Written questions

798 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Railway Track

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made on the number of points failures on the rail network in the last 12 months.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport for Wales: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of overcrowding on Transport for Wales trains.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of rail operators over weekend periods in the last six months.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

London Northwestern Railway: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of London Northwestern Railway.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Northern: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of Northern Rail.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of short notice changes to the timetable on the rail network.

26 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to process visas for the parents of people living in the UK.

26 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the processing times for (a) parent, (b) spousal and (c) work visas.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what he is taking to ensure effective intelligence sharing between mental health services and (a) the police and (b) other relevant services when a patient is deemed to pose a risk to the wider pub

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mental health patients who could pose a risk to the wider public have their cases managed appropriately.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Terrorism: Reading East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) NHS England and (b) Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust respond to Sir Adrian Fulford's prevention of future deaths report following the Forbury Ga

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to help ensure the (a) arrest and (b) surrender to the International Criminal Court of (i) Benjamin Netanyahu and (ii) Yoav Gallant.

21 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will reaffirm support for the International Criminal Court; and if he will publish an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the arrest warrants i

19 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were living in (a) single living accommodation and (b) grade four rated single living accommodation per local authority on (i) 1 May 2010 and (ii) 3 July 2024.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help protect young people from (a) misogynistic behaviour and (b) unrealistic expectations of young women on social media platforms.

19 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Polio

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his international counterparts on taking steps to help prevent a polio outbreak in Gaza.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to small businesses to help meet additional costs arising from the Autumn Budget 2024.

14 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international counterparts on the collective measures available to ensure the implementation of treaty obligations to prevent genocide and ot

14 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Genocide Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to fulfil its (a) duty to prevent and (b) other obligations under the Genocide Convention with respect to Gaza, with reference to (i) the

13 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel and Occupied Territories: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a UN Investigative Team to (a) collect high-quality evidence on and (b) promote accountability for crime

31 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on allowing medical aid into Gaza.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social houses will be built by housing associations with Government support in the next 12 months.

31 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parks: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in maintaining parks in cities.

31 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Abortion: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on how to effectively enforce the law in respect to buffer zones around abortion clinics.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to support students with (a) the cost of living and (b) accommodation costs.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise businesses to employ young people.

30 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Terrorism: Reading East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to address the intelligence failings outlined in the regulation 28 prevention of future deaths report issued on 20 May 2024 in the case of deaths in the Forbury Gar

30 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Terrorism: Reading East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has responded to the regulation 28 prevention of future deaths report issued on 20 May 2024 in the case of deaths in the Forbury Gardens terror attack of 20 June 2020, to which a response

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that growth in the British film industry is shared across the UK.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the growth of the film industry in Liverpool.

Source: official written-questions record.