Written questions

810 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Timber: Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of trees felled in the US in 2021 to provide fuel for UK power stations and (b) the number of trees which were replanted in the same fo

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Commonhold and Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what funded training the Government is considering to ensure that lay directors of Right to Manage Companies, Residential Management Companies and Commonholds are able to undertake t

15 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2021 to Question 16027 on Equitable Life Assurance Society, for what reasons the Government does not plan to (a) reopen the Equitable Life Payment Scheme or (b) review the £1.5 bill

15 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the calculations, including the intermediary steps, used in determining payments made under the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.

15 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take in 2022 to help people affected by the Equitable Life scandal.

13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 57453 on Western Sahara: Trade Agreements, whether the Polisario Front was consulted on the inclusion of products from t

13 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support prison leavers into permanent safe and secure housing beyond the 12 weeks of accommodation provided by his Department's temporary accommodation service.

13 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prison: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of community sentences for female offenders as an alternative to short custodial prison sentences.

13 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of promoting a single definition of suitable accommodation outcome for vulnerable women leaving prison.

13 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have used his Department's temporary accommodation service for prison leavers since its implementation in summer 2021; and what steps have been taken in the provision of that service specifically t

13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to facilitate the immediate release of the protestors arrested by the military junta in Sudan.

13 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the (a) suppression of democracy in Sudan and (b) killing and oppression of people trying to achieve democracy in that country

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing its guidance on excluding children with special educational needs with experts in the SEND sector.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Carpets: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to review current restrictions on the export of carpets from countries currently facing such sanctions.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Economic Growth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote and support economic growth in Afghanistan.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Embassies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government will establish an embassy in Afghanistan.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan in winter 2021-22; and if the Government will (a) engage in talks with the Taliban an

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking with Ofsted to (a) define and (b) tackle the practice of off-rolling in relation to the exclusion of SEND children.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue on helping to ensure that the interests of SEND children are central to decisions on (i) managed moves and (ii) alternative education offsite p

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibilities his Department is placing on (a) directors of children's services, (b) school governing bodies, (c) academy trusts and (d) local forums of schools to (i) review information on SEND childre

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a programme for SEND children to embed effective partnership working between local authorities, schools, alternative provision and

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government will update its covid-19 vaccine delivery plan, published on 13 January 2021.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of covid-19 vaccines for 12 to 15 year-olds.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that there is long-term monitoring of the immune response of people given a covid-19 booster vaccine.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the covid-19 vaccine booster campaign.

8 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Natural Resources

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will raise with her Moroccan counterpart the UN Human Rights Committee's recommendation that Morocco obtain the consent of the people of Western Sahara for the realisa

8 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she plans to take in response to the concerns of OHCHR on the restrictions imposed by Morocco on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and associa

8 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the upcoming expiration of his Department’s contract with Capita for the administration of the Equitable Life Payments Scheme, if he will confirm that future awardees of the contract will be subjec

1 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that, following the upcoming expiration of his Department’s contract with Capita for the administration of the Equitable Life Payments Scheme, that future awardees of the contract will be subject t

1 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the details of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme will be finalised and the scheme opened.

Source: official written-questions record.