Written questions

876 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Birth Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow parents to be listed as the gender neutral category parent or birth-parent on their children's birth certificates.

31 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to extend the scheme supporting prison leavers at risk of homelessness into temporary basic accommodation to all 12 National Probation Service regions.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the higher price cap for pre-payment meters on (a) low income families and (b) people such as property guardians who are unable to cha

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the energy price cap is higher for those in prepayment meters than default tariffs.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Regulations: Emergency Exits

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current building regulations on the height at which buildings require more than one fire escape.

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cost of IVF treatment for LGBTQ+ people on the financial wellbeing of people from that community seeking that treatment.

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

IVF: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commit to ensuring parity of access to IVF for same-sex couples.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Stalking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a single point of contact within local police forces for victims of stalking.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Stalking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that all police forces in England are adequately able to (a) identify the need for and (b) appropriately implement stalking protection orders.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claims that were initially found to have failed the habitual residence test had those decisions overturned at (a) Mandatory Reconsideration Stage, (b) First-Tier Trib

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that those who are unable to access universal credit due to failing the habitual residence test are appropriately signposted to alternative forms of (a) financial

10 Feb 2022 · 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 commit to introducing the Renters' Reform Bill to Parliament in 2022.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the Swim England report, published September 2021, that 2,000 swimming pools could be lost by the end

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Regulator of Social Housing will introduce specific standards for dealing with complaints of racism in social housing.

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which groups representing private renters has he had discussions with ahead of the publication of the White Paper on renter reform in spring 2022.

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of deaths of patients treated under the Mental Health Act 1983 within NHS and independent settings in the 12 months to Marc

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatric Patients: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of non-Covid-19 related deaths of patients treated under the Mental Health Act 1983 within NHS and independent settings in

10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths of child and young person patients whilst under the treatment of independent mental health providers in each of the last three years.

10 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Witnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will conduct a review of the use of expert psychological witnesses in the family courts for the purposes of ensuring credibility, standards and consistency among experts particularly where allegations of do

10 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Contact Orders: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to record centrally the number of cases in child contact arrangements where (a) allegations of parental alienation have been reported, (b) allegations of both parental alienation and domestic abu

10 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether district heating customers will be included in the £200 discount available to households.

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Khaleda Zia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Bangladeshi counterpart on allowing the former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia to travel abroad to access healthcare treatmen

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Khaleda Zia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Bangladeshi counterpart on the deteriorating health of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and access for her to adequate

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Poplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Poplar and Li

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to include people living in properties with district or communal heating systems in Ofgem's review of the energy price cap.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of energy price increases on the bills of people living in properties with district or communal heating systems.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) property managers and (b) their professional bodies on mitigating high insurance costs for leaseholders.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Home Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of incidence of property managers taking commission for high building insurance costs which are then passed onto leaseholders.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of building owners using permitted development rights to build additional stories on buildings deemed in need of reme

13 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football Index: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to develop a plan for how compensation will be guaranteed for people affected by the collapse of the Football Index.

Source: official written-questions record.