Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the scope of the Cabinet Secretary's investigation into social events in Downing Street will include the costs to the public purse of any catering and alcohol sup

9 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any covid-19 risk assessment undertaken before any parties that took place on Government premises in November and December 2020.

9 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which gatherings are currently under investigation by the Cabinet Secretary as of 9 December 2021.

9 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary and (b) any officials working on the Cabinet Secretary's Inquiry into government staff parties were in attendance at any of the gatherin

8 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green at Prime Minister's Questions on 8 December 2021, if he will instruct the Cab

26 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle rising energy costs for households.

26 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when alternative finance to student loans will be made available to students.

26 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate staffing of job centres.

26 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that job centres run efficiently.

26 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the trends in levels of funding for individual job centres since 2019.

26 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Refugees: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a humanitarian visa scheme to create safe routes of passage for people seeking refuge in the UK.

26 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her German counterpart on the designation of the UK as a high risk travel destination for covid-19.

26 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department categorises burning trees as a source of renewable energy.

25 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Qatar: World Cup

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will support an investigation into how many migrant workers have died as a result of the construction of football stadiums in preparation for the Qatar World Cup 2022.

25 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Steve Brine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds on (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with the hon. Member for Winchester since March 2020.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records his Department holds on (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with the hon. Member for Rugby since March 2020.

25 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Jonathan Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds on (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with the hon. Member for Huntington since March 2020.

25 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alun Cairns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds on (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with the hon. Member for the Vale of Glamorgan since March 2020.

25 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds on (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with the hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green since March 2020.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Hearing Impairment: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase the number of teachers of the deaf.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of disabled people living in poverty in the UK.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward the Renters Reform Bill.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gig Economy: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) regulate the gig economy, (b) ensure that gig economy workers are receiving pay for all working time and (c) ensure that unfair dismissals in the gi

25 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reverse his decision to reduce the Official Development Assistance budget from 7 per cent to 5 per cent of Gross National Income.

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps she is taking to reduce child food poverty.

25 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Economic Situation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Genuine Progress Indicator as a method of measuring economic and social progress in the UK.

25 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for mental health research.

24 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to introduce a Government strategy for atrocity prevention.

9 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will include people in Afghanistan who have been previously funded by the Cultural Protection Fund in the selection criteria for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.

9 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Private Education: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 67285 on Private Education: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and with reference to the detailed sector breakdowns for the education sector, how many private scho

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