Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 May 2024 · Treasury
Financial Services Compensation Scheme: Appeals
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of appeals to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme have resulted in an over-turned decision.
7 May 2024 · Treasury
Mortgages: Misrepresentation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in its assessment of mortgage mis-selling complaints.
2 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Quality Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided through the Air Quality Grant in each constituency in (a) each of the last three years and (b) the 2024-25 financial year.
2 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release of 4 August 2023 entitled £6 million to improve air quality in local communities, what proportion of that funding will be spent in each Parliamentar
2 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2023 to Question 1227 on Local Government Finance: Audit, how many new professionals have qualified to audit local authority accounts from the C
2 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Not for EU labelling requirements in the dairy sector on levels of (a) food and (b) packaging waste.
1 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Quality Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the end of the air quality grant scheme on pollution levels.
1 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many councils had a completed audit on time for the financial year 2023-2024.
1 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to labelling requirements from 1 October 2024 on the financial viability of dairy businesses.
1 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of changes to labelling costs for dairy businesses after 1 October 2024.
1 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women were turned away from mammogram screening tests because they were unable to hold the required position for sufficient time in each of the last five years.
29 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Self-assessment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Basis Period Reform on the availability of accounting resources for (a) sole traders and (b) partnerships.
29 Apr 2024 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of deferring eligibility for Agricultural Property Relief for all environmental land management schemes on the estates of (a) landowners and (b) farmers who will d
19 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Convictions: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions under joint enterprise legislation have been successfully overturned on appeal.
19 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Miscarriages of Justice: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help support victims of historic miscarriages of justice to appeal their convictions.
19 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Convictions: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission for appeal were successful in each year since 2019.
18 Apr 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many additional projects the Environment Agency has completed in response to flooding in the last two years.
17 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications: Consumers
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Further agreement with telecoms firms to protect vulnerable customers, published on 11 March 2024, whether she has had recent d
17 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to provide funding to support local authority digital champions.
17 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Voice over Internet Protocol
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether officials in her Department have had discussions with Ofcom on the potential merits of increasing the minimum requirement for the battery life of an emergency back-up line provi
17 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have access to gigabit broadband in North Shropshire constituency.
17 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate she has made of when gigabit broadband coverage will be available to every household in North Shropshire constituency.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Home Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating regular welfare checks for home educated children.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Education
Home Education: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to establish a register of children who are home educated.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Digital Technology: Local Government Association
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, is she will hold discussions with the Local Government Association to help define the role of a digital champion in supporting (a) the digitisation of council services, (b) the digital
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Voice over Internet Protocol: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on taking steps to help protect vulnerable people from crime during the digital switchover of
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Floods: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to reform the eligibility criteria for the Flood Recovery Framework to include more (a)households and (b) businesses that have experienced flooding.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many premises will benefit from current live gigabit contracts in North Shropshire constituency.
16 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many households in North Shropshire constituency currently do not have access to a gigabit broadband connection.
16 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to breast screening for people with physical disabilities that prevent them from holding the required position for sufficient time to complete
Source: official written-questions record.