Written questions
894 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Beer
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the manufacture of beer ranked under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme criteria.
17 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Cider
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the manufacture of cider ranked under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme.
17 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Spirits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the manufacture of spirits ranked under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme criteria.
17 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department will provide for the women and girls strategy in the 2023-24 financial year; and whether he plans to publish an equalities impact assessment o
9 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
UK Commission on Bereavement
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the UK Commission on Bereavement entitled Bereavement is everyone's business, published in October 2022, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policie
9 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
TRIPS Agreement: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which (a) industry bodies and (b) UK civil society organisations the Department for International Trade consulted with on the TRIPS waiver extension to include COVID-19 tests and treatments.
9 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Carer's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to reinstate full Universal Credit payments when an individual who had been in receipt of both Universal Credit and Carer's Allowance loses eligibility for Carer's Allowa
6 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release of 16 December entitled Government provides boost to horticulture industry with certainty over seasonal workers, what is the guaranteed minimum of p
19 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Questions 105495 and 105505 on Visas: Seasonal Workers and 105507 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, whether his Department has put accountability structur
15 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's internal guidance on compassionate grounds to expedite a visa application.
15 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's internal customer service targets for processing each category of visa application.
15 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Peters and Peters
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) legal disbursements paid to Peters and Peters in relation to the Privileges Committee and (b) other legal expenses incurred as a result of that investigation.
15 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Peters and Peters
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the projected cost to the public purse of the proposed renewal of the contract with Peters and Peters in relation to the Privileges Committee.
15 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Peters and Peters
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of the contract with Peters and Peters in relation to the Privileges Committee.
14 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department paid a higher price for the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine for the booster campaign in winter 2021 than in 2020.
13 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help promote gender equality globally.
9 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office
Honours
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the next 3-5 year review of the Honours System is due to (a) take place and (b) report.
9 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at what cost his Department procured the Pfizer-BionTech covid-19 vaccine as of 9 December.
9 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there was redacted specific contractual information concerning the (a) price of vaccine doses, (b) the use of doses, liability rules, and (c) the ownership of IP and industrial trad
9 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pfizer: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government's contract with Pfizer specified that any contractual dispute would be determined by three private arbitrators rather than a court.
9 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services and Fire Brigades Union
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) fire brigade staff and (b) the Fire Brigades Union.
9 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on the fire service reform consultation.
7 Dec 2022 · Department for International Trade
TRIPS Agreement: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on extending the TRIPS waiver to include COVID-19 tests and treatments.
7 Dec 2022 · Department for International Trade
TRIPS Agreement: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department held discussions with international counterparts at the WTO Council meeting on 22 November 2022 on the extension of the TRIPS waiver to include covid-19 tests and treatments.
7 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of allowing workers in the UK on the agricultural seasonal worker scheme to move between (a) scheme operators and (b) horticulture and
7 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies that operators recruiting workers under the Seasonal Workers Scheme are potentially terminating workers contracts early with
7 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements are placed on Sponsoring Agencies under the Seasonal Workers Scheme to ensure that work will be available for the duration of the visa.
6 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas in (a) September (b) October (c) November awaited an outcome for more than 24 weeks.
6 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas in (a) September (b) October (c) November awaited an outcome for more than 16 weeks.
6 Dec 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas in (a) September (b) October (c) November awaited an outcome for more than 12 weeks.
Source: official written-questions record.