Written questions
2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish a decision on which apprenticeships will be impacted by cuts to Level 7 apprenticeship funding.
6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Bricks
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4279 on Housing: Bricks, what steps she plans to take to increase rates of swift brick installation in new build propertie
6 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing duty relief to brewers of cask conditioned beers.
6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) Rough Sleeping Initiative, (b) Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme and (c) Night Shelter Transformation Fund will continue in 2025-26.
6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish a breakdown of planned spending on homelessness (a) support and (b) prevention for 2025-26.
6 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates: Public Consultation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the her Department's consultation entitled Transforming business rates, published 30 October 2024, whether she plans to meet with (a) British Business Improvement Districts, (b) The BID Foundation
13 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Drax Power: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reclaiming any portion of the subsidies provided to Drax Power Limited, in the context of the finding by Ofgem that Drax had misre
13 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Drax Power: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made representations to Drax on the increase in whistleblower reports recorded by the organisation between 2022 and 2023.
12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Money Laundering
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has received representations from the Solicitor Regulation Authority on the adequacy of the level of financial penalties for those solicitors found to be in breach of money laundering regulations.
12 Dec 2024 · Treasury
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the private medical insurance industry's coverage of treatment for patients with rare cancers.
12 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 403 on Health Professions: Regulation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting the removal of the five-year rule i
4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue statutory guidance on the provision of absorbent products for adult incontinence products.
4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the weekly personal expense allowance for those living in care homes is increased by the rate of inflation each financial year.
2 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on Zimbabwe's application to re-join the Commonwealth.
2 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Commonwealth Secretariat on publication of the independent report of the Commonwealth Observer Group on Zimbabwe's elections in 202
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sewers: Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6534 on Land Drainage: Property Development, whether he (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential regulato
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received recent representations from Hertfordshire County Council on levels of demand for in-year state school places.
2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Local Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including local online news publications in the definition of local newspapers for the advertisement of planning not
26 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) older people and (b) people with legacy visas are not (i) disadvantaged and (ii) prevented from accessing services by the eVisa system.
26 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Visas: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support older people without internet access to (a) apply for and (b) access eVisas.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for announcing what proportion of SEND funding from Autumn Budget 2024 will be allocated to Hertfordshire.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to publish the Stocktake report on Hertfordshire County Council's SEND improvement plan.
20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support NHS services in West Hertfordshire, in the context of his Department's review of the New Hospital Programme.
18 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to work with stakeholders in the Fire and Rescue services to establish national standards.
15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have had recent discussions with Hertfordshire County Council on the two-tier system of local government in that count
13 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12746 on Employers' Contributions, if she will consult (a) small businesses, (b) social care providers and (c) GP surgeries before publishing the Tax Informatio
6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Kidney Diseases: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6540 on Kidney Diseases: Transplant Surgery, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of providing psychological and social care suppor
5 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she made a socio-economic impact assessment of the increase to employer national insurance contributions.
5 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Land: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has prepared terms of reference for a consultation on replacing business rates with a land value tax since 2019.
5 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9564 on Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses, if she will publish any impact assessment for the raise to employer National Insurance contributions.
Source: official written-questions record.