Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Legal Opinion: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department's Accounting Officer was consulted on the decision to award legal services contract reference C2298 to Peters & Peters.

13 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the potential merits of (a) ensuring that the Good Choice badge in the NHS Food Scanner App is not applied to ultra-processed food products, (b) introducing dietary guidelines o

13 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Ahmadiyya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations has he made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on the attacks on the Ahmadiyya Jalsa Salana in Bangladesh in March 2023.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps the Government has taken to (a) ensure that all UK households know about the new voter ID requirement and (b) increase the number of people in possession of a valid

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of proposed new oil and gas field developments, including Jackdaw and Rosebank, on (a) the environment and (b) the wider econom

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment with his Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on levels of (a) poverty and (b) inequality.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on (a) child poverty and (b) child health inequalities.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for cost of living support schemes to include people with no recourse to public funds.

9 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Raynaud's Phenomenon: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide (a) energy bill and (b) other financial support to people with Raynaud’s.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) adding American XL bully dogs and their various cross breeds to the list of prohibited dogs, (b) bringing forward legislat

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has held discussions with employers on offering flexibility and part-time work to people with long Covid-19.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether her Department is taking steps to provide support to people who were classed as key workers and have been affected long Covid-19 with threats of eviction.

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Key Workers: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of proposals for a compensation, settlement and pension scheme for key workers affected by long covid.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to increase the number of mental health counsellors working in schools.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to increase the number of professional careers advisers in school and colleges.

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to increase the retention of (a) teaching staff and (b) maths teachers.

8 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in ensuring the (a) reliable and accurate reporting of and (b) reduction of modern slavery in company supply chains s

8 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Business and Public Sector: Environment Protection and Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring (a) the public sector and (b) UK businesses to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence.

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (a) how many and (b) which developers who signed the Building Safety Pledge have signed the developer remediation contract as of 28 February 2023.

27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the World Health Organization publication entitled Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) together: working paper 5.0: enhancing

27 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) funded and (b) commissioned on the risk of antimicrobial-resistant healthcare-acquired infections in maternity wards.

27 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the UK aid budget is dedicated to the development of water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries.

27 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Drug Resistance and Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in UK aid spending on the (a) development of water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure in low- and

21 Feb 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with mortgage lenders on relaxing restrictions on lending on buildings under 18 metres with fire safety defects.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of childcare spaces in Britain; and how much additional funding her Department plans to allocate to childcare.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the original Energy Bill Relief Scheme for hospices.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the consequences for his policies of the impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus on children under two years of age with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1; and if he

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) financial and (b) mental health impacts on families of the removal of the spare room subsidy during the cost of living crisis; and if he will make it h

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to amend legislation on the welfare of farmed fish.

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of proposals for a coordinated withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.

Source: official written-questions record.