Written questions

894 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the EU dropping its blanket ban on the EU TRIPS waiver, whether she has plans for the UK to do the same; what assessment she has made of the impact of the UK's opposition to the TRIP

31 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the article of Bureau for Investigative Journalism on 10 March 2022 that reported how ODA reporting for vaccine donations displaced up to £144 million of aid, if he will ensure any vaccine donation

23 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact on the finances of unpaid carers of uprating Carer's Allowance by 3.1 per cent in the context of a predicted increase in inflation of 7.25 per cent.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Home Insurance: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with representatives of insurance companies on housing insurance of people who house (a) Ukrainian and (b) other refugees.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has in place for family members in the Ukraine seeking to join family settled in the United Kingdom under the streamlined process announced on 10 March 2022; and how many

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to oral contribution of 10 March 2022, if all outstanding visa applications from Ukrainian applicants seeking to join family in the United Kingdom will fall under the new scheme.

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to learn lessons from the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy following the publication of Estimates of Take-up for Pension Credit in 2019-2

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 benefit take-up strategy.

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to identify those entitled to pension credit who have not taken it up in each region of the UK.

4 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor UK citizens who travel to Ukraine to volunteer in (a) defence and (b) humanitarian work.

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Bereavement Benefits: Proposal for implementation of the McLaughlin (2018) and Jackson (2020) judgments published on 15 July 2021, when she plans to lay before Parliament that draft re

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for a new state pension claim; how many unprocessed claims for new state pensions her Department holds; what steps she is taking to tackle delays in processing new st

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the relationship between people owing money to her Department as a result of benefit claims and their use of food banks.

24 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Debt Collection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on Fairness in government debt management.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants had deductions made to their monthly payment in the most recent month for which figures are available by (a) advance payments, (b) benefit over

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are facing deductions to their universal credit award as a result of debts owed to the public purse.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants are being deducted the maximum amount of 25 per cent of their standard allowance from their entitlement as a result of (a) an advance or (b) other outstanding Governm

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Deductions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims in each parliamentary constituency had sums deducted from their claim in the most recent month for which data is available; what the (a) average and (b) total sums deduc

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish her Department's (a) plan and (b) schedule for the donation of the remaining committed covid-19 vaccine doses.

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccines of the pledged 100 million have been donated as of 23 February 2022.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her Department investigating complaints where phone records have been deleted.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish cost assessments made by her Department in relation to its customer record retention policy.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints in the year 2021 were investigated by her Department in which phone records had been deleted.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's policy on managing customer records, if she will publish her Department's guidance on what triggers a departmental issue for the purposes of records being retained.

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish her Department's negotiating position on the price of covid-19 vaccine donations during (a) DAC and (b) OECD discussions.

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to including covid-19 vaccine donations on top of the 0.5% Official Development Assistance contribution for future years.

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish (a) her Department's plans for accounting for future covid-19 vaccine donations (i) as a part of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending and (ii) i

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to account for the cost of covid-19 vaccine donations at their original purchase cost.

23 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what cost her Department has accounted each donated vaccine dose as in (a) July 2021, (b) August 2021, (c) September 2021, (d) October 2021, (e) November 2021, (f) December 2

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has paid on average for each vaccine dose purchased from (a) AstraZeneca, (b) Moderna and (c) Pfizer BioNTech.

Source: official written-questions record.