Written questions

839 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with representatives of the ForThe100 to discuss the duty of care owed by higher education providers to their students.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) help clarify the duty of care owed by higher education providers to their students and (b) to ensure such standards are met.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Batteries: Lithium

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking (a) legislative and (b) regulatory steps to help improve lithium-ion battery safety; including in the planning application proces

19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Treatments: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Analogues are permitted for treatment of precocious puberty but not gender incongruence.

19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she is taking steps to improve the (a) quality and (b) performance of court language service providers: and whether she has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the future insourcing of those ser

19 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities

Hearing Impairment: Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Equalities Act 2010 in order to more actively support (a) deaf, (b) deafblind and (c) hard of hearing women.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Business: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with representatives of (a) deaf and (b) disabled people’s organisations on long-term funding for such organisations.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to help (a) deaf and (b) other disabled people to find work.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that second tier professional rugby union clubs are able to continue to operate when Covid-19 loans become repayable.

19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to encourage (a) pharmacists and (b) independent prescribers to work in the community.

19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help upskill existing pharmacists to enable them to become independent prescribers, in the context that, from 2026, all newly qualified pharmacists will becom

19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners and Pharmacy: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how (a) pharmacies and (b) GPs will be able to contribute to defining the best services to include in the planned expanded Pharmacy First scheme; and when he plans that the consultation will begin.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his timeline is for (a) the consultation on the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard and (b) implementation of the new standard following the consultation.

19 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Management Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the Competition and Markets Authority Housebuilding Market Study on private estate management.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Public Sector: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to review the use in the public sector of web tags to record data.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Incinerators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is planning to review the role of waste incineration in the management of residual waste in England; and what his plans are for proposed incineration facilities

12 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities

Disability: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help end discrimination against disabled people.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes and Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the fees charged by (a) not-for-profit children's home providers and (b) independent fostering agencies; and whether the proposed financial transparency measures

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

A52: Nottinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is responsible for (a) litter collection and (b) tree management along the A52 in Nottinghamshire.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

National Highways: Litter and Trees

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that Highways England fulfils its statutory functions for (a) litter collection and (b) tree management.

28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Home Care Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that domiciliary care is sustainably funded.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to consult on phasing out the use of cages for layer hens in England.

28 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Furs: Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation entitled the Fur market in Great Britain, published on 31 May 2021.

11 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Young People: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to (a) understand more about the relationship between smartphone use and young people’s mental health, (b) reduce any negative impact of those devices on young people’

11 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Internet: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve approaches to tackling online crime.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Coal Fired Power Stations: Listed Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will support the preservation of a coal-fired power station cooling tower.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to improve wi-fi connectivity on the rail network.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hydrogen: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his Department's policy to introduce a UK low carbon hydrogen certification scheme.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend free school transport in rural areas to include schools other than the nearest suitable school.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the (a) sale and (b) installation of spray foam insulation.

Source: official written-questions record.