Written questions

745 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance Contributions: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 3.21 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Work and Pensions Accounts 2022-23, published on 6 July 2023, how many and what proportion of the inco

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are responsible for manually updating records relevant to eligibility for the State Pension.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of an underpayment of the State Pension due to incorrectly updated National Insurance records in the 2022-23 financial year.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were underpaid the State Pension due to incorrectly updated National Insurance records in the 2022-23 financial year; and what the total amount is that these people are owed.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of underpayments of the Personal Independence Payment due to recipients’ failure to update their medical need in the 2022-2023 financial year.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of an underpayment of the Personal Independence Payment in the 2022-2023 financial year.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Underpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of a benefits underpayment in the 2022-2023 financial year.

18 Apr 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average value was of Universal Credit claim overpayments in the 2022-2023 financial year.

16 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Radio Waves: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that medical advisors at Veterans UK are trained to (a) monitor and (b) record cancer incidences among veterans who have worked in close proximity to radio frequen

16 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Radio Waves: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential level of risk posed by working in close proximity to radio frequency emitters.

16 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Radar and Radio Waves: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of working in close proximity to (a) radar systems and (b) other radio frequency radiation emitters on incidences of cancer.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Pension Tracing Service plans to the follow-up to the hon. Member for Wallasey’s original correspondence of 10 January 2023 on tracing a United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority pension.

22 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Wallasey of 13 October 2023 on an identity theft matter relating to a tax rebate.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies House: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will ask Companies House for a planned timescale for its response to the correspondence of 2 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Wallasey on a company unknown to the resident registered at a

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent energy companies from attempting to recover debt that customers have inherited from previous tenants.

22 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people who have been employed by the United Kingdom Atom Engineering Authority receive their pension.

20 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Credit: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to lay before Parliament legislative proposals relating to the consultation entitled Regulation of Buy-Now Pay Later: consultation on draft legislation.

20 Jul 2023 · Treasury

Credit: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of the consultation entitled Regulation of Buy-Now Pay Later: consultation on draft legislation.

13 Jul 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she is taking steps to support families with increases in the cost of broadband.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on local (a) consent and (b) support as factors that may be considered when making decisions about where vessels for housing asylum seekers should be berthed.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to engage with (a) local authorities and (b) other relevant stakeholders on locations which are being considered for vessels to house asylum seekers to be berthed.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with Wirral Council on the potential use of a vessel at the Wirral Waters development in the River Mersey to house asylum seekers.

23 May 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Peel Ports Group Ltd on proposals to house asylum seekers in the Wirral Waters development in the River Mersey.

20 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Senior Courts Costs Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting review at the Senior Courts Costs Office; and if he will make an assessment of the impact of the number of cases on the work of the Court of Protection.

18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Senior Courts Costs Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made the impact of delays at the Senior Courts Costs Office on solicitors' firms receiving payment for (a) all cases and (b) cases at the Court of Protection.

18 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Senior Courts Costs Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how cases are awaiting review at the Senior Courts Costs Office; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce this backlog and the processing time of thosecases.

18 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Peel Ports on the potential housing of asylum seekers on a boat at its Wirral Waters development.

18 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to house asylum seekers on a boat in the River Mersey at Wirral Waters.

17 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the projected cost of plans to house asylum seekers on a boat on the River Mersey at Wirral Waters.

30 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will carry out a review of the necessary and desirable qualifications for the role of Chair of NHS England.

Source: official written-questions record.