Written questions
1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Public Sector Debt
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the additional cost of the UK's debt interest following the downgrading of the AAA credit rating in each year since 2013.
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Injuries Compensation: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average processing time was for applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme by people resident in Warrington in each of the last five years.
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Injuries Compensation: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received awards under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in Warrington in each of the last five years or which figures are available; and what the value of those awards was.
6 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will assess the effectiveness of the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.
18 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking: Public Houses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take legislative steps to allow pubs to designate outdoor smoking and vaping areas.
13 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers in 2027.
11 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce incentives for (a) manufacturers and (b) motorists to encourage take-up of electric cars.
2 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Council has to repay its pandemic loan on commercial terms.
28 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Birds: Pest Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for (a) killing and (b) taking certain species of wild birds (i) in (A) 2021, (B) 2022 and (C) 2023 and (ii) since general license 42 was updated on 1 January 2024.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's spending relates to medical negligence and claims (a) nationally and (b) in Warrington North constituency.
20 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Property: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to make public a full register of beneficial ownership of land.
19 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Nuclear Power: Vocational Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help increase the number of students entering the civil nuclear sector.
15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what treatments are (a) available and (b) due to become available in the next 12 months on the NHS for people who have experienced adverse side effects to Covid-19 vaccines.
13 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take urgent steps to allow children of British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa holders who (a) were born before 1 July 1997 and (b) do not hold a BNO passport of their own to access the BNO
13 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children of British National (Overseas) (BNO) passport holders who are unable to access the BNO visa scheme because they (a) were born before 1 July 1997 an
12 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10496 on Hong Kong: Travel, what steps his Department is taking to (a) clarify and (b) mitigate risks of British-born ch
11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Right to Acquire Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of revising the discount offered through the Right to Acquire scheme.
8 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of people eligible for child maintenance who are not claiming it.
6 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Equipment: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reintroduce the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill.
4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of indemnity is required for each NHS job category.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to increase the amount of freight transported by rail.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
West Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.19 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish further information on her plan to increase capacity on the West Coast main line.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.72 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, whether she plans to publish a consultation on the proposed rolling stock strategy.
1 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Infrastructure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish the timetable for the consultation on the proposed infrastructure strategy.
28 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office
Emergencies: Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by the UK Covid Inquiry entitled Module 1 report: The resilience and preparedness of the United Kingdom, published on 18 July 2024, HC 18, what steps his Department is taking to help
28 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
First Aid: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including first aid training in the national curriculum.
28 Oct 2024 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to include first aid education in Young Futures Hubs; and what steps she is taking to consult with the voluntary sector on the 10-year knife crime plan.
28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Warrington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) help increase survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and (b) increase the availability of defibrillators in Warrington.
28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
First Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps under the NHS 10-Year Plan to improve public access to first aid (a) training and (b) equipment to help (i) increase the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival ra
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