Written questions
1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing: Right to Buy Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to introduce a right to buy scheme for the private rented sector.
21 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to reduce the average cost of retro-fitting a household.
21 Nov 2022 · Treasury
Environment Protection: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 19715, when he will launch the consultation on the Technical Screening Criteria which underpin the UK Taxonomy.
21 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to allocate funds generated from the sale of Chelsea Football Club to humanitarian causes in Ukraine.
21 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Driving: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have been fined for using their mobile phones whilst driving in the last 12 months.
18 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
First Time Buyers
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what percentage of first-time buyers purchase a property for more than £300,000.
17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Heat Pumps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects there to be 30,000 fully trained heat pump installers in the UK.
17 Nov 2022 · Cabinet Office
Special Advisers: Ethics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when an Ethics Advisor to the Prime Minister will be appointed.
16 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department will take to help prevent leisure centres closing due to energy price rises during winter 2022-23.
16 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to make it easier for foreign citizens to work in the UK in sectors experiencing shortages of labour.
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Absent Voting
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of postal votes which were received by (a) domestic and (b) overseas electors too late to return them by election day in each local authority
15 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Rail Partners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much financial support her Department has provided to Rail Partners since 20 July 2022.
14 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to to make it easier for customers to claim unused credit on their energy accounts.
14 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Stop and Search
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police will have the power to stop and search citizens at protests without suspicion under the Public Order Bill.
14 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Fire Prevention: High Rise Flats
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the costs for the average leaseholder in a block of flats who has both cladding issues and other fire safety issues to rectify.
11 Nov 2022 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will suspend the rollout of the Common Platform.
11 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether requiring valid identification for voting is a permitted reason for requesting a provisional driver's licence.
11 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to take steps to compel UK based oil and gas companies to make payments to developing countries to compensate them for the impact of climate cha
11 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Emergency Calls: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to decrease the average time taken to answer a 999 call.
11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fireworks: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to review the adequacy of fireworks legislation.
9 Nov 2022 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Missing Persons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to reduce the number of children who go missing from care homes.
9 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent estimate of the time it would take HM Passport Office to return passports to people who would need them as voter ID in the event of an election; and if she will make a st
9 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Housing: Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of domestic properties using (a) oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas for heating by parliamentary constituency.
9 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Conditions of Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on pay and working conditions for nurses.
9 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Strike Ballots: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make it its policy to allow trade union members to vote online when deciding to take industrial action.
8 Nov 2022 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Assembly
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to help restore power sharing in the Northern Irish Assembly.
8 Nov 2022 · Home Office
Police: Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require continuous and regular vetting of police officers throughout the duration of their career.
7 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to pay loss and damage reparations to developing countries due to the impact of climate change on those countries.
7 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of how many leisure centres may close (a) temporarily and (b) permanently due to rising costs in winter 2022-23.
7 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to make it easier to build wind farms on-shore.
Source: official written-questions record.