Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has waived legal privilege in respect of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Electronic Training Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ban e-collars.

10 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the food provided by Serco at hotels accommodating refugees caters for people who require halal.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure electricity tariffs for pre-payment meters are no more costly than tariffs on standard meters.

9 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to provide free rail passes to all people who reach state pension age in the UK.

8 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what indicators his Department uses to measure children's wellbeing nationally.

8 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children aged 5-16 have a clinically diagnosable mental problem; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those children who are receiving appropriate interventions at

7 Feb 2022 · Prime Minister

Vladimir Putin

To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason the telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 31 January 2022 was cancelled.

7 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that the Energy Bills Rebate will be repaid by people who did not receive the rebate; and if he will make a statement.

4 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Cybercrime and Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that fraud and computer misuse should be reclassified from crimes to another category; and if she will make a statement.

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Private Rented Housing: Council Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the council tax rebate, announced on 3 February, will be received by tenants whose council tax is paid in the name of their landlord; and if he will make a statemen

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an estimate of the potential amount of the Energy Bills Rebate announced on 3 February 2022 that will be written off within a five-year period.

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Health Services: Brexit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has received an extra £350 million per week as a result of savings made from the UK leaving the EU.

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to remove misinformation on covid-19 vaccines online.

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Wealth: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the open letter to the Chancellor from Partners in Progress, published 25 October 2021, if he will introduce a wealth tax on wealth holders.

2 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Police: Steroid Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been disciplined for (a) possessing and (b) failing a drugs test for anabolic steroids by police force in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

2 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for next winter's influenza season; and if he will make a statement.

1 Feb 2022 · Prime Minister

Prime Minister

To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the cost of creating an Office of the Prime Minister.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to reopen the Green Homes Grant scheme.

31 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason a decision was made to fund from the public purse her travel on a private jet to Australia on the 20 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.

28 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure there is nationwide post-diagnosis cancer support across the UK.

27 Jan 2022 · Prime Minister

Prime Minister: Meetings

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish details of planned meetings that he has (a) cancelled or (b) been unable to attend in (i) December 2021 and (ii) January 2022.

27 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Motorcycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current guidance is for a motorcyclist who breaks down on a live lane of a smart motorway.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BetIndex

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide redress to the people affected by the collapse of BetIndex Limited, the operators of Football Index.

26 Jan 2022 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he expects the inquiry into the covid-19 pandemic to commence.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made on decarbonising the UK’s energy supply; what the current target for renewables is as a percentage of the energy supply; and when his Departm

25 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public money intended to support businesses affected by covid-19 restrictions has been lost to fraud.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have applied for a Vaccine Damage Payment; how many people have received payments from that scheme; and what the average payment is.

24 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Coronavirus: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received fines for breaking restrictions related to covid-19 since their introduction in 2020; and how much revenue has been raised from those fines.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will be able to provide hon. Members with sub-national data on people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and suppor

Source: official written-questions record.