Written questions
825 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow terminally ill people to access their state pensions early.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding a programme of free home insulation; and if she will have discussions with councils on introducing such a programme natio
18 Dec 2023 · Treasury
Poverty: Government Assistance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide immediate additional funding to support people who are unable to pay for (a) energy, (b) food and (c) other essential items.
18 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2023 to Question 200418 on Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry, when he plans to update Parliament on progress in implementing the recommendations in the
18 Dec 2023 · Home Office
Hate Crime: Sikhs
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help provide reassurances to Sikhs on their (a) safety and (b) security in the context of recent steps taken by the Indian Government.
18 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hardeep Singh Nijjar
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to encourage the Indian Government to co-operate with the Canadian investigation into the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking with Ofcom to protect young women and girls from damaging diet and weight-loss adverts on social media.
18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) treatment for and (b) diagnosis of (i) endometriosis, (ii) polycystic ovary syndrome and (iii) other women's health concerns; and
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support young people from low social-economic backgrounds into employment.
11 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support youth employment schemes such as UK Year of Service.
11 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support recruitment and approval processes for clinical trials for brain tumours.
6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to help (a) increase the number of (i) children and (ii) young adults who are recruited to and (b) the development of medical trials for young people with can
4 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to help improve collaboration between researchers and healthcare providers to help increase the efficiency of brain tumour clinical trials.
4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Food Insecurity
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of food insecurity for his policies on the health and wellbeing of children in Gaza.
4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Children
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the number of children killed in Gaza.
4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to support (a) humanitarian access into and (b) adequate levels of fuel entering Gaza.
4 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make it his policy to call for an immediate moratorium on the (a) arrest, (b) detention and (c) prosecution of Palestinian children by Israeli military authorities.
28 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure claimants subject to benefit sanctions have adequate income to afford living essentials.
28 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Nottingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support those living in destitution in Nottingham.
23 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times to speak to the Disability Service Centre.
21 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Law Reporting: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to reduce the cost of crown court transcripts for victims of serious crime.
21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Consultation report for the interim service specification for specialist gender incongruence services for children and young people published by NHS England on 9 June 2023, if
21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education
Teachers: Food Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number food technology teachers.
21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education
Class Sizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to introduce statutory class size limits in key stage two and above.
21 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch report Accident Investigation Report 7/2023, published on 9 November 2023, if he will establish a statutory inquiry into the deaths in the Channel on 2
20 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza and Israel: Ceasefires
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of calling for a cessation of hostilities in Israel and Gaza.
18 Oct 2023 · Treasury
Music Venues: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to extend business rates relief to grassroots music venues.
18 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hardeep Singh Nijjar
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in India on the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what underspends have been returned to HM Treasury in the last four years of the National Tutoring Programme; and whether she has made representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the use of those fund
16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) not requiring schools to contribute matching funds to and (b) other funding models for the National Tutoring Programme.
Source: official written-questions record.