Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to help improve access to healthcare for older people in the Global South.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of private jets on trends in the levels of (a) air pollution and (b) CO2 emissions.

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure London has a safe and sustainable water supply; and what steps he is taking to help minimise the environmental impact of London's water su

10 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Parole: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Parole Board on the process for reviewing sentences of imprisonment for public protection.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation A Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector.

5 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Lifetime ISA cap in line with increases in house prices since April 2017.

18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Patient safety boost as medical associates to be regulated, published on 11 December 2023, for what reasons the General Medical Council was

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Cladding Safety Scheme: Putney

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings have registered with the Cladding Safety Scheme in Putney.

18 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Drinking Water

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that Tamils in northern Sri Lanka have access to clean drinking water.

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Thames: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help reduce pollution in (a) the Thames and (b) Beverley Brook.

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Disposable Wipes: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the consultation on the proposed ban of the manufacture supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic, published on 14 October 2023.

14 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has held discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the reported air strike on two Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulances in Gaza on 5 December 2023.

12 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Inquiry: Expenditure

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on the case of Cabinet Office v Chair of Covid Inquiry, [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin).

12 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Catterick Garrison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees of which nationalities are housed at Catterick Garrison.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were given the Covishield covid-19 vaccine in the UK.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has recently taken steps to (a) expand and (b) strengthen research into the treatment of people negatively affected by vaccines.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methods (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare providers use to register adverse events following immunisation; and what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of those metho

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have suffered from serious adverse events from covid-19 vaccines as of 11 December 2023.

11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people who received the Oxford-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine experienced serious adverse events since it was introduced.

1 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Middle East and North Africa: Religious Freedom

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for what reason freedom of religious belief was not included in the UK-Middle East and North Africa region development partnership summary, published in July 2023.

1 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tunisia: Christianity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he had discussions on the persecution of Christians in Tunisia during the second ministerial meeting of the UK-Tunisia Association Council in October.

1 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of whether the aid his Department has provided to Afghanistan has been distributed equitably to religious minority groups since the recent earthquake

1 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department has taken to distribute humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since the recent earthquake.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allow people applying for driving licences on the DVLA website to sign up for (a) stem cell and (b) blood donation.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to include (a) information on and (b) opt in forms for (i) organ, (ii) stem cell and (iii) blood donation with passport application forms.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Human Tissue

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to amend guidance on personal, social, health and economic education in schools to promote discussion and awareness of organ, blood and stem cell donation.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were (a) granted and (b) denied for people visiting the UK for the purpose of donating stem cells in each year from 2010 to 2022.

14 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce abuse targeted at retail staff relating to shoplifting.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) strengthen the infrastructure of GP surgeries and (b) ensure that GP surgeries have the (i) space and (ii) capacity to train new GPs.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with mobile phone operators on improving mobile reception in (a) London and (b) England.

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