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.