Written questions

879 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to provide evidence to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett Consequential for Northern Ireland will be as a result of the 6.5% pay increase for teachers in England.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that asylum seekers are able to (a) make initial and (b) maintain contact with her Department.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the clinical experience dentists receive before becoming eligible to practise.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the standards of training for dentistry students.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making Dental (a) Foundation and (b) Vocational Training mandatory for dentists entering private practice.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2021 to Question 134263 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the VAT Margin Scheme.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Cars: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the replacement of the VAT margin scheme on small car dealerships.

13 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of Lord Murray of Blidworth of 28 June 2023 on the Lords Report stage of the Illegal Migration Act 2023, Official Report, column 725 HL, what steps she has take

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2023 to Question 187126 on Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Office, how long the extension to the DVLA's contract with the Post Office to provide those DVLA services i

11 Sep 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Lagan Valley Regional Park: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Department of Infrastructure on the continuation of funding to Lagan Valley Regional Park.

11 Sep 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Lagan Valley Regional Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Lagan Valley Regional Park for managing the area surrounding the River Lagan.

11 Sep 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Pollution: Lough Neagh

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Departments in Northern Ireland on the potential (a) ecological, (b) environmental and (c) health impacts of conditions at Lough Neagh.

8 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to his counterparts in Scotland and Wales on 13 August 2023, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients on waiting lists in Northern Ireland can receive treatm

7 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many subscribers to the Student premium customer service for sponsors made representations to her Department opposing planned changes to the service between 1 January and 7 September 2023.

5 Sep 2023 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commit to reviewing the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge.

4 Sep 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Department of Health and Social Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of funding for the Department of Health in Northern Ireland to help tackle waiting lists.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the United Nations publication entitled World Population Ageing, published 2017, if he will raise the topic of healthcare planning for an aging population a

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on legacy licences for animal testing.

20 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the UK's contribution to Global Education initiatives.

14 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Phenylketonuria: Sapropterin

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will bring forward proposals to permit the use of Kuvan for people with Phenylketonuria in Northern Ireland aged 21 and above.

3 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Schools: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the funding per pupil is for state schools in Northern Ireland; and what comparison he has made with such funding in each of the other nations of the UK.

3 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department issued guidance to Northern Ireland departments on the management of the changes in the levels of funding set out in the Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023.

3 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and (b) its secretariat on the spending arrangements for Northern Ireland departments set out in the Northe

3 Jul 2023 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department took to ensure the equality impact assessment requirement under Schedule 9(4)(2)(b) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 was carried out for the Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023.

27 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Business: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help support businesses which are coming to the end of fixed-term loans with increases in interest rates in Northern Ireland.

23 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Northern Ireland are on (a) fixed and (b) b) variable rate mortgages.

23 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with mortgage lenders on providing flexibility to people who will find it difficult to afford mortgage repayments following the recent rises in interest rates.

16 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Paternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Pregnant Then Screwed entitled Leave in the Lurch, Paternity Leave, Gender Equality and the UK Economy, published on

12 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Housing Benefit: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 9 of his Department's Guidance on decision-making for Northern Ireland Departments until an Executive is formed or for the six month period beginning with the day on which the Northern Ir

Source: official written-questions record.