Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a just transition when moving from fossil fuels to a hydrogen-based economy.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Protection Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend (a) member and (b) trade union representation to the Board of the Pension Protection Fund.

16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Barts Health NHS Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with NHS England and Barts Health NHS Trust on the ongoing dispute.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Political Parties: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to ban party political adverts from video streaming services.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing non-repayable maintenance grants for higher education students from the least advantaged backgrounds.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with housing associations on taking steps to maintain low levels of rent.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Opioids

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many opioid overdoses in custodial settings have (a) been successfully reversed and (b) resulted in fatalities in each of the last ten years.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times naloxone has been administered in custodial settings in each of the last ten years.

12 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of naloxone kits issued (a) within custodial settings in and (b) on release from HM Prisons in each of the last ten years.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that Thames Water continues to (a) operate, (b) provide services and (c) keep bills low for customers.

12 Apr 2024 · Treasury

Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of potential trends in the level of inward investment due to British companies re-shoring their manufacturing in the next 12 months.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide compensation to women who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Council Tax: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether people registered as a proxy voter for someone who resides permanently abroad are eligible for single person discount on their council tax.

12 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Passport Office has taken to make travellers aware of the need to renew their passport if they intend to travel 10 years following the issue date.

26 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Childcare: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to parents for childcare.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow access to the Motability Scheme for (a) claimants of (i) Personal Independence Payment with standard rate mobility and (ii) Disability Living Allowance with low ra

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of paying people who are waiting for the outcome of their Personal Independence Payment appeal at the rate they received before their last decision.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Personal Independence Payment planning and following a journey descriptors to include (a) access to toilets and (b) fear of fal

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility National Insurance criteria for Employment and Support Allowance to people who have paid National Insurance contributi

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many people entitled to the Employment and Support Allowance did not claim it in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote the Employment and Support Allowance.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of people phoning the Personal Independence Payment helpline asking for an extension on the deadline to return their Payment form in each of

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the volume of calls to the Personal Independence Payment helpline by extending to two months the time limit for returning Payment (a) appl

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy to cap energy prices based on the time of day that households use their appliances.

21 Mar 2024 · Cabinet Office

King Charles III: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will extend the offer of a free portrait of King Charles to churches.

20 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce alternative arrangements for HMRC to answer calls during the self-assessment telephone helpline closure between 8 April and 30 September 2024.

19 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Police: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when retired police officers subject to immediate detriment will be contacted with the resolution.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Holidays: St George's Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will establish an additional public holiday for St George's Day.

14 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) housing associations and (b) renter groups on the potential impact of a 53 week rent year in 2024-25.

13 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much compensation HMRC has paid in each of the last five years as a result of errors made on calculating taxes about which the relevant person has made a complaint.

Source: official written-questions record.