Written questions
810 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in year three and above who are registered for free school meals are from households earning more than £7,400 per year.
15 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of households with children aged between eight and eighteen years old that are in receipt of Universal Credit and are earning at or above £40k per year.
9 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving an IPP sentence are currently in a secure hospital.
9 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an IPP sentence have been recalled to prison less than five years following their first release.
9 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people under an IPP licence have (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully applied to have their licence lifted in each of the last four quarters.
9 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under an IPP licence are eligible to have the Parole Board consider whether to lift their licence.
9 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an IPP sentence have been recalled to prison having committed no further crime in each of the last four quarters.
9 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Open Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times he has (a) accepted and (b) not accepted a Parole Board recommendation of prisoner progression to the Category D estate in each of the last four quarters.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Qualifications: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing funding for applied general qualifications on school and college finances.
27 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
T-levels
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which qualifications were identified as not overlapping with wave 1 and 2 T levels by the independent assessors commissioned by her Department to work on the review of Level 3 qualifications.
1 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Human Rights and War Crimes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in its role as penholder on Yemen at the UN Security Council to support the creation of an international mechanism to ensure accountabilit
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support tenants with rising rents in the context of the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will consider the potential merits of introducing a
23 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Civil Society and Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Palestinian (a) civil society and (b) human rights organisations in (i) Israel and (ii) the Palestinian Territories.
23 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department assesses the legality of (a) official and (b) unofficial Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territories under international law.
23 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
West Bank: Farms
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the provision of military support by that country to (a) outposts and (b) farms built in the West Bank by settlers
23 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: West Bank
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legality of the evictions of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta.
23 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: West Bank
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the evictions of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta.
23 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Draft Mental Health Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Mental Health Bill, whether he plans to include a statutory duty to provide early intervention strategies to detect and address mental health issues for children and young peo
15 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Essential Tremor: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of patients affected by Essential Tremor in Liverpool and (b) how many of those patients will receive magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound treat
9 Nov 2022 · Treasury
Food Poverty: Children
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of (a) a reduction in public expenditure and (b) the cost of living crisis on children in food poverty.
31 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bermuda and Cayman Islands: Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with LGBT activists and organisations from the (a) Cayman Islands and (b) Bermuda where the right to marriage for same-sex couples is refused b
31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy: Wales
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on banning sexual orientation and transgender conversion practices.
31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy: Scotland
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the Ending Conversion Practices Expert Advisory Group in Scotland on 4 October 2022.
31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her counterparts and legislators in (a) Malta, (b) France, (c) Canada, (d) New Zealand, (e) Greece and the relevant regional or state governments of the (i) US, (ii) Spain and
31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which accredited medical, counselling or psychological organisations support the Government’s plan to exclude transgender people from a ban on conversion practices.
31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has consulted (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Wales, (c) the Royal College of GPs, (d) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (e) the British Psychological Society and (f) the British Association
31 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what work has been undertaken by her Department on transgender conversion practices since the Government set out its plans on this topic in its background briefing to the Queen’s Speech in May 2022.
27 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date his Department will require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support onto tenants as set out in the provisions in the Energy Prices Act.
25 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Podiatry: Liverpool Riverside
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Liverpool Riverside constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on patient treatment for diabetic foot complicati
24 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Liverpool Riverside
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support the improvement of eye care services in Liverpool, Riverside constituency.
Source: official written-questions record.