Written questions
2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Wines: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of ending the temporary duty easement for wines between 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume on small and medium-sized wine businesses in the UK.
6 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the impact on excise duty receipts of the duty rates for wine and spirits introduced on 1 August 2023.
6 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has received recent representations from relevant stakeholders on the occurrence of post-selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sexual dysfunction arising from anti-depressan
5 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Dominica: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much of the UK aid pledged to Dominica following Hurricane Maria has been distributed to which projects.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2023 to Question 189943 on Free School Meals: Finance, whether her Department issues guidance on recouping unspent funds allocated to free school meals.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether free school meal providers are entitled to keep money allocated to but not spent on free school meals.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 22 June 2023 to Question 189943 on Free School Meals: Finance, what assessment her Department has made of the report Hungry for Change, published on 27 June 2019 by Northumbria U
5 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Horizon IT System: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the repeal of section 69 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 on the wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters.
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the potential impact of recent changes in off-peak night rates on Economy 7 electricity tariffs on households which use electricity to hea
5 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to update the policy paper entitled Strategic framework for road safety, published on 11 May 2011.
5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Idiopathic Hypersomnia: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of when the approval process for the use of Xywav to treat idiopathic hypersomnia will be completed.
30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Kidney Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Let’s talk kidneys: Opportunities for early intervention in chronic kidney disease, published by Kidney Care UK on 13 December 2023,, what steps her Department
30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Kidney Diseases: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Let’s talk kidneys: Opportunities for early intervention in chronic kidney disease, published by Kidney Care UK on 13 December 2023, if she will ensure that th
30 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Kidney Diseases: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication by Kidney Care UK entitled Let’s talk kidneys: opportunities for early intervention in chronic kidney disease, published on 23 December 2023, whether her Departmen
24 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special school places are available in England as of 24 January 2024, broken down by local education authority.
24 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans: St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2024 to Question 8848 on Local Plans: St Albans, whether his Department has been notified of (a) correspondence and (b) meetings on the local pla
24 Jan 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a schedule of planned meetings between her Department and Hertfordshire County Council to monitor the progress of its Area Special Educational Needs and Disabilities service improvement plan
24 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has sought legal advice on the forcible removal of civilians from Occupied Palestinian Territories by Israel.
24 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an estimate of the daily volume of aid required to pass through the Rafah crossing to meet the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
23 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cervical Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 10306 on Cervical Cancer: Health Education, if she will make it her policy to provide smear tests for women aged 25 and younger who (a) request one
22 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much aid was given to civil society organisations in Israel and Palestine whose explicit aims include working towards a two-state solution in each of the financial years (a) 2
22 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on the remarks by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 20 January 2024 relating to his position on the crea
22 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Standing Together
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have met representatives of Standing Together, the Israeli grassroots movement.
17 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cervical Cancer: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of cervical cancer awareness campaigns at reaching people under 25.
9 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Plans: St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January to Question 7677 on Local Plans: St Albans, what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings his Department has had with St Albans District Council on its
9 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for the (a) establishment, (b) maintenance and (c) research of (i) data trusts and (ii) other (A) institu
9 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill on the (a) establishment and (b) use of data trusts as (i) institutions and (i
8 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Khadijatul Kubra
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Bangladeshi counterparts on the imprisonment of Khadijatul Kubra.
8 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abbas Deris
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 196343 on Abbas Deris, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterparts on the imprisonment of Abbas
8 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Ammunition
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with NATO counterparts on (a) production and (b) procurement of air defence munitions for Ukraine.
Source: official written-questions record.