Written questions
876 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42058 on Poverty: Children, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the uptake of Carer’s Allowance on
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the four point requirement on a single descriptor on the daily living activities assessment criteria for Personal Independence
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who receive the Personal Independence Payment who have a terminal illness with a six month prognosis who will no longer be eligible following the intro
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people receiving Personal Independence Payment and no longer eligible due to the introduction of the four point requirement on a single descriptor on the dail
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made as to the number of people in receipt of Personal Independence Payments who are in (a) full time and (b) part time work.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what evidential basis the requirement for four points on a single descriptor on the daily living activities assessment criteria for Personal Independence Payments was determined.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 42058 on Poverty: Children, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the measures in the Green Paper: Pathways to
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42059 on Social Security Benefits: Reform, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of the measures in the Green Pape
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42955 on Employment: Disability, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of measures in the Green Paper: Pathways to Work
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42955 on Employment: Disability, whether she plans to make that estimate.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 42958 on Pathways to Work and her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working published o
31 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that UK Border Force eGates are configured to permit entry to holders of Irish passport cards travelling from outside the Common Travel Area.
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Code of Practice in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill in protecting the (a) rights and (b) privacy of (i) vulnerable people
31 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Economic Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria will be used to determine suspicious bank account activity that would result in the Department requiring access to the individuals bank account under the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error a
31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for their properties.
31 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with mortgage-lenders on ensuring that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for thei
26 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel Defense Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19048 on Gaza: Israel Defense Forces, whether any products made by Elbit Systems exported before 2 September 2024 were
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 20272 on Social Security Benefits, whether she plans to conduct a statutory public inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 into (a) deaths and (b) ser
26 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 20 December 2024 to Questions 19855 and 19857 on Climate Change: Demonstrations and to Questions 19852 and 19853 on Arms Trade: Israel, Question, what assessment she has mad
26 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 20 December 2024 to Questions 19855 and 19857 on Climate Change: Demonstrations and to Questions 19852 and 19853 on Arms Trade: Israel, Question, what assessment her Departm
26 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Police: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 20 December 2024 to Questions 19855 and 19857 on Climate Change: Demonstrations and to Questions 19852 and 19853 on Arms Trade: Israel, Question, what assessment her Departm
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Local Housing Allowance: Shared Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether she has any plans to abolish the Shared Accommodation Rate as part of the Government’s Universal Credit review.
7 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Right to Manage Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to implement recommendation 58 of the report by the Law Commission entitled Home ownership: exercising the right to manage, published on 21 July 2020.
7 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Houseboats: Security of Tenure
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to increase the security of tenure of houseboat dwellers.
19 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK has any agreements with countries under which asylum seekers could be sent to them as a safe third country.
19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse dated 29 August 2024, reference number MC2024/19996, on support for a public inquiry into th
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the deals announced on 16 December 2024 between the Israel Ministry of Defence and Elbit Systems for the supply of advanced communication systems to the Israel Defence Force will include produc
16 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterparts on the amendments proposed to the Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959.
16 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the amendments proposed to the Personal Status Law No. 188 of Iraq.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of welfare reforms since 2010 on (a) poverty, (b) child poverty, (c) disabled people, (d) women, (e) people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and
Source: official written-questions record.