on the development of the Young Women’s Strategy.

1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Young Women’s Strategy.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to advocate for the interests of older people at the UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage in September 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Women and Equalities

Disability: Building Regulations

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make BS 8300 a legal requirement.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tobacco-style advertising ban on high carbon products.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish a list of schools that are at risk of collapse due to (a) disrepair and (b) unsafe building materials.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Milk: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to introduce a requirement for (a) manufacturers, (b) supermarkets and (c) restaurants to specify which type of milk is used in their products.

13 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in Streatham on the (a) safety and (b) accessibility of passenger rail travel in London.

10 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will launch a consultation before the summer recess on options for a new approach to consumer protection in the energy markets from April 2024 onwards, including on the introduction of

10 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Public Order Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to section 35(5) of the Public Order Act 2023, when she plans to bring forward regulations to bring the Act into force.

3 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of NHS waiting times for gender-affirming procedures on transgender patients.

3 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for gender-affirming procedures.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Baby Care Units: Parental Leave and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing neonatal care leave and pay before April 2025.

27 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hypermobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of (i) Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and (ii) hypermobility s

27 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of one year’s transitional ring-fenced funding for NHS Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs to allow time for those hubs to source alternativ

22 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Police: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on the responsibilities of (a)her Department and (b) the National Police Chiefs Council on (i) collection and (ii) publication of data on the use of powers given to

22 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to commence the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that a leaseholder who purchased a lease after 14th February 2022, and who would qualify for protection from building safety costs ba

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting a time limit for how long asylum seekers can be housed at former Ministry of Defence sites.

22 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department will use to assess whether asylum seekers are suitable to be housed (a) at former Ministry of Defence sites and (b) on barges.

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Export Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on measures the Government is taking to improve the quality of human rights assessments used t

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on making an assessment of the human rights situation in Cabo Delgado and UK Export Finance

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on making an assessment of the human rights situation relating to the Mozambique LNG projec

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will review the TotalEnergies-commissioned assessment by Jean-Christophe Rufin of the humanitarian situation in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique before taking a decision on whether to rel

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of when Totalenergies plans to lift the force majeure and restart work on the Mozambique LNG project.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

English National Opera

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to ensure no jobs are lost at the English National Opera following changes to the funding it receives from Arts Council England.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support leaseholders who are not entitled to support under the Building Safety Act 2022 and who cannot meet the costs of remedial fire safet

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the National Planning Policy Framework to permit the development of new onshore wind farms in England.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in early years education.

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