Written questions
810 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the call for evidence for the Mental health and wellbeing plan, published by her Department on 12 April 2022, whether it is still her Department's policy to publish a 10-year ment
24 Oct 2022 · Department for Education
Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the International Education Strategy outlined in 2019 remains his Department's policy objective including the target for the UK to (a) host 600,000 international students and (b) raise £35 billion in ex
24 Oct 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the graduate visa route, introduced in 2021, remains his Department's policy; and what his future plans are for that policy.
24 Oct 2022 · Home Office
Overseas Students: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a cap on the number of children that international students can bring to the UK on (a) the number of international students studying
24 Oct 2022 · Home Office
Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) loss of tuition fee income, (b) loss of living cost expenditure, (c) loss of knock-on expenditure and (d) total economic cost of restricting the numbe
18 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Somali: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to increase the £50M of aid pledged to help alleviate famine in Somalia, in the context of recent droughts.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of food standards regulations.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to consult (a) environmental and (b) public health organisations on the potential implications of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022.
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Environmental Protection: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to replace retained EU law on environmental protections following the passage of the
10 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if is her policy to continue the development of the 10 year mental health plan on which the Government consulted in April 2022.
10 Oct 2022 · Prime Minister
Medicine: Research
To ask the Prime Minister, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Human Relevant Science to be tasked with accelerating the take-up of innovative medical research techniques such as the use of artificial intell
10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to accelerate the replacement of animal experiments with techniques such as the use of organ-on-a-chip technology and computer modelling.
2 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ramiro Durán
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the murder of former FARC combatant and peace campaigner Ramiro Durán on 4 July 2022 in Colombia.
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Mathematics: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement of 27 January 2020 entitled Boost for UK science with unlimited visa offer to world's brightest and best, what estimate he has made of when the
11 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the reported covid-19 vaccine deaths to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Yellow Card Scheme have (a) been investigated and (b) been found to be related to the vac
20 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport
Merseyrail
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the devolution of power for the Liverpool City Region to run the Merseyrail network in the public sector.
14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the recruitment, retention and progression of care workers.
9 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to introduce the second phase of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 to apply to existing leaseholders.
6 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential gap between local authority funding requirements and budget allocations in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020, (g
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department is making available to local authorities facing funding shortfalls.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of base budget pressures on local authority budgets.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Local Government: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what additional funding his Department is making available to local authorities to help enable them to meet decarbonisation targets.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising energy prices on local authority budgets.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of inflation on local authority budgets.
1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has plans to review local authority funding.
18 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Oxfam and Save The Children's report entitled Dangerous Delays 2: The Cost of Inaction, published on 18 M
16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Care and Mental Health to the Rt hon. Member for South West Surrey of 20 April 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential merits
10 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Morocco: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she asked the UK Ambassador to Morocco to send an observer to the trial of two students from Western Sahara, Mohammed Layichi and Hassan Alloud, which commenced on 5
14 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Houthis
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential (a) proscription of Ansar Allah as a terrorist organisation and (b) humanita
29 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport
West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the directors of First Trenitalia West Coast, Alstom Transport Ltd or Atalian Servest are entitled to any form of free rail travel or rail staff travel facilities.
Source: official written-questions record.