Written questions
839 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether hon. Members will be able to give evidence to her Department's review of the Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula.
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in what month in 2025 her Department plans to publish its consultation on a new Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula; and if she will make it her policy to publish the o
17 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Disabled Facilities Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for (a) completing the review of the Disabled Facilities Grant allocations formula, (b) publishing the findings of that review and (c) implementing
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Literacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a place-based approach to early years services to support literacy.
17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) parents and (b) carers reading to young children on the mental wellbeing of (i) children, (ii) parents and (iii) carers.
13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling dental assistants to perform dental procedures under supervision.
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending British National (Overseas) nationality status to BN(O) visa holders' dependents residing in the United Kingdom.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of extending British National (Overseas) nationality status to BN(O
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the annual uprating of benefits does not result in a net loss of income for vulnerable claimants who are subject to transition
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Severe Disability Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of Universal Credit transitional protection rules on claimants who were previously in receipt of the severe disability premium.
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Universal Credit transitional protection rules on claimants migrating from legacy benefits.
10 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
EGNOS: Membership
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to reinstate the UK's membership of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service.
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Reconstruction
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Arab Plan for Early Recovery, Reconstruction and Development.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Nottinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to make cancer diagnoses in Nottinghamshire.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Nottinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce A&E waiting times in Nottinghamshire.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Nottinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support GPs in Nottinghamshire to spend more time with patients.
10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Nottinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce hospital backlogs in Nottinghamshire.
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to consider the potential costs for policing protests when making her decision on the planning application for the Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court.
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the proposed Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court on (a) policing an
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an estimate with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of granting the application for a Chinese Embassy at Royal Mint Court
9 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to para. 266 of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, what her Department's timetable is for the consultation on changes to t
9 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Oppression: China
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 36235 on Oppression: China, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the redevelopment of a Chinese embassy in Londo
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of the proposed new Chinese embassy on traffic d
6 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with members of the (a) Hong Kong, (b) Uyghur and (c) Tibetan diasporas in the UK on the (i) security, (ii) human rights, (iii) peaceful p
6 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of use of diplomatic premises in the UK to (a) monitor and (b) intimidate members of diaspora communities; and what safeguards are in place to preve
6 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chinese Embassy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made a human rights risk assessment on the (a) diplomatic privileges and (b) surveillance capabilities at the proposed Chinese Embassy site in Roya
6 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Employment: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37349 on Education: British National (Overseas), what steps her Department has taken (a) before 19 March 2025 and (b) since 19
6 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British National (Overseas): Employment and Cost of Living
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with their counterparts in the Department for Education on implementation of the recommendations of the report by British Future en
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Employment: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by British Future entitled Working it Out: Hong Kongers, Employment and the Cost of Living, published o
6 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Visas: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with representatives of the Hong Kong diaspora in the UK on barriers to (a) eligibility and (b) meeting settlement requirements under the BN(O) visa sche
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