Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform business rates.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Artworks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8515 on Home Office: Art Works and Cultural Heritage, if she will publish the correspondence regarding the formulation of the answer given.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question 7600 on Asylum: Finance, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing an estimate of the lifetime fiscal (a) cost of and (b

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7600 on Asylum: Finance, whether her Department holds data on the lifetime fiscal (a) cost of and (b) income generated by those granted asylum in

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) guidance has been issued and (b) training courses have been delivered to staff in her Department on (i) unconscious bias, (ii) critical race theory and (iii) decolonisation since January 2

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) training her Department provides to caseworkers handling asylum applications.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether external (a) guidance and (b) training has been contracted for discussing (i) unconscious bias, (ii) critical race theory and (iii) decolonisation with staff in her Department.

25 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) his Department and (b) each agency sponsored by his Department has experienced a cyber attack in each year since 2010; what the cost to the public purse was of each cyber attack; and who the pe

25 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for Research and Development tax credits were made (a) fraudulently and (b) in error since 2010

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were completed on average per caseworker per week in each month of each year since 2010.

25 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were (a) made and (b) concluded in each month of each year since 2010.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

HOPE not hate: Political Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8925 on Charities: Political Activities, whether the Charity Commission plans to investigate political campaigning by HOPE not Hate (a) Limit

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: HOPE not hate

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has provided funding to Hope Not Hate since the general election.

23 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: HOPE not hate

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided funding to Hope Not Hate since the general election; and what meetings (a) officials, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in her Department have had with represe

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department had discussions with the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board on the (a) planned puberty supressing hormone study and (b) proposals to co

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children and Young People's Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ministers have a role in appointing individuals to NHS England's Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Leader of the House of 17 October 2024, Official Report, column 1000, what his planned timetable is for providing an update on the implementation of t

17 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 1 September 2024 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.

14 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 17 September 2024 to Questions 4871 and 4872 on Home Office: Staff, how many of the employees of (a) Immigration Enforcement, (b) UK Visas and Immigration, (c) Border Force,

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total sum of compensation payments made to passengers by each railway franchise in each of the last 10 years.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the number of passenger complaints for each railway franchise in each of the last 10 years.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average percentage of scheduled train miles operated was for each railway franchise in each of the last ten years.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train cancellations there were for each railway franchise (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the number of services run by each franchise, for each of the last ten years.

14 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Police: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of warranted police officers that were (a) deployed and (b) unavailable for deployment to frontline roles per police force in the last 12 mont

14 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Artworks

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2024 to question 1252 on 10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection, if he will publish a list of all art work, including reference numbers from (a) the Government Art Collect

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Political Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held discussions with the Charity Commission on the adequacy of its guidance entitled Campaigning and political activity guidance for charities, published on 7 November 2022.

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: HOPE not hate

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has provided funding to Hope Not Hate since the general election.

10 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Home Office: Artworks and Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in her Department; and what guidance she issues to her Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies on decolonisation.

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Arden Strategies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of Arden Strategies.

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Boilers: Caravans and Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's policy is on clean heat market mechanism exemptions for boilers used in (a) new-build caravans and (b) park homes.

Source: official written-questions record.