Written questions

879 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will resume the funding of UNRWA.

30 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Personal Care Services: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT to 10% in the hair and beauty sector.

24 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has considered the potential merits of extending visas issued under the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme, (b) Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and (c) the Ukraine Extension Scheme; and whether

22 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on the use of (a) Lecanemab and (b) Donanemab in the treatment of dementia.

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Hartley Pensions: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide compensation for self-invested personal pension holders affected by Hartley Pensions entering administration.

19 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Belfast

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure it is complying with relevant legislation on housing in multiple occupation in the context of the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers in Belfast

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to maintain funding for projects funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Northern Ireland after March 2025.

18 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hospitals

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) his Israeli counterpart and (b) international agencies on taking steps to help ensure the (i) safe use and (ii) protection of medica

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a Basic Student Income.

17 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christianity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Open Doors entitled World Watch List 2024.

16 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Defamation: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on libel cases of the decision of the High Court of Justice of Northern Ireland on Case 2024NIMaster1, delivered on 8 January 2024.

16 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Journalism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing protections for journalists under libel defamation law in Northern Ireland.

15 Jan 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Medical Records: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ask the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Department of Health to publish an update on the Report of the Expert Review of Records of Deceased Patients (Neurology).

15 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the FCA on the effectiveness of its consumer duty in upholding standards of financial services for customers.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of treatment for women with endometriosis.

19 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Buddhism

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the persecution of Buddhists in Tibet.

18 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing the right to an administrative review of decisions on applications to the EU settlement scheme.

18 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what routes to review are available to individuals who wish to challenge a decision on their application to the EU settlement scheme on the grounds of error if the decision was made on or after 5 Octo

18 Dec 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Education: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Northern Ireland's Department of Education on the potential funding implications of the Independent Review of Education in Northern Irel

15 Dec 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Transport: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of Northern Ireland's transport budget.

12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with (a) the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and (b) other relevant stakeholders on the availability of (i) modular therapies and (ii) other treatments for cystic fibrosis throug

1 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum claimants categorised as legacy and residing in Northern Ireland are awaiting a decision.

30 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Schools: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to provide additional funding to the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to help address RAAC in schools.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing additional funding to remove the presence of RAAC in schools.

29 Nov 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Ulster Bank: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Natwest on the potential merits of pausing their planned closure of Ulster Bank branches.

28 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Childcare: Tax Thresholds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the feasibility of increasing the earnings threshold for eligibility for tax free childcare.

28 Nov 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Childcare: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the feasibility of raising the earnings threshold for eligibility for tax free childcare in Northern Ireland in the context of the abse

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Poverty: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of households experiencing fuel poverty in Northern Ireland on 27 November 2023.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of recent trends in the number of people experiencing energy debt; and what steps her Department is taking to provide support to help people with energy debt (a) pa

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans to take steps to provide energy bill support for (a) low-income and (b) vulnerable households during winter 2023-24.

Source: official written-questions record.