Written questions

879 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) tackle exploitation and (b) improve sustainability in the UK garment supply chain sector.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bill Relief Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Energy Bill Relief Scheme beyond 31 March 2023.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the cost of living crisis, if he will make it his policy to review the decision on frozen overseas pensions.

15 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of UK aid to East Africa to help tackle the hunger crisis in that region.

15 Dec 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact on the hunger crisis in East Africa of the UK's contribution of £156 million to that cause.

12 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with local authorities in Northern Ireland on the use of contingency accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a stateme

7 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the report, Pathfinder by Target Ovarian Cancer on awareness, diagnosis, access to treatment and support for sufferers of this ca

6 Dec 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Streptococcus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have urgent discussions with the Department of Health and Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland on ensuring a robust plan to deal with Strep A cases.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with (a) governing bodies and (b) other stakeholders to help promote rugby in Northern Ireland.

17 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Iranian counterpart on the potential imposition of the death penalty on protesters in that country.

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bread

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason proposals on (a) bread consumption, (b) labelling and (c) marketing regulations were not included in her Department's consultation on Amending the Bread and Flour Regul

1 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Travel Requirements: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Republic of Ireland citizens will be included in Government plans for the biometric enrolment of non-Irish foreign nationals visiting the UK.

1 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether citizens resident in the Republic of Ireland will be exempted from the requirement to apply for an Electronic Travel Authorisation to cross the border into Northern Ireland.

27 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will reassess the criteria for ministerial severance payments.

27 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Energy: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the $9.5 billion quarter three profits reported by Shell and reported comments from that company’s CEO that it is ready for further windfall taxation, if he will make an assessment of the potential

27 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland have been assessed as a potential victim of human trafficking.

27 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are under investigation for third party interest.

27 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are without an initial decision as of 26 October 2022.

26 Oct 2022 · Women and Equalities

Females: Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the cost of childcare during the cost of living crisis on (a) workforce participation rates by and (b) career progression opportunities for

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff her Department has a hired to work on asylum and visa applications.

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to update her Department's internal IT systems to improve efficiencies and help ensure effective processing of visa applications.

26 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Asylum and Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on improvements in service standards to visa and asylum applications; and whether it is on target to meet its goal to return to a 20 day service standard by March

25 Oct 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Passivhaus homes on levels of (a) fuel poverty and (b) carbon emissions.

24 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will include proxy measure targets for the early diagnosis of brain tumours in the 10-Year Cancer Plan.

20 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ban nonessential per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances to help tackle chemicals of national concern under the Government’s 25-year Environment Plan.

19 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on its aim to halve maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 2025.

19 Oct 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement her Department has had with counterparts in Northern Ireland regarding the planned Women’s Health Strategy, including on miscarriage and neonatal deaths.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Protection Fund: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the 2.5 per cent cap on inflationary increases on compensation payments from the Pension Protection Fund for payments after

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Protection Fund: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing inflationary increases on compensation payments for the period before 6 April 1997 from the Pension Protection Fund.

17 Oct 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Crimes against Humanity and Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of allegations of (a) human rights abuses and (b) crimes against humanity at Sednaya Prison in Syria.

Source: official written-questions record.