Written questions

1,462 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) is planning to have with Ministerial colleagues in the (i) Department for Education and (ii) Department for Work and Pensions to support pe

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to monitor the (a) effectiveness of and (b) adherence to the Passenger Covid 19 Charter.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of (a) the safety of the distance between refuges on smart motorways (b) the potential need to review those distances as a result of safety issues and risk assessments.

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the DVLA is making in tackling backlogs in (a) HGV and (b) car driving licences.

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Global Travel Taskforce has made on the safe normalisation of post-Covid international travel policy.

14 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients are signposted, when presenting, to the correct NHS service.

14 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding his Department has allocated to reducing knife crime in (a) the UK and (a) Leicestershire.

14 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of longer sentences on deterring people from carrying knives without good reason.

7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that professional standards of (a) competence and (b) quality management are enforced in the sectors of (i) fire door installation, (ii) fi

19 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Steroid Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to record data on the number of users of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs.

19 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Steroid Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the harms caused by Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs.

19 May 2021 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs plans to (a) conclude its inquiry and (b) produce its recommendations on Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs.

12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s logistical support to India during the covid-19 pandemic.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Suez: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to learn lessons from the recent blockage of the Suez Canal in the context of strategic planning for the UK’s future maritime trade.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support the participation of non-smartphone users without access to specific apps to take part in forthcoming covid-19 test events in the culture, media and sp

12 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Consumer Goods

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to increase (a) international and (b) domestic consumer awareness of non-food and drink products made in Britain.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to support county-based test events across the UK to monitor the rate of covid-19 transmission as covid-19 restrictions are eased to enable the events industry to reope

12 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Consumer Goods

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to build (a) international and (b) domestic consumer awareness of non-food and drink products made in the UK.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support the reopening of the events and exhibition sector in line with the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to consult (a) people with disabilities and (b) representative groups on any developments of her Department's strategic objectives following the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to assess proposals for Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges; and what criteria is used to ensure that those projects meet stated objectives.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that projects, such as Strategic Rail Freight Interchanges approved as National Significant Infrastructure Projects meet project projections after operations commence.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made on tackling the availability of counterfeit electrical goods on online platforms.

25 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a national (a) task force and (b) strategy to tackle pet theft.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Coronavirus

What steps his Department is taking to help facilitate the smooth opening of high street businesses under Step Two of the Government's roadmap for the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

22 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Pets: Theft

What steps her Department is taking to reduce pet theft.

16 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to consult (a) people with disabilities and (b) representative groups on her Department's strategic objectives following the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Border and Protocol Delivery Group

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to use the work of the Border Protocol Delivery Group to inform the UK's trade policy and arrangements with the EU.

9 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Shopping Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to engage with representatives of regional shopping centre providers to ensure that the needs of those centres are considered as part of the economic reco

2 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disinformation

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to reduce covid-19 misinformation and suspected scam-related phone calls to the general public.

Source: official written-questions record.