Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether employees of postmasters who lost earnings due to issues arising from the failures of the Horizon IT System will be eligible for the Horizon Shortfall Scheme.

20 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it his policy to increase the price of unhealthy food to subsidise healthier foods.

17 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Warrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for confirming the levelling up funding for Warrington North.

17 May 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Rwandan nationals have successfully applied for asylum in the UK since 2019.

16 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Swimming: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Record number of new bathing sites get the go ahead, published on 13 May 2024, whether the new wild swimming spots will be safe to swim in

15 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Menopause: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support women to stay in employment when managing menopausal symptoms.

15 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paramedical Staff: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to help end sexual abuse of female paramedics in the workplace.

15 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the transition to sustainable aviation fuels.

15 May 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Contracts for Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies that blacklist workers.

15 May 2024 · Home Office

Refugees: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of deporting a refugee to Rwanda.

14 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a timetable for the reintroduction of the Parking Code of Practice.

14 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help ensure that ultra-processed foods are easily identifiable to consumers.

13 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Criminal Injuries Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation awards have been made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to victims under the age of 18 experiencing (a) rape and (b) sexual violence in each of the last five years.

13 May 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been for (a) rape and (b) serious sexual offences where the perpetrator was under the age of 18 in each of the last five years.

13 May 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges have been brought against alleged perpetrators under the age of 18 for (a) rape and (b) serious sexual offences in each of the last five years (i) nationally and (ii) by police force

13 May 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports were made of (a) rape and (b) other serious sexual offences by an alleged perpetrator under the age of 18 in (i) each police force area and (ii) the UK in each of the last five years.

10 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people were turned away from polling stations due to lack of photo ID during the local elections on 2 May 2024.

9 May 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of refugees that will be deported to Rwanda (a) on the first flight and (b) in each of the 12 months following the first flight.

8 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he had discussions with rail unions on taking steps to avoid the strikes that commenced on 7 May 2024.

7 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow beneficiaries to claim two years of a deceased person's state pension contributions in the event that they die before state pension age.

7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to abolish hospital car parking fees.

24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops were serving in the British Army as of 24 April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing Place of Destination checks for plants at Border Control Posts until January 2025.

22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department held discussions with organisations representing disabled people on the announcements made in the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024.

22 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Medical Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare of 19 April 2024, who the specialist work and health professionals are that will be responsible for issuing fit notes; and whether his Department

19 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the provisions on knives in the Criminal Justice Bill will also extend to weapons used for historical re-enactments.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase awareness of naloxone.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for publishing a response to her Department's consultation on Expanding access to naloxone.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of naloxone across England.

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of creating a national naloxone programme.

Source: official written-questions record.