Written questions

879 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Nov 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Lough Neagh: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to move the (a) bed and (b) banks of Lough Neagh into public ownership.

23 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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support for energy costs to people with a terminal illness.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for winter fuel payments to include people with a terminal illness.

22 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons some asylum applications take longer to be considered than others.

21 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to fast-track asylum applications for Palestinians in the UK.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to Written Question 1757 on Employment Agencies.

14 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that light-sensitive people will continue to have access to non-LED lightbulbs following the implementation of minimum energy performance standar

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Payment handling by employment agencies in the entertainment, sport and modelling sectors.

10 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has a target for the provision of nutrition services to vulnerable (a) children, (b) adolescents and (c) women in 2024.

10 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Malnutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the Global Food Security Summit to reduce malnutrition worldwide.

10 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of refugee hosting costs on his Department's aid budget.

10 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to increase the amount of Overseas Development Assistance that goes towards nutrition.

9 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Beer and Cider: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the duty rate for draught beer and cider.

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will provide a new social energy tariff for (a) low income households and (b) households with energy-intensive medical equipment.

7 Nov 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Floods: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to meet businesses affected by recent flooding in (a) Newry and (b) Downpatrick.

7 Nov 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Floods: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on taking steps to help support businesses affected by flooding in Newry, Mourne and Down District.

7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of humanitarian aid required in Gaza; and whether the Government plans to increase the UK's humanitarian aid contribution in r

7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Middle East on steps that can be taken to help end violence in Israel and Gaza.

20 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to uprate social security rates in line with the latest rate of CPI in the upcoming Autumn Statement.

19 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Resettlement: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's planned timescale if for reopening referrals under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 3.

18 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to suspend arms licences to Israel until a full assessment of its compliance with international human rights law can be carried out.

18 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of creating safe routes to the UK for Palestinians.

18 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has made an assessment of Israel's compliance with international human rights law since 14 October 2023.

18 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to independently verify the origin of the explosion on the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to provide additional funding for advice services in Northern Ireland to assist people who have been underpaid their state pension as a result of an incorrect attribution of home re

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people residing in Northern Ireland who are likely to have been underpaid their state pension as a result of their national insurance record not including th

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by what date her Department plans to make a decision on applications for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries discount element of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for applications in Nor

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who sought asylum in Northern Ireland were (a) of Eritrean nationality and (b) referred to the national referral mechanism as potential victims of trafficking in

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants sought assistance through the national referral mechanism in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK in the latest period for which data is available; and how many and what proportion of

13 Oct 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Local Housing Allowance: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Department for Communities on the adequacy of Local Housing Allowance rates in Northern Ireland in the context of recent trends in the level of rental costs.

Source: official written-questions record.