Written questions
629 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the child poverty strategy will consider the potential merits of removing the (a) two-child limit and (b) benefit cap.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people with Multiple Sclerosis who are on income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the financial impact of the Access to Work scheme to the UK economy.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for support to be granted to a claimant applying to the Access to Work scheme.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Multiple Sclerosis and Neurology
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) neurological conditions and (b) multiple sclerosis are using the Access to Work scheme.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of a free trade agreement between the UK and Israel on the use of (a) surveillance and (b) cybersecurity technologies manufactured by UK businesses
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of allegations of human rights violations by Israel, in the context of free trade negotiations between the UK and Israel
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
North Sea Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the sale of fossil fuels in international energy markets on his Department’s support for North Sea oil operations.
11 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ride-hailing firms setting fares below local taxi tariff rates; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact this has on road safet
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will review the terms of the UK/Israel: Trade and Partnership Agreement, in the context of allegations of human rights violations in Israel.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prohibit the import of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements under the terms of proposed UK-Israel free trade agreement.
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to consult with civil society organizations on the potential impact of the proposed UK-Israel free trade agreement on (a) human rights and (b) compliance with intern
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to suspend trade negotiations with Israel pending the outcomes of ongoing investigations by the International Court of Justice into allegations of human rights violations
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to include a chapter on human rights in the proposed UK-Israel trade agreement.
10 Mar 2025 · Treasury
North Sea Oil: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of how much tax relief oil producers will receive for the development of the Rosebank oil field via the North Sea Investment Allowance; and what steps she is taking to ensure this fundin
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Renewable Energy: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support a just transition for workers in the oil and gas sector; and what steps he has taken to support (a) retraining and (b) reskilling them for jobs
10 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying conditionality to disabled people in receipt of Universal Credit who are exempt from conditionality.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Incapacity Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of work intensification on the ability of incapacity benefit claimants to (a) find and (b) maintain paid employment.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with local authorities on the public safety risks associated with ride-hailing firms operating outside their licensed areas.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department is providing to local authorities on ensuring ride hailing companies comply with local authority fare regulations for private hire vehicles.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to protect small taxi businesses from the potential impact of ride-hailing companies operating in local authority-licensed areas.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing employment among young people in supported accommodation through benefit reform on costs to the Exchequer.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit and Supported Housing: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the Housing Benefit taper rate and increasing the applicable amount for young people in supported housing to reduce barr
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Living Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to reinstate the Independent Living Fund to provide additional support to young people in supported accommodation.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to align housing support for young people in supported accommodation with the Universal Credit housing element provided to private renters.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the 65% Housing Benefit taper rate on the employment prospects of young people living in supported accommodation.
7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit and Universal Credit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reform the interaction between Universal Credit and Housing Benefit for young people in supported accommodation to remove disincentives to work.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Methanol: Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British nationals visiting countries with a high risk of methanol poisoning are adequately (a) informed and (b) protected.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Methanol: Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to update travel advice for British nationals to include stronger warnings about the risks of methanol poisoning in high-risk destinations.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Indonesia and Laos: Methanol
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with this counterparts in (a) Indonesia and (b) Laos on (i) tackling methanol poisoning and (ii) protecting tourists from (A) counterfeit and (
Source: official written-questions record.