Written questions

810 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been recalled to prison because of homelessness in each of the last 12 months.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Merseyrail: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislation to allow the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region to appoint a public sector operator to run Merseyrail services.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the needs of the palliative and end of life care sector will be represented in the upcoming NHS workforce plan.

16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether palliative and end of life care will prioritised in the new NHS 10-year plan.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Marie Curie report Dying in Poverty, published on 12 November 2024, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) tackle fuel poverty and (b) reduce the number of peop

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Dying in Poverty, published by Marie Curie in November 2024, what steps she is taking to tackle the levels of people dying in poverty in Liverpool.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to communicate to eligible (i) EU, (ii) migrant and (iii) other voters the provisions of the Elections Act 2022.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Voting Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to (a) voter groups and (b) civil society organisations on changes to voter eligibility requirements under the Elections Act 2022.

6 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Voting Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) guidance and (b) support her Department provides to local (i) councillors and (ii) authorities on voter eligibility requirements.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) exemptions for and (b) flexibility in (i) sponsored visa and (ii) skilled workers visa guidance staff in her Depar

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish (a) staff turnover, (b) the number of new recruits and (c) the number of vacancies in her Department in each of the last three months.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are required to pay the NHS Health Surcharge.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which of her Department's offices there are staff employed on sponsored visas who will not meet the salary threshold at the end of the current visa term.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are on sponsored visas; and how many will not meet the skilled worker visa salary threshold at the end of their visa term.

2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations on moving (a) prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and (b) other prisoners to open conditions were rejected by the Governme

2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15952, on Prisoners, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations on releasing (a) prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection se

2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15952 on Prisoners, how many and what proportion of Parole Board recommendations were rejected by the Government in each of the last 12 months.

29 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Embassies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the British Embassy in Colombia is offering to young protestors who remain incarcerated after protests in 2021.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Association of Colleges' report entitled The educational provision for 14 to 16-year-olds in further education colleges in England, published in November 2024, whether she

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many potential violations of international humanitarian law by Israel he has assessed since 8 October 2023.

25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parole Board decisions on (a) moving prisoners to open conditions, and (b) releasing prisoners were overruled by the Government in each of the last (i) 12 months, and (ii) 5 years.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on automatically enrolling all eligible pupils for free school meals.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of not increasing Local Housing Allowance rates in 2025-26 on the number of households requiring temporary accommodation.

19 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of additional funding for homelessness services.

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Healthcare Providers Network: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent correspondence he has received from David Hare, Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network.

13 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Civil Society

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contribution rates on third sector organisations; and whether she plans to provide further funding to support charities

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to engage with (a) the cruise industry and (b) other tourism sectors in the development of tourism planning.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Passenger Ships

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to engage with the cruise industry; and whether she plans to invite representatives of that industry to join industry groups that her Department convenes.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism Industry Council: Passenger Ships

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to consider the cruise industry’s role in (a) inbound, (b) outbound and (c) domestic tourism when determining the membership of a re-established Tourism Industry Council.

8 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect the Tara Park Traveller site in Liverpool; if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the consultation with the residents of that site

Source: official written-questions record.