Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Politics and Government

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 to address the recent findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria that torture and i

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to reduce the active travel budget.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase the level of active travel in the UK.

7 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Educational Exchanges: Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the new requirement for EU children on school exchanges to have a passport on revenues in the British tourism industry.

7 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Educational Exchanges: Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the new requirements for EU children visiting the UK on school exchanges to have a passport on the number of British children (a) from state s

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

Social Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of building new social housing with rents pegged to local income on levels of homelessness.

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

Social Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capping social rent increases at three per cent on levels of homelessness.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Mature Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the age limit for student loans for master’s degrees to 70 years old.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Mature Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the age limit for student loans for master's degrees on the ability of people over the age of 60 to (a) pursue their interests and values in their caree

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people with disabilities are not disproportionately affected by the cost-of-living crisis.

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

Carbon Emissions: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that future impact assessments considering the impact on net zero targets of Government policies are as (a) transparent, (b) accurate and (c) rel

4 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many dispensations under Section 78 (4) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 were given by airport managers at Heathrow Airport in the last six months; and for what reasons these dispensations were given.

4 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Section 78(5)(f) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982, how many dispensations given by the Secretary of State are currently active at Heathrow Airport.

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

Planning Permission: Conservation Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of planning laws on the ability of people to install external insulation in conservation areas.

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

Planning Permission: Conservation Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of planning laws in conservation areas on the ability of people to insulate their homes.

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

Planning Permission: Conservation Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing exceptions in planning laws in conservation areas for planning applications for (a) external ins

3 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to obtain consular access to Alaa Abdel Fattah.

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

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support independent businesses whose finances have been impacted covid-19 pandemic.

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

Hedges and Ditches: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) protect and (b) expand hedgerows in urban environments.

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

Hedges and Ditches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Hedgerows Regulations 1997 to extend protections to (a) urban and (b) countryside hedgerows that are deemed important to th

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

Hedges and Ditches: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Climate Change Committee report entitled Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to stopping global warming, published in May 2019, if he will take steps to implement tha

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

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is encourage investment in (a) hedgerows and (b) other nature-based climate solutions.

3 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to address the decrease in legal aid firms in the UK over the past 12 years.

3 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid.

3 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Debts: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering payment holidays for any debt owed to the Government, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

3 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of repaying debt owed to the Government, including Council Tax and benefit overpayments, on the financial situations of people receiving benefits, i

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

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of the outcome of the Client Earth court case on the Government’s net zero strategy.

3 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of relinking Local Housing Allowance rates to the lowest 30 per cent of local rents.

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

Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the waiting times for social housing for (a) large families and (b) homeless one-person households.

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

Right to Buy Scheme: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact extending the right-to-buy scheme on the long-term levels of social housing stock in the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.