Written questions

399 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on aid funding to help tackle the hunger crisis in East Africa.

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to match the target to recover 90% of the materials in the scope of the deposit return scheme for drinks containers by 2028 with a similar target for glass.

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of not including glass in the forthcoming deposit return scheme on consumer choice.

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Impact Assessment on introducing a deposit return scheme, published on 24 February 2021, if her Department will re-evaluate the findings published in that Assessment

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) impact of the changes to charity lottery limits implemented in 2020 on the financial stability of charities and (b) implications for her policies of that

24 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish (a) the percentile figure for (i) energy intensity and (ii) trade intensity for swimming pools and leisure centres the Government calculated when forming Energy and Trade Intensive Industries sche

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department will review the potential merits of raising charity lottery limits.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to protect charity income limits from charity lotteries.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) charities, (b) homelessness charities and (c) children's charities that experience funding limits due to charity lottery annual sales limits.

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the operation of the new New Mental Health Support Teams; and whether he has set a provisional date for (a) all pupils having access to those teams at their school, (b) publi

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans for the National Screening Committee to review their decision on screening for Sudden Cardiac Arrest; and what discussions he has had that Committee on a cardiac screening test for ch

17 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Energy Intensive Industries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish (a) a list of the (i) energy intensity and (ii) trade intensity percentiles of each sector within the list of sectors eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme and (b) the perc

17 Feb 2023 · Leader of the House

Government Departments: Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help ensure Departments provide substantive and timely answers to written parliamentary questions.

17 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney: Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2023 to Question 140347 on Powers of Attorney: Dementia, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the associated legal costs of obtaining a lasting power of attorne

17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish guidance for parents on the powers of her Department to intervene when schools do not comply with statutory guidance on school uniform costs.

17 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits delivered by the Special School Eye Care Service; whether that scheme will be rolled out beyond the pilot scheme; how many (a) schools and (b) ch

17 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2023 to Question 138433 on Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools, for what reason his Department did not provide the percentile figure for (a) energy intensity a

6 Feb 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney: Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to help reduce the cost of obtaining lasting power of attorney for the families of people with dementia.

6 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Energy Intensive Industries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason trade intensity was determined as one of the two key criteria for eligibility for enhanced energy support; and when that decision was communicated to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sp

2 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2023 to Question 135388 on Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools, which Office for National Statistics data were used to assess whether sw

1 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government is not proceeding with a dedicated cross-government plan for mental health.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 119236 on Schools: Inspections, what recent estimate she has made of when Ofsted will publish its report into the quality of PE and sport within schools; an

30 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 121110 on Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools, in what percentile is the (a) swimming pools and (b) leisure

27 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parks Action Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January to Question 126656 on Parks, for what reason the Park Action Group has not met since 2019; when it is scheduled to meet; and if he will publish t

26 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Pets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's White Paper entitled A Fairer Private Rented Sector, what discussions he has had with the animal welfare sector on the potential impact of allowing

26 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Pets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the white paper entitled A fairer private rented sector, published on 16 June 2022, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to stop landlords from unre

26 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to reduce the potential impact of publishing calorific content on menus on people with eating disorders.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to support hospices with their energy bills after March 2023.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme with the Energy Bill Discount Scheme on the hospice sector.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of increases in the cost of energy on hospices.

Source: official written-questions record.