Written questions
3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.
31 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal road accidents involving a vehicle that did not have a valid MOT certificate have occurred in the UK in each of last 20 years.
31 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal road accidents involving someone who owned a car but did not have a driving licence have occurred in the UK in each of the last 20 years.
28 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Television Licences: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for non-payment of the BBC licence fee there have been in each of the last 15 years, by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority.
28 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Television Licences: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for non-payment of the BBC licence fee there have been in each of the last 15 years; and how many of those (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions were of (A) men and (
15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that additional (a) diagnosis, (b) assessments or (c) operations will be carried out by the NHS using the funding from the Health and Care levy by 2025.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of new railway was built and in which regions (a) from 1997 to 2010 and (b) from 2010 to date.
29 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of railway was electrification completed in each calendar year since 1997.
22 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools with fewer than (a) 400 and (b) 200 pupils on roll there are, by (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary constituency in England.
22 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools with (a) fewer than 210, (b) 120 to 210, (c) 60 to 120, (d) fewer than 60 and (e) fewer than 30 pupils on roll there are, by (i) local authority area and (ii) parliamentary constituency
22 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools have (a) been opened and (b) closed by (i) local authority area and (ii) constituency in each year since 1997.
12 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason deductions are not made directly from Universal Credit and paid to Landlords to cover rent.
12 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendations of the Good Work Plan published in December 2018, how many of those recommendations (a) have been implemented, (b) are in the process of bein
12 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating the payment of rent arrears directly from benefits.
12 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Farming
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the development of value-added operations within the diary sector.
9 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timescale is for the (a) procurement and (b) connections for the regional supplier procurements for Durham and Northumberland.
9 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average educational attainment is for (a) boys and (b) girls at ages (i) 11, (ii) 16 and (ii) 18 in each (A) county and (B) region of England.
9 Nov 2021 · Department for Education
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) quantitative and (b) qualitative research his Department has commissioned on the reasons for lower levels of average educational attainment in the different regions and counties of England.
1 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport
Community Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to relax section 19 or section 22 licences for charities or community-interest-companies, such as Weardale Community Transport, to enable those organisations to run services for so
1 Nov 2021 · Treasury
Dairy Products: Balance of Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the balance of trade is for (a) dairy products, (b) cheese and (c) cream.
1 Nov 2021 · Department for International Trade
Dairy Products: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to increase exports of cheese and dairy products.
28 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has assessed the available data on gambling and gambling harm; and if she will bring forward proposals to fund the collection and assessment of those data through a statutory
28 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Ombudsman
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a gambling ombudsman could be established without primary legislation; and what plans she has for establishing such an ombudsman.
21 Oct 2021 · Treasury
Universal Credit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 56619 on Universal Credit, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential effect on public finances of an (a) increase and (b) decreas
18 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Parental Leave: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the period of and (b) increasing rates of pay for (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) joint parental leave.
18 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Public Lavatories: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much each local authority has saved as a direct result of the abolition of non-domestic rates on public lavatories.
18 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gynaecology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on 16 August 2021, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban hymenoplasty.
15 Oct 2021 · 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 potential merits of taking measures to control energy costs for people living in rural areas who rely on (a) oil, (b) LPG and (c) solid fuel.
15 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential effect on public finances of an (a) increase and (b) decrease of 1p per £1 to the earnings taper rate for universal credit.
20 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Driving: Insurance and Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of drivers on the roads without the required (a) licence (b) insurance.
20 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring people to enter their (a) date of birth and (b) driving licence number when transferring ownership of a car in V5 documentation.
Source: official written-questions record.