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.