Written questions

476 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of employment tribunal processes on litigants without legal representation.

15 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of IR35 regulations for UK businesses working together in foreign markets.

15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent (a) residents in retirement properties from being over-charged and (b)

15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for the implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Rights Act 2024; and when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on leasehold an

14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to undertake a national audit of care needs.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help protect school pupils who are known to have allergies.

14 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require insurance companies to set industry-wide definitions for claims classifications.

14 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers are not deported prior to a final judgement on their case.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to implement the policies in her Department's policy paper entitled The plan for drivers, published on 2 October 2023.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

West Midlands Pension Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the West Midlands Pension Fund on (a) delays in payments and (b) planned resolutions.

14 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to allow local authorities to make (a) empty and (b) abandoned houses available to people on housing waiting lists.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of waiting times for accessing services through the NHS Continuing healthcare programme on patient outcomes; what assessment he has made of the

6 Nov 2024 · Women and Equalities

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of Part II of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 on the effe

6 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Government allocated to spend on advertising in each year since 2015, broken down by Department.

6 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Advertising

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Government has allocated for spending on advertising (a) in total and (b) by Department over the next Parliament.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the ability of local authorities to resource Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews.

21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reduced media coverage of magistrates' courts on (a) democracy and (b) transparency of the justice system.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of train cancellations by Great Western Railway on passengers travelling to and from Cheltenham Spa station on (a) weekdays and (b) weekends.

15 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Defibrillators: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from defibrillators in the forthcoming Budget.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will (a) lower the Housing Benefit taper rate and (b) increase the applicable amount to help young homeless people into work.

2 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Sex Establishments: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 to remove exceptions to licensing laws that allow sexual entertainment to take place i

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Cross Country Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the (a) punctuality and (b) performance of Cross Country rail services (i) to and (ii) from Cheltenham Spa.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with Network Rail about its intentions to allow its land between Cheltenham Spa rail station and Lansdown Road, Cheltenham to be used to facilitate the development of

22 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cheltenham Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the accident and emergency department in Cheltenham General Hospital will continue to be a Type 1 consultant-led A&E department between 8am and 8pm, in the context of proposed changes to th

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that (a) conservation areas and (b) listed buildings are treated sensitively during planning reform.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the £20 million funding provided to the National Cyber Innovation Centre in Cheltenham under the Levelling Up Fund Round 3, whether his Department plans to prov

Source: official written-questions record.