Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will reconsider planned reforms to the Warm Home Discount eligibility criteria to enable those in receipt of Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and A

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who will qualify for the Warm Home Discount under the new Core Group 2.

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the disproportionate energy costs faced by disabled people.

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the fuel poverty target has included an estimate of higher energy costs and usage by disabled people.

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of a person's disability and health status on energy costs; and if his Department will take a person's disability and health status into

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he intends to bring forward the relevant legislative proposals to implement the reforms to the Warm Home Discount for winter 2022-23.

20 Apr 2022 · Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak: Fines

To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with his Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests on the Chancellor of the Exchequer receiving a fixed-penalty notice for breaching covid-19 regulations; and if he will make a statement.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of NHS staff fined for breaking covid-19 related restrictions in the workplace.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds data on the number of teaching staff fined for breaking covid-19 related restrictions in the workplace.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Golborne Spur will be removed from HS2 plans.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of current levels of covid-19 hospitalisations; and if he will make a statement.

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Amazon: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue his Department received from Amazon in the financial year 2020-21.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

Northern: Rolling Stock and Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to help increase the (a) rolling stock, (b) guards and (c) drivers on the Northern Rail network.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus Certificates: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce covid-19 passports for children aged between five and 11 years.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is planning to take to help prevent further increases in household energy costs prior to winter 2022-23.

14 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are currently pending approval.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support is being offered to people arriving in the UK as refugees under the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route; and if he will make a statement.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Resettlement: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to renew funding to support the integration of Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders after the end of April; and if he will make a statement.

14 Apr 2022 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact and merits of introducing windfall tax on gas and oil producers.

14 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to (a) reviewing and (b) increasing the allocation of funding for brain tumour research.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to equalize energy standing charges between the regions of the UK.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that the number of visas issued to Ukrainian refugees is matched by the accommodation offered by UK nationals to those refugees from Ukraine.

29 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of the fuel duty cut that has been passed on to motorists.

29 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuels: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce regulatory limits on the price of (a) petrol and (b) diesel.

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to increase the amount of tidal power generated in the UK.

25 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to determine whether P&O Ferries' employment contracts breach employment law.

23 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to relax visa restrictions for people fleeing Afghanistan in line with those in place for people fleeing Ukraine.

22 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Disability

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to regularly (a) monitor and (b) publish data on the impact of inflation on disabled people.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if will he remove the licence of P&O to operate its routes in and out of the UK.

17 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the impact of inflation on (a) disabled and (b) able-bodied people; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.