Written questions

879 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Nature Conservation: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure provisions on the protection of nature transposed from EU law into UK law are upheld in legislation.

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund supports projects which help people with (a) disabilities and (b) learning disabilities to find sustainable employm

11 Oct 2022 · 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of his Department providing additional support for disadvantaged people in Northern Ireland to access skills training funded und

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Voluntary Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) community and (b) voluntary organisations in Northern Ireland on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

11 Oct 2022 · 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 he is taking steps to help ensure that recipients of the European Social Fund in Northern Ireland continue to receive funding under the Shared Prosperity Fund after March 202

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

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to introduce a specific plastic reduction target under the Environment Act 2021.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her policy to uprate all social security benefits in line with inflation in the next financial year.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its counterparts in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on the review of Retained EU Law under his Department’s remit;

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which items of Retained EU Law that are within his Department’s remit apply to (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) the UK.

10 Oct 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who are unable to switch to a new fixed rate mortgage, in the context of rising interest rates.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support households reliant on liquefied petroleum gas.

22 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of sharing of data on (a) pregnant women and (b) children who are asylum seekers with the Executive Office in Northern Ireland to ensure safeguardi

21 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it will establish an independent complaints mechanism for asylum seekers in contingency accommodation.

21 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unaccompanied minors living in contingency accommodation sites in Northern Ireland.

21 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Ofgem consultation document entitled RIIO-ED2 Draft Determinations, Overview Document, published on 29 June 2022, if he will hold discussions with Ofgem on i

20 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that small and medium businesses in Northern Ireland are able to access immediate financial support to help meet rising costs in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive.

20 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Debts: Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with (a) banks and (b) other financial institutions on ensuring that people struggling with the cost of living and rising bills do not face financial penalties on overdrafts and mortga

20 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Cost of Living: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has considered to help expediate support to people in Northern Ireland with meeting rising (a) energy costs, (b) food costs and (c) living expenses in the absence of the Northern Ireland Ex

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

Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to review restrictions on destructive fishing methods in Marine Protected Areas for fishing licenses granted from 2023 onward.

20 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Oil: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide support to domestic users of home heating oil; and if he will set out plans for providing that support before 9 November 2022.

8 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women who are asylum seekers have left contingency accommodation in Northern Ireland in the last six months.

8 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children who are asylum seekers have left contingency accommodation in Northern Ireland in the last six months.

8 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pregnant women who are asylum seekers have entered into contingency accommodation in Northern Ireland in the last six months.

8 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers children have entered into contingency accommodation in Northern Ireland in the last six months.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bread and Flour: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the letter sent to him by the Real Bread Campaign on 16 August 2022, if he will ensure that the issues highlighted by that letter are reflected in the public consulta

5 Sep 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Energy: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Article 11 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, what steps he is taking to help protect the single energy market on the island of Ireland from rising costs.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 36137 on Cost of Living Payments: Self-employed, how many gainfully self-employed claimants who (a) were in a start-up period and (b) were otherwise ex

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 36138 on Cost of Living Payments, how many Universal Credit claimants who had the minimum income floor applied to them during the qualifying period for

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department made before introducing the Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill of the potential impact on Universal Credit claimants, including those working in the performing art

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the decision taken that Universal Credit claimants will not be eligible for the cost of living payment if they had their Universal Credit award r

Source: official written-questions record.