Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much ministerial severance pay has been (a) paid out by her Department and (b) accepted since 1 June 2022.

22 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much ministerial severance pay has been (a) paid out by his Department and (b) accepted since 1 June 2022.

22 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much ministerial severance pay has been (a) paid out by her Department and (b) accepted since 1 June 2022.

21 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for the conclusion of agreements with the EU on the UK's participation in (a) Horizon Europe, (b) Euratom Research and Training Programme, (c) Fusion

21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hammersmith Bridge: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential health impacts of the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to vehicles on Putney residents.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect nature.

16 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) rebuilding of schools, hospitals and water and sanitation services and (b) peace building work by local organisati

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of trends in the level of interest on student loans on people repaying those loans during the cost of living crisis.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is taking steps to support the BBC with preventing cuts to (a) BBC News, (b) BBC World Service and (c) other BBC television channels.

15 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Night-time Economy: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken to support the night-time economy.

15 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his to continue business rates relief beyond the 2022-2023 financial year.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Nations: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to work with the international community towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Nations: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential impact of the 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent reduction in aid spending on the UK's ability to work with the international community to

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: National Grid and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to (a) expand and improve Britain’s energy storage systems and (b) improve the resilience of the national grid.

15 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent suicide among veterans.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the UK has contributed to the East Africa hunger crisis in each year since 2019.

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Eritrea: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in Eritrea to help support the (a) rebuilding of schools, hospitals and water and sanitation services and (b) peace building work by local

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including mandatory visual checks of imported puppies at the UK border as part of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.

15 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Monuments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the maintenance of the covid-19 memorial wall opposite the Palace of Westminster.

15 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

UK Commission on Covid Commemoration

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many responses to the Covid Commemoration Consultation his Department has received.

15 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office

UK Commission on Covid Commemoration: Publicity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to publicise the Covid Commemoration Consultation.

15 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breasts: Plastic Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women (a) have a PIP breast implant, (b) have been informed that that implant poses a health risks, (c) have been offered a PIP breast implant removal and (d) have had a PIP implant remova

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Hammersmith Bridge: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of requiring a toll to use Hammersmith Bridge on levels of traffic in Putney.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what provisions there are within the Building Safety Act 2022 to hold cladding remediation companies who installed defective and unsafe cladding to account.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

FareShare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the proposed expansion of the FareShare Surplus with Purpose scheme.

11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help improve (a) manageable caseloads, (b) number of working hours, (c) flexibility in working hours, (d) overtime arrangements and (e) other working c

9 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Ministry of Defence: Consultants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77439 on Ministry of Defence: Consultants, if he will publish a list of the external management consultants engaged with by his Department.

7 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of NHS real terms pay cuts on levels of NHS workforce retention in the last 12 years.

7 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will make it its policy to increase NHS pay in line with inflation.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential (a) implications for her policies of differences between local council recycling policies and (b) merits of introdu

Source: official written-questions record.