Written questions

695 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other countries on COP16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on the restoration of marine habitats.

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of maternity and neonatal safety improvement schemes on mitigating the effects of inequalities in perinatal deaths.

29 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that maternity and neonatal safety improvement schemes include a focus on mitigating the effects of inequalities.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers will attend COP16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

26 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out the Government’s priorities for the 2024 Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16).

26 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK Special Representative for Climate Change

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the lack of a Special Representative on Climate Change on his Department's policies.

24 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor the progress of and (b) evaluate maternity and neonatal safety improvement schemes.

19 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints her Department received about the (a) processing and (b) administration of GP pensions in each of the last five years.

9 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) planned timetable and (b) scope is for the review of his Department's Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy; and whether he has plans to consult outside of his Department as part

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's approved budget for the 2023-24 financial year.

14 Dec 2023 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Utilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Stannington gas flood in Sheffield Hallam constituency for his policies on emergency responses to a major incident; and if he will make an assessment of the

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the Stannington gas flood in Sheffield Hallam constituency for his policies on the level of investment in maintaining and

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the Stannington gas flood in Sheffield Hallam constituency for her policies on (a) the potential impact of public infrastructure

14 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Abortion: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, if he will publish a timetable on the implementation of safe access zones around abortion clinics.

13 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her Department's timescales are for completing its review of the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty; and if she will make a statement.

19 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safe and legal routes are available for Sudanese refugees to come to the UK to escape ethnic cleansing in Darfur.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government supports Armenia's (a) membership of the ICC and (b) request for an international investigation of alleged war crimes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) British citizens, (b) dual nationals and (c) family members of British citizens affected by Azerbaijan's military offensi

19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia: Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the British Armenian community.

17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with humanitarian organisations on delivering aid in Gaza.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Sheffield Hallam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2023 to Question 198639 on Childcare, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that there are an adequate number of (a) trained staff, (b) safe premises and (c)

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Training: Offshore Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours officials in her Department have spent working on the alignment of training standards between the offshore (a) oil and gas and (b) wind sectors in each year from 2018.

11 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in which areas of England bilateral hearing aids (a) are and (b) are not provided to all patients with hearing loss in both ears who wish to receive them.

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Court of Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for (a) personal welfare and (b) property and financial affairs deputyships have been made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in 2023; and how many of those applications have been approved.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools the Building schools for the Future programme had planned to rebuild or refurbish; how many schools marked for rebuild or refurbishment were completed under the (a) Building Schools for the Fut

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Cost of Living Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the cost-of-living payment to employees in his Department who were on a career break during the qualifying period.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects the Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) (England) Regulations 2023 to be debated in the House of Commons.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homelessness: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of people from Ukraine that have sought homelessness support after being in the UK for more than six months since February 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephone Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to protect vulnerable customers during the transition from (a) analogue to (b) digital landlines.

Source: official written-questions record.