Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the five year pay envelope for people working in non-ministerial departments to reflect the £1,500 cost of living payment made to those working in ministerial departments.

6 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bank Services: Fraud and Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to use the proposed powers under the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to monitor the bank accounts of (a) people suspected of fraud and (b) all people who claim

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet representatives of insurance companies to discuss bringing down the cost of car insurance.

2 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with food bank providers on the potential merits of publishing data on the number of people who used a foodbank on at least one occasion in every month of (a) 2022 and (b) 20

1 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Consumer Price Index

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the consumer price index rate for alcoholic drinks.

1 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to alcohol duty implemented in August 2023 on tax receipts.

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

Fly-tipping: Fixed Penalties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the penalties for people who are successfully prosecuted for fly tipping.

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with train operating companies on trends in the number of people working in the rail industry.

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will meet representatives of Royal Mail to discuss adherence to the universal service obligation.

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of administering naloxone when (a) reversing an overdose and (b) no opioids are present in the system.

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fentanyl and Nitazenes: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the number of deaths as a result of (a) nitazenes and (b) fentanyl poisonings in 2023.

29 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average cost to the public purse of removing a person from the UK to Rwanda.

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

Parking: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to reintroduce the parking code of practice.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her Department's policy is on lenders threatening to charge additional fees and penalties on the repayment of loans under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme; and whether her Department has taken enforcem

26 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Recovery of Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a review of the fixed recoverable costs scheme.

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

Inland Waterways: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to pause utility prices for water companies that discharge pollutants into waterways.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recourse is available to a business if they suspect that (a) a lender and (b) an organisation or person acting on behalf of a lender is not complying with the regulations of the Bounce Back Loan S

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what rules and regulations apply to the operation of Bounce Back Loan Scheme agreements as of 24 January 2024; and whether lenders may (a) levy fees and (b) charge additional interest under the scheme.

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average annual net effect of student loan interest payments on the public purse was in each of the last five years.

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with his international counterparts on the potential merits of implementing a zero emissions vehicle mandate in their own countries.

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

United Utilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with United Utilities on bill prices.

22 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the average length of time asylum seekers were accommodated in (a) hostels and (b) hotels until a decision was made on their asylum application in the last 12 months.

22 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of NHS blood donation appointments that have been cancelled due to staff shortages in each of the last 12 months.

19 Jan 2024 · Women and Equalities

Gender Recognition

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to allow transgender people who are deceased to be legally remembered by the gender they lived by.

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

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase prosecutions for fly tipping.

18 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that electric vehicle charging stations are accessible to disabled motorists.

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

Water Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to suspend dividend payments to shareholders of water companies found to be in breach of restrictions on the release of sewerage into waterways.

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

AEA Group: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce legislation to allow the (a) Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and (b) Pensions Ombudsman to investigate complaints about the AEA Technology pension scheme.

16 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Economic Growth: Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Growth Plan 2022, published on 23 September 2022, on levels of inflation in the following 12 months.

16 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people awaiting a decision on an asylum application are accommodated in hotels in the UK as of 16 January 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.