Written questions
1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the probation service.
20 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with supermarkets on the potential merits of supermarkets introducing reward schemes for purchases of healthy food.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Boats: Insulation and Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available for boaters without permanent moorings to help pay for solar panels and insulation.
19 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Minimum Wage: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to bring the National Minimum Wage Apprentice Rate in line with the National Minimum Wage.
16 Jun 2023 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Candidates: Vetting
To ask the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what checks are undertaken to ascertain whether candidates for election to (a) the House of Commons and (b) local authorities are on the
13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Care Quality Commission's independent review on Listening, Learning and Responding to Concerns, published in March 2023.
13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hours of Time Off In Lieu accrued by staff working in the Technology Data and Insight directorate at the Care Quality Commission in each of the last
13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hours of Time Off In Lieu accrued by staff working in the Customer and Corporate Operations directorate at the Care Quality Commission in each of the
13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hours of Time Off In Lieu accrued by staff working in the Engagement Strategy & Policy directorate at the Care Quality Commission in each of the last
13 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Quality Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hours of Time Off In Lieu accrued by staff working in the Regulatory leadership directorate at the Care Quality Commission in each of the last 18 mon
12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Bills Rebate: Boats
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of including boaters without permanent moorings in the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding scheme.
12 Jun 2023 · Home Office
British Nationality: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship applications that were not considered straightforward were completed within six months of the application being made in the last calendar year.
9 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average waiting time for patients to receive a blood test result; and if he will make a statement.
8 Jun 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Basic Income: Pilot Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a response to Autonomy’s universal basic income trial when those results are published.
8 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Boats: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to help boaters without permanent moorings with the cost of energy.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Misleading Advertising: Clean Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has guidance on penalties for companies who publish misleading adverts on clean energy claims.
6 Jun 2023 · Treasury
Economic Situation: Temperature
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has designated additional financial support in this financial year for the mitigation of the potential impact of heatwaves on the economy.
6 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is taking steps to investigate the potential effect of valproate on men and their fertility.
5 Jun 2023 · Cabinet Office
Covid-19 Inquiry: Legal Costs
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of legal fees for judicial review of the notice from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to his Department under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005.
5 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Power Stations: Timber
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to end subsidies for power stations generating electricity from burning wood.
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals under the Environment Act 2021 on the compulsory recall of vehicles and engines on the grounds that relevant environmental standards are not met.
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Domestic Waste: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on proposals to increase the number of domestic recycling bins.
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Constituencies: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to create parliamentary constituencies for British citizens overseas.
2 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the proportion of journeys in the UK that have been disrupted by a lawful protest in the last 12 months.
2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Chemotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission chemosaturation as a treatment for cancer.
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plan to impose financial penalties on vehicle manufacturers who used defeat devices.
25 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Public Houses: Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to require the High Street Rental Auction scheme to (a) protect integral pub infrastructure in empty premises and (b) ensure ancillary accommodation for
25 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Public Houses: Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the loss of pubs as community facilities as part of his High Street Rental Auction policy; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2023 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Conduct
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require ministers to resign if they are found to have made an minor breach of the ministerial code.
25 May 2023 · Home Office
British Nationality: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidance on customer service standards applicable to applications for British Citizenship which have not been decided by her Department within six month
Source: official written-questions record.