Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants in small boats have been prevented from sailing across the Channel in the last 12 months.

28 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the merger of NHS England and Health Education England on the NHS neurology workforce; and if he will make a statement.

27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recourse is available for patients whose data may not have been processed or controlled in a safe and secure fashion because the data was held by companies who were not compliant with the Digi

27 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Microsoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Microsoft has been compliant with the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria since it first provided its Teams software to the NHS in 2021.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to encourage energy firms to reintroduce energy saving sessions in winter 2023-24.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce a legally binding target to reduce sewage discharges by 90 per cent by 2030.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase the student loan repayment thresholds in line with inflation.

27 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Prosecutions: Burglary and Robbery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the charge rate was for robbery and burglary in the last calendar year.

24 Mar 2023 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of tariffs placed on the UK’s trade with European countries on the UK's inflation rate.

24 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to introduce mandatory monitoring of all sewage outlets.

23 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help protect NHS workforce training budgets as part of the merger of Health Education England and NHS England.

23 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) qualified neurologists and (b) multiple sclerosis nurses in England.

23 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Police: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a national vetting scheme for police officers.

23 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of proposals to abolish the lifetime allowance cap per worker who is incentivised not to retire early.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Students: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with universities on publishing the annual suicide rate of enrolled students.

22 Mar 2023 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union on (a) remuneration and (b) working conditions for HM Passport Office staff.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of proposals to extend eligibility for free childcare per parent who is able to return to work.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the article Location, location, location: finding sites for nuclear power plants by Professor Adrian Bull, published by the University of Manchester on 13 March 2023, if his

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Press: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on trans people of press reports that use a trans person's former name.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to reduce the age requirement to obtain a train driving licence to 18.

17 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Suicide: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to require coroners to inform universities when the suicide of an enrolled student is registered.

17 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to set a target for determining the outcome of asylum applications.

16 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Spring Budget 2023 on employment rates.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take improve the level of foster carer retention.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people will no longer be eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme once the eligibility criteria has been changed to require a low energy performance certificate rating.

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support crop-growing farmers with higher costs due to inflation.

14 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bone Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to bone cancer research in the 2023-24 financial year.

14 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to disapply the local connection tests for veterans seeking social housing who are referred through Op Fortitude.

14 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Drugs: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage pharmaceutical companies to invest in the UK economy.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing: Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commence an investigation into the causes of the recent gas explosions occurring within residential properties.

Source: official written-questions record.