Written questions
399 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Thyroid Diseases: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support research into thyroid diseases; and what steps she is taking to support patients with hypothyroidism.
5 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport
Motor Insurance: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that elderly motorists have access to affordable car insurance policies.
28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Reconstruction
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to support reconstruction in Gaza; and what support his Department has provided to Palestinians affected by the conflict.
28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Internally Displaced People
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether it is his policy that civilians displaced from the north of Gaza should be able to return when it is safe for them to do so.
28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the UK recognises the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in (a) Gaza and (b) other Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will support an urgent investi
28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart on allowing aid to enter Gaza directly through the Karem Shalom crossing.
28 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the Government has taken steps to condemn settler violence and forced displacements since the start of the war in Israel and Gaza.
16 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Gardens: Plastics
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of artificial grass on (a) natural habitats and (b) the wider environment.
7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2023 to Question 203979 on IVF: Finance, if he will publish a timetable for the implementation of the commitment to end the exclusion of couples from Nati
23 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding access to IVF treatment for individuals who have (a) Turners Syndrome and (b) other conditions when their partner has a child from a
19 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Property: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that offers to buy property are binding.
19 Oct 2023 · Treasury
Bank Services: Payments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the banking sector on (a) pending payments and (b) reimbursement payments for incomplete purchases.
19 Oct 2023 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to ensure that civil servants who retired before the cost of living payment was made can receive the payment.
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release of 16 October 2023 entitled UK announces £10 million humanitarian aid for civilians in Occupied Palestinian Territories, whether he plans
17 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he has had since 7 October 2023 with aid and charity organisations operating in Gaza on the provision and access of British aid.
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming Pools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the forthcoming National Vision for Facilities report will include a strategy for the long-term funding of community swimming pools.
13 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade
Summertime
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of keeping the UK on British Summer Time.
4 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that temperamental smart meters are not given as reasons by energy providers to prevent customers from switching suppliers.
1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Locums: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2023 to Question 194110 on Locums: Nurses, for what reasons locum junior doctors are able to contribute to existing NHS pension funds but nurse practitioners canno
19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2023 to Question 192241 on Cancer: Research, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure an adequate (a) level and (b) coordination of cancer research, in the
13 Jul 2023 · Home Office
Overseas Students: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to share with universities the number of dependents linked to an individual's study visa.
13 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Locums: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing locum nurse practitioners to contribute to existing NHS pension funds.
13 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Lavatories: Men
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that men with bowel and bladder incontinence have access to public sanitary disposal bins.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Levelling Up Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on ensuring that active travel schemes funded through the Levelling Up Fund meet national guidelines.
7 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Active Travel in England, published on 7 June 2023; and if he will make a statement.
2 Jun 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for 30 hours free childcare to children at risk regardless of their parents' employment status.
2 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement fully the restrictions on advertising of unhealthy food and drink in the Health and Care Act 2022.
24 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Community Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government will publish the Strategy for Community Spaces and Relationships as committed to in the Levelling Up White Paper published in February 2022.
22 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) consistency and (b) adequate monitoring of care standards in care homes.
16 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the increased rate of Universal Credit began on 10 April 2023; and what steps he took to ensure that those with assessment periods between 1 April and 10 April 2023 were not adversely af
Source: official written-questions record.