Written questions

Olivia Blake

695 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Forms

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to review (a) support and (b) processes for applicants who require large print versions of state pensions forms in a paper format.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Gun Sports: Lead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to implement a full ban on the use of lead ammunition in gamebird shooting.

16 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were (a) made and (b) approved for Humanitarian Protection Leave under the Refugee or Person in Need of International Protection (Qualification) Regulations 2006 in each year sin

14 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill will have on leave to stay in the UK on humanitarian protection grounds.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend paragraph 339Q of the Immigration Rules, and the associated guidance, to maintain the option to apply for humanitarian protection following the revocation of The Refugee or

8 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to support universities in the transition to net zero.

3 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she (a) plans to take to support transgender and non-binary Ukrainian refugees overcome barriers preventing them from leaving Ukraine safely and (b) is taking to support transgender and non

3 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department plans to take support transgender and non-binary Ukrainian overcome barriers preventing them from leaving Ukraine safely.

3 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to support transgender and non-binary Ukrainian refugees to find refuge in the UK safely.

1 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117921, on Immigration: Applications, whether she plans to publish information on applications for further leave within her Department's wider Hom

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Telemedicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of suspending the telemedicine service on vulnerable women, including those with abusive partners.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for suspending early medical abortion at home services in the context of evidence from clinical bodies and peer review studies which have found that service to be safe

24 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the additional £3 million of funding allocated to the NHS under Operation Warm Welcome has been spent on mental health support for Afghan refugees in the UK.

24 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the potential impact of the Nationality and Borders Bill on family reunion rights in the context of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.

24 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance she is providing for Ukrainian citizens settled in the UK who wish to reunite with their family members still residing in Ukraine.

24 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the safe and legal routes to the UK that are available for refugees from Ukraine.

24 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to introduce a resettlement scheme for people in Ukraine.

22 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all data his Department holds on the use of restraint on acute child medical wards.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will set out his plans for supporting the community energy sector in the future.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives of energy providers on sharing smart meter data with local and central government.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the sharing of smart meter data across (a) the energy sector and (b) local and central government.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential role of smart meter data, beyond influencing the behaviour of energy companies and consumers, in the better regulation of building ene

3 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a six-month target in which to respond to applications for further leave to remain.

3 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for further leave to remain her Department has responded to within its six-month target in the 12 months ending January 2022.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's press release of 25 January 2022 entitled £60 million boost for floating offshore wind, what the local content requirements stipulated by the ma