Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help prevent financial abuse from domestic partners in the welfare system when making benefit calculations involving people who are cohabitating.

18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if will he make it his policy to give priority to buyers in the property market who intend to live in the property over investors and buy-to-let landlords.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to increase the speed of HS2 trains when they use the existing railway network to ensure that they match the journey times of Pendolinos in operation.

22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase take-up of the covid-19 vaccine among people aged between 18 and 24; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering incentives to encourage the

22 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Tax Evasion: Landlords

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give HMRC the resources to discover and tax undeclared private landlords rather than rely on a voluntary scheme of disclosure.

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report, Women's State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions' communication of changes, pr

20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase the number of electric car charging points; and if he will make it his policy to ensure that charging points are universal so that they are compatible with all electric vehicles.

19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to reduce the average diagnosis time for endometriosis patients to (a) four years or less by 2025 and (b) one year or less by 2030.

16 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reconsider the exclusion of nuclear energy from the Green Financing Framework in respect of the International Capital Markets Association Green Bonds Principles which include nuclear energy.

16 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with respect to the Green Financing Framework, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policy of the Climate Bonds Initiative’s inclusion of nuclear energy in its Climate Bonds Taxonomy.

16 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Green Financing Framework, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusion in the report by Barclays, entitled Nuclear for a decarbonized future, that nuclear

16 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Barclays report, Nuclear for a decarbonized future, published on 2 June 2021 for the Green Financing Framework.

16 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the advice he received on the exclusion of nuclear energy from the Green Financing Framework.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to (a) introduce a junk food advertising ban before 2023 and (b) expand that ban to cover junk food advertising on television, other broadcasting platforms

14 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment he has made of having an all-in deposit return system and an on-the-go system in respect of the potential effects of those systems on (a) the climate and (b

13 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Fraud: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) reduce the number of scam calls, (b) protect victims and (c) help ensure that offenders are prosecuted.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by how much was HS2 over budget in July 2019; and what information was shared with hon. Members on HS2 being over budget in 2019.

9 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce prescription charges for those over the age of 60.

8 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to remove the freeze and uprate on pensions of British-expats living in Canada.

7 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to provide physical documentation incorporating secure QR code technology to EU nationals residing in the UK of their Settled or Pre-Settled immigration status.

7 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what evidence his Department based its decision on when deciding to allow spectators into the EURO 2020 football matches held at Wembley Stadium in June and July 2021 prior to the propos

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Dangerous Driving: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's response of 24 March 2021 to the e-petition entitled Ryan's Law: Widen definition of death by dangerous driving, what options his Department has considered as part of its revi

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will launch a review into statutory sick pay to assess the adequacy of the level of that payment in meeting the costs of living.

5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to ensure that patients are given the option to request face-to-face appointments with their GP rather than having to complete an initial telephone or e-consultation as covid-1

5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch an investigation into Atruchecks for alleged failures to provide covid-19 test kits to people travelling overseas.

2 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department intends to include all drinks containers of (a) glass, (b) plastic and (b) aluminium in the scope of the proposed Deposit Return Scheme; and what steps he plans

2 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to include glass in the scope of the proposed Deposit Return Scheme to help maintain the market for existing glass drinks container materials; and if he w

2 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of all-in deposit return scheme, including glass, for the stability of the drinks container materials market.

1 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason VAT is payable on PCR tests; and if he will make a statement.

1 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Nuclear Power

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Infrastructure Strategy, page 52, stating that the Government will continue to consider the potential role of government finance during construction, if he will make an assessment of

Source: official written-questions record.