Written questions
256 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Czechia: Ammunition
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his Czech counterpart on that country's initiative to procure artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
21 Feb 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to review the Child Maintenance Service's treatment of income from foreign assets held by paying parents.
7 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is to respond to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 Februa
6 Feb 2024 · Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the total £1.5 billion allocated for the Equitable Life Payments Scheme is paid out to affected Equitable Life policyholders.
24 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of 'Not for EU' labelling requirements on small and medium-sized food producers who (a) export to the European Union and (b) sell withi
23 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the report commissioned by his Department entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published in June 2022.
17 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of family disputes resolved outside of court in instances where it is safe and appropriate to do so.
17 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Cohabitation: Legislation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to review or reform legislation on the rights of cohabitating partners.
17 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government is taking steps to raise awareness of the legal distinctions between (a) marriage, (b) civil partnership and (c) cohabiting.
18 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish a response to the noise camera trials carried out by his Department between October 2022 and February 2023.
16 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport
Parking: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on Pavement parking: options for change, which closed on 22 November 2020, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation.
5 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to publish online guidance for leaseholders who do not qualify for protection under the Building Safety Act 2022 on the circumstances in which they are r
6 Jul 2023 · Women and Equalities
Development Aid: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the impact of international development spending on girls’ education.
5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Endoscopy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the endoscopy workforce to support patients with Crohn’s and colitis.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Lead
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to remove lead pipes from schools.
5 Jul 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Lead
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential health risks to (a) pupils and (b) staff of the use of lead pipes in schools.
4 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether developers that are found not to need to undertake remediation work on their properties will be allowed to leave the Responsible Actors Scheme without sanction.
30 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the Responsible Actors Scheme does not apply to companies connected to developers that have no direct responsibilities for devel
30 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that unprofitable developers that built faulty and dangerous buildings are accountable under the Responsible Actors Scheme.
29 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Remote Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on reviewing the responses to the call for evidence on local authority remote meetings that closed on 17 June 2021; when he plans to publish the
26 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Gender
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for publication of guidance for schools on matters relating to gender identity.
21 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Victims: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the treatment of victims in the criminal justice system.
6 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has spent on protecting and restoring chalk streams in each year since 2015.
6 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Water Abstraction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licenses or permits to abstract water from chalk streams were given to each water company in each year since 2015.
7 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of discretionary financial awards paid for by HMRC in each of the last six financial years.
7 Feb 2023 · Treasury
Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidelines are followed by HMRC when making decisions on the allocation of discretionary financial awards.
2 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure the age at which women cease to be eligible for IVF on the NHS and the number of cycles before they reach that age does not vary between Integrated Care Boar
6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire Integrated Care Board and (b) other integrated care boards to provide fees to
14 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions Ombudsman
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for the Pensions Ombudsman to respond to enquiries in the latest period for which data is available; and if he will set a timetable for reducing those waiting times.
14 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probate Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to help reduce the time it takes for the Probate Office to respond to applications.
Source: official written-questions record.