Written questions
3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Dangerous Driving: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths by dangerous driving occurred in each of the last twenty years; and how many and what proportion of those divers (i) had and (ii) did not have a valid driving licence.
20 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths were caused on UK roads by drivers who (a) were driving without a licence, (b) had never held a driving licence and (c) had previously held a license but had been disqualified from dri
10 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities are members of the National Register of Taxi and Private Hire Licence Revocations and Refusals scheme (NR3).
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Self-sufficiency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) UK-sourced food and (b) food produced in the counties, regions and nations of the UK through Government procurement.
3 Sep 2021 · Department for Education
Colour Vision Deficiency: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether supporting children and young people with colour blindness is covered in teacher training programmes.
22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sunscreens
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths of UK nationals that could be prevented annually by greater use of sunscreen.
22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Skin Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many diagnoses of skin cancer there have been in the UK in each year since 1990.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Sunscreens: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, where the main manufacturers of sunscreen are located in the UK.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Sunscreens: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of sunscreen sold in the UK is made in the UK.
22 Jul 2021 · Treasury
Sunscreens: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised via VAT on suncreen in each of the last five years.
19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Embassies: Wines
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which UK missions (a) are and (b) are not stocking UK wine for use at receptions and events overseas.
12 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement measures are available to local authority officers to tackle vehicle idling in (a) Air Quality Management Areas and (b) non-Air Quality Management Areas; and whether t
12 Jul 2021 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding (a) Durham County Council and (b) each other council in the North East has received from the Holiday Activities and Food programme in 2021.
7 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking help tackle nitrous oxide use among young people.
7 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's commitment to providing an additional 20,000 police officers by 2023, what recent estimate she has made of the total number of police officers in (a) Durham and (b)
7 Jul 2021 · Women and Equalities
Females: Medical Examinations
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to ban virginity testing.
6 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of pregnancy is for those under 18 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) the North East in each of the last 10 years.
6 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Dual Carriageways and Motorways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of miles of (a) dual carriageway and (b) motorway in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area in (A) 1979, (B) 1997, (B) 2010 and (D) 2021.
6 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways and Trams
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) miles of track and (b) stations for (i) railways and (ii) metro, tram or tube in each (A) parliamentary constituency and (B) local authority area in (1) 1950 and
29 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Construction: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to introduce (a) a level 3 apprenticeship or (b) construction T-level in plastering, painting and bricklaying.
29 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fireworks: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the restriction of the sale of fireworks (a) generally and (b) in specific areas where there have been localised
28 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring regular data reporting from the licensee as part of the Fourth National Lottery licence agreement.
28 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Lottery: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Gambling Commission on the Fourth National Lottery licence in relation to harm prevention and better protecting customers.
25 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Heat Pumps: Housing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the capital expenditure of heat pump delivery to ensure that the cost of retrofit measures, relative to household equity, reflect regional differences in (a) cost, (b
25 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Heating: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of relaxing the First Time Central Heating requirement of the Energy Company Obligation for net-zero measures on the (a) number
17 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to schools for carrying out covid-19 track and trace on pupils and staff.
17 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Parliamentary Scrutiny: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to enable parliamentary scrutiny of proposed (a) changes to the taxation of products that could be distinguished by their strength and (b) tax distinctions that could be made based on t
16 Jun 2021 · Northern Ireland Office
Politics and Government: Northern Ireland
What steps he is taking to promote Northern Ireland's links with the (a) North East of England and (b) rest of the UK.
14 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Further Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to ensure smaller further education institutions are treated equitably in their applications for transformation funding.
14 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Adult Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the claw back provisions announced in the Education & Skills Funding Agency guidance entitled ESFA 2020 to 2021 end of year reconciliation for ad
Source: official written-questions record.